With SAP S/4HANA On-Premise, the customer manages the S/4HANA system, the HANA database, applications, data center, operating systems, middleware, and network on-premises. The customer is also responsible for maintenance and development. This allows for maximum flexibility. In this variant, the customer is responsible for adapting the software to company-specific requirements, controlling the frequency and scheduling of upgrades, and installing support packages.
S/4HANA Hybrid
In principle, a combination of S/4HANA Cloud and S/4HANA On-Premise is also possible. This is referred to as a hybrid approach. Companies can run selected processes, such as core processes, locally on their own servers with SAP S/4HANA On-Premise. Other processes that do not require individual adaptation can be outsourced to the cloud.
SAP S/4HANA features and solutions
While in the past, SAP ERP was always referred to as modules that were deployed, SAP itself refers to SAP S/4HANA as processes that cover the entire business and are coordinated with one another. The current version of SAP S/4HANA covers the following functional areas:
