The "private cloud" variant of SAP S/4HANA has been available in combination with RISE with SAP since the beginning of 2021 (RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition).
Since then, it has also been possible for the first time to switch to the cloud with a system conversion. Accordingly, all paths are now possible for this operating model: new implementation (greenfield), system conversion (brownfield) and selective migration.
SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition is operated by SAP and hosted on a hyperscaler such as Alibaba Cloud, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure or AWS. Companies can obtain the licenses via a software subscription (available as RISE with SAP).
With this variant, companies have the full functional scope available, identical to on-premise (25 industries, 25 languages and 43 countries).
Extensions are possible more comprehensively with PCE than with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition: in-app extensibility including key user and classic ABAP extensibility as well as extensions via the SAP Business Technology Platform Extension Suite (side-by-side extensibility). Code modifications can also be implemented (but are not recommended).
Former designations such as "Extended Edition", "Cloud EX" or "Single Tenant Edition" are no longer valid after the rebranding by SAP.
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