"This year, SAP customers are looking ahead to an imminent end-of-support deadline and are continuing their journey to update their enterprise systems to support the latest version. SAP is ending support for its Enterprise Core Components (ECC) enterprise resource planning (ERP) system in 2027, and while some organisations will opt to extend software support for their ageing SAP-based ERP systems, the majority are using the end-of-support deadline as an opportunity to reboot their SAP ERP strategy."
"Forrester senior analyst Akshara Lopez wrote in a blog post in August 2025 that when it comes to transitioning from ECC, the right choice is often complicated by the business's complexity, budget and risk appetite. SAP offers extended maintenance for SAP Business Suite 7 (including ECC) until the end of 2030. This option draws an additional cost on top of the standard maintenance fee. And, as Lopez noted, extended support is designed to provide a temporary fix, to help companies that need more time to plan and execute a migration."
"Businesses also have the option to extend support through a third-party support provider. But with this option, customers will no longer have access to the latest software fixes offered by SAP. However, given that SAP is not planning to issue further updates to ECC after 2027, IT leaders who are prepared to put in layers of extra security may see third-party support as a way to keep a stable core system running."
An imminent end-of-support deadline for ECC in 2027 is prompting organisations to update enterprise systems or extend support temporarily. SAP offers extended maintenance for SAP Business Suite 7, including ECC, until the end of 2030 for an additional fee as a temporary bridge for migrations. Third-party support providers can extend support but will not provide SAP software fixes and may require extra security layers to maintain a stable core. Many customers plan migrations to S/4Hana Cloud, achievable via technical conversion, full reimplementation, or selective data transition. Choices depend on business complexity, budget, and risk appetite, and some organisations will opt to extend maintenance while others reboot their ERP strategy.
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