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All backbone connections to SAP will be switched from January 1, 2020, as SAP has announced on its support page. Afterwards, communication between ABAP System and SAP will only take place via secure HTTPS connections, for which a dedicated user must also be requested in the Support Portal. In all ABAP systems, SAP hints can no longer be obtained via SNOTE via the old OSS RFC connection. The shipment of Early Watch Alerts to SAP is also affected by this change. Here the shipping route must also be changed to the new HTTPS standard. There is also a great need for action for all SAP customers without a current SAP Solution Manager. In the future, SAP Solution Manager 7.2 SPS08 (SPS07 only with additional information) will be required here. For all older releases, communication with SAP will also be impossible from January 2020. This primarily affects the data in the Maintenance Planner, which are then no longer synchronised. This then indirectly affects all future maintenance projects where the use of the Maintenance Planner is indispensable. Especially with regard to upcoming S/4 HANA migrations, this represents a risk to be avoided.
Many users are looking for a suitable tool for better knowledge transfer, especially when it comes to establishing new standard business software in the company. But it is particularly time-consuming and burdensome to put together suitable learning aids at the same time, especially during the introduction of a complex ERP application system such as SAP's. Are you still planning traditional introductory training? Forget it. Online learning is needed. But what does it look like in practice? Shortly before the software launch, the support team will hold intensive training sessions for the users within the department. If the start date is delayed by a few weeks, users have already forgotten what they have learned and cannot use it in writing. Often it is still lacking in the current documentation of the processes, because until the rollout the processes sometimes change. We found a method to procure useful training material despite the introduction stress in the Ondemand Personal Navigator tool of the US company Ondemand Software.
Continuous deployment approach monitored with DevOps
The communication path with SAP will also be simplified, across the entire solution landscape. In this way, SAP wants to ensure a uniform presence across all channels. In addition, SAP wants to optimise and extend support through new and innovative cooperation models. The free telephone number "Call 1 SAP" is planned for this purpose. This will be available in the second quarter of 2014.
With Next-Generation Support, we already offer intelligent support services that customers can choose according to their preferences. We give our customers the choice of how to get answers to their technical questions. It is important to us that our customers have an all-round good experience in interacting with SAP Support - from start to finish.
"Shortcut for SAP Systems" simplifies SAP support tasks and adds to the standard's missing functions.
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