Transition to SAP Cloud ALM

Transition from SAP Solution Manager to SAP Cloud ALM

SAP Solution Manager is in mainstream maintenance until the end of 2027. SAP Cloud ALM is the Go-to ALM platform for all SAP customers. SAP recommends to complete the transition to SAP Cloud ALM before this date.

SAP supports our customers with this transition! This page serves as a one-stop-shop for information about and resources for the transition from SAP Solution Manager to SAP Cloud ALM.

You can already move to SAP Cloud ALM for operations and service. Move to SAP Cloud ALM for implementation at your own pace, once the required functionality is ready for you.

There is enough time to prepare and execute this transition. Start now!

Overview

SAP Cloud ALM delivers ALM for the Intelligent, Sustainable Enterprise, while offering foundational support for today's customer landscapes.
SAP Cloud ALM comes with lower cost of operation and maintenance, is easy to adopt and use, while providing innovative functionality.
SAP Solution Manager is in mainstream maintenance until the end of 2027. SAP recommends to complete the transition to SAP Cloud ALM before this date.
You can add SAP Focused Run to address advanced operations needs and to manage a significant on-premise footprint.

In a nutshell: SAP Cloud ALM is the Go-to ALM platform for all SAP customers.

The modularization of ALM

This table displays SAP Solution Manager functionality and where corresponding functionality either in SAP Cloud ALM or in other SAP services can be found.

More detailed functional descriptions can be found at the pages for implementation and operations.

Implementation

SAP Solution Manager	SAP Cloud ALM	Additional Information
Requirements Management	Requirement Management	[Learn more]
Project Management	Project and Task Management	[Learn more]
Process Management	Process Management Documentation Process Authoring	Can be extended with full SAP Signavio Process Manager** Documents stored in external Document Management Service [Learn more]
Custom Code Management	Custom Code Clustering (planned)	Custom Code analytics in SAP for Me ABAP Custom Code to SAP BTP App [Learn more]
Test Suite	Test Management Defect Management	Integration of Tricentis Test Automation for SAP Can be extended with full Tricentis Test Suite** [Learn more]
Change Control Management	Change Enablement Release Management and Deployment Orchestration	[Learn more]
Quality Gate Management	Project and Task Management	Comparable functionality planned to be incorporated in Project and Task Management*
IT Service Management	not in scope	Can be provided by 3rd-party ITSM [Learn more]
Focused Build	various capabilities	Comparable functionality planned [learn more]

* This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.

** Separate licensing required

Operations

SAP Solution Manager	SAP Cloud ALM	Additional Information
System Monitoring	Health Monitoring	Transition to Health Monitoring in SAP Cloud ALM to provide basic system monitoring for ABAP-based on-premise systems. [Learn more]
User Experience Monitoring	Synthetic User Monitoring	Transition to Synthetic User Monitoring in SAP Cloud ALM to monitor HTTP-based end-user activities. [Learn more]
Integration Monitoring	Integration and Exception Monitoring	Transition to Integration Monitoring in SAP Cloud ALM to monitor and analyze the integration between cloud solutions from SAP and ABAP-based on-premise systems. [Learn more]
Business Intelligence Monitoring	not in scope	[Learn more]
Job Monitoring	Job and Automation Monitoring	Transition to Job and Automation Monitoring in SAP Cloud ALM to monitor and analyze job executions and automation tasks for cloud solutions from SAP and ABAP-based on-premise systems including SAP Business Warehouse. [Learn more]
Service Availability Management	Business Service Management	Transition to Business Service Management to manage status events (disruption, degradation, maintenance, communication) originated by SAP or customers. [Learn more]
Exception Management	Exception Monitoring	Transition to Exception Monitoring in SAP Cloud ALM to monitor and analyze single exceptions for cloud solutions from SAP and ABAP-based on-premise systems. [Learn more]
Business Process Monitoring	Business Process Monitoring	Transition to Business Process Monitoring in SAP Cloud ALM. It covers business process KPIs for cloud solutions from SAP, but also for SAP S/4HANA and SAP Business Suite. Business Process Improvement is not included. [Learn more]
Trace Analysis	Real User Monitoring	Transition to Real User Monitoring. [Learn more]
Business Process Improvement	not in scope	Available in SAP Signavio Process Insights. [Learn more]
Job Management	partially	[Learn more] about Job Management in SAP Cloud ALM.
Data Consistency Management	not planned	[Learn more]
Configuration Validation	Configuration and Security Analysis	Transition to Configuration and Security Analysis in SAP Cloud ALM provides analysis and validation of configuration items like technical parameters, software versions and patch levels. [Learn more]
Technical Administration	Business Service Management	Transition to Business Service Management to manage status events (disruption, degradation, maintenance, communication) originated by SAP or customers. [Learn more]
Data Volume Management	not planned	Use the DVM App in SAP for Me
Guided Procedures	Operation Automation	SAP Build [Learn more]
Cross-use-case analytics	customer-specific analytics	Transition to customer-specific analytics based on analytics data exposed by the analytics APIs of SAP Cloud ALM. SAP Analytics Cloud as well as Grafana can be used as external analytics capabilities. [Learn more]

* This is the current state of planning and may be changed by SAP at any time.

Additional ALM topics / Cross-topics

SAP Solution Manager	SAP Cloud ALM	Additional Information
SAP EarlyWatch Alert	not in scope	SAP EarlyWatch Alert Workspace [Learn more]
Landscape Management	Landscape Management	Landscape management enables you to get an overview of your services, business services, and systems that you use for your cloud solutions .[Learn more]
System Recommendations	not in scope	Functionality available in the System Assistant [Learn more]
SAP Engagement and Service Delivery	Service Delivery	Transition to Service Delivery to facilitate collaboration and transparency along the entire end-to-end SAP service delivery process. [Learn more]
Focused Insights	built-in analytics	SAP Cloud ALM provides built-in analytics within many use cases, as well as cross-use case analytics. Additionally, you can connect external analytics tools via API.

Additional topics "outside" ALM

Functionality	SAP Cloud ALM	Additional Information
SAP License Administration Workbench (LAW)	not in scope	SAP LAW is an SAP basis functionality, not a specific SAP Solution Manager functionality, although many customers run LAW on their SAP Solution Manager system.
Central User Administration (CUA)	not in scope	CUA is an SAP basis functionality, not a specific SAP Solution Manager functionality. If CUA is running on SAP Solution Manager, it needs to be moved to another system during transition to SAP Cloud ALM.
System Landscape Directory (SLD)	not in scope	SLD is part of SAP NetWeaver. You can find out more on options for SLD here.
Maintenance Planner	not in scope	Maintenance Planner is an SAP support application, not a specific SAP Solution Manager functionality. You can find out more details about maintenance planner here.
Distribution of Maintenance Certificates	not in scope	SAP Solution Manager supports the distribution of maintenance certificates. For 2025, it is planned to change the way how SAP technically checks for maintenance eligibility. With this, the distribution of maintenance certificates via SAP Solution Manager will no longer be necessary.

Asset	Access
Presentation on transition to SAP Cloud ALM	Download PDF
SAP Cloud ALM Roadmap	Roadmap Explorer
Usage rights details for SAP Cloud ALM, SAP Solution Manager 7.2 and SAP Focused Run	ALM usage rights page
SAP Solution Manager 7.2 mainstream maintenance	SAP Note 3255311
Support after end of mainstream maintenance or extended maintenance	SAP Note 52505

Transition from SAP Solution Manager to SAP Cloud ALM

Overview

In a nutshell: SAP Cloud ALM is the Go-to ALM platform for all SAP customers.

Transition steps and recommended sequence

Guidance for typical customer situations

The modularization of ALM

Implementation

Operations

Additional ALM topics / Cross-topics

Additional topics "outside" ALM

How SAP supports your transition to SAP Cloud ALM

Resources