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Course level: Practitioner Certificate Course (PCSAP)
Make educated decisions on licensing and managing your SAP software investment by learning the ins and outs of SAP through this in-depth course. The content covers not only the fundamentals of SAP software licensing, technical support polices and software asset management, but also the essentials of SAP server architecture, licensing and compliance concepts. You’ll learn best practices and real life examples of overcoming the complexity of SAP licensing that you won’t learn from SAP.
Course outline in detail
Overview of SAP
SAP license organization–Global License Audit Services (GLAS)
Core SAP products
SAP acquired companies and contracts
SAP in your organization
Licensing of SAP software
Key terms
Licensing overview
SAP contracts (mySAP, ECC, etc.)
SAP packages (bundled packages, a la carte, subscription, etc.)
License metrics
SAP use rights & general terms and conditions
GLAS measurement process
Customer contract overview
General T&C (Master License Agreement)
User/engine usage entitlement/conditions
Extended use rights (divestment, transitional services, 3rd party access)
Financial (maintenance base and SAP application value)
Software use overview
Direct access
Indirect access
Named User Licenses
Named user overview
Named user vs. concurrent users
Named user classification
Methods of classification
Engines and/or Package Licenses
Engines overview
Engine measurement
Automated measurement
Self-declaration
Available measurements for engines
SAP License Measurement
Measurement overview
ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming) and non ABAP systems
SAP tools
USMM
SLAW/SLAW2
LMBI (SAP Business Objects Business Intelligence platform)
Third party tools
SAP Indirect Access
Indirect access introduction
How to identify indirect access scenarios
SAP architecture
Nature of transaction
Portals and third party applications
Indirect access criteria
Business utility
Contract and use rights
SAP Business Objects
Introduction
Licensing model and contract time lines
Types of licenses
How to measure usage
Virtualization
LMBI
SAP HANA
SAP HANA license introduction
HANA license types
Runtime
HANA SAP application value
On-premise
HANA cloud platform
HANA enterprise cloud
SAP Support and Maintenance
Introduction to support programs
Standard support
Product support for large enterprise (PSLE)
Max attention
Extended support
Challenges
SAP contracts
License measurement
Commercials & maintenance
Indirect Access
Best Practices
Effective entitlement & contract analysis
Commercial & utilization analysis
Establish a governance program
Forecasting & cost allocation
Order form & contract best practices
LAW utilization & role based license allocation
Named user optimization (system users, user expiry, non-classified users,etc.)
SAP support portal
Support Documentation/Pre-Read System Measurement Home https://support.sap.com/keys-systems-installations/measurement.html (required log-in)
SAP Licensing Buyer’s Guide http://sapassets.edgesuite.net/sapcom/docs/2015/05/849f654b-277c-0010-82c7-eda71af511fa.pdf
Software Use Rights http://sapassets.edgesuite.net/agreements/product-use-and-support-terms/sur/sap-software-use-rights-english-v7-2016.pdf
System Measurement Guide https://support.sap.com/content/dam/library/SAP%20Support%20Portal/keys-systems-installations/system-management/info-about-system-measurement/documentation/SAP%20System%20Measurement%20Guide.pdf
Revised Oct. 2017
