Unified SAP support to ease the way to the cloud
SAP Base Services
Based on our worldwide experience with SAP contract terms and licencing agreements, we identify the best licencing scenarios and customised contract design solutions for your business. We also provide advice and support throughout the negotiation process.
The opportunities offered to us and our customers by these new technologies are still in their infancy. We expect a lot to happen in this area in the next few years. We're already showing where the journey is with our Built-in Support today. Support is integrated into the product via SAP CoPilot. Artificial intelligence ensures that the customer can talk to the system - keyword Conversational AI. In the background, the Digital Support Assistant uses the system context and other data to provide quick answers to technical customer questions. In the future, some questions will not even be asked, because the customer in the application already gets the necessary support and hints through his digital assistant to avoid possible problems. For SAP S4/HANA Cloud applications, we have been offering build-in support since this year's SAPPHIRE and are now expanding the range of services. We have already identified a number of scenarios where artificial intelligence can add significant value. Incident Solution Matching, a machine learning-based search for solutions, is already in operation within SAP and will soon be available to customers.
Standard Support targets in-house solutions
In April and May 2014, the German-speaking SAP User Group (DSAG) e. V. interviewed 389 members on the topic Maintenance/Service & Support. Key findings are: The use of Standard Support and Enterprise Support remains the same in German-speaking countries. Enterprise Support requires more information about the benefits. DSAG members are largely up-to-date with their ERP systems. Over half use the latest versions of the Enhancement Packages. DSAG Survey SAP SupportThe relationship between Standard Support and Enterprise Support is, as in previous years, almost balanced. Austria deviates here with a significantly stronger use of Enterprise Support. "In German-speaking countries, users deliberately choose a support model and stick to it. The value is stable over the last few years and the readiness to change is low," comments Andreas Oczko, DSAG's Executive Board Member Operations/Service & Support. Only two percent of the support experts surveyed rely on third-party providers. Without a maintenance contract, one percent of the participants will be paid.
The SAP Support Portal provides customers and partners with support-related news and features, as well as help and context for support applications, services and offerings. This allows you to access core tasks, critical updates, and all SAP Live Support channels anytime, anywhere, and from any device.
Tools such as "Shortcut for SAP Systems" are extremely useful for SAP support.
Our consultants are always available - a dedicated team works on your system and has all the necessary skills and knowledge of the SAP modules your company uses.
We are happy to support you with any topics related to the SAP base.