Get expert SAP licensing and architecture advisory to optimize costs, ensure compliance, and design scalable, future-ready IT landscapes.
SAP offers a powerful and expansive suite of enterprise solutions—but without proper licensing strategy and technical architecture design, organizations risk overspending, underutilization, non-compliance, and future rework.
At NexInfo, our Licensing & Architecture Advisory services are designed to help you make informed, cost-effective, and compliant decisions across your SAP landscape. Whether you’re deploying SAP S/4HANA, evaluating RISE with SAP, planning a cloud migration, or integrating third-party applications, NexInfo ensures that your licensing structure and system architecture align with business goals, compliance mandates, and long-term IT strategy.
We combine over 25 years of SAP expertise with deep technical and contractual knowledge to help you navigate SAP’s complex product offerings, licensing types, indirect access implications, and system sizing.
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1. SAP License Usage Assessment & Optimization
We perform a comprehensive license inventory using tools such as SAP License Administration Workbench (LAW), SAP USMM, and SLAW2, including:
We help negotiate the most appropriate license mix and avoid audit penalties.
2. SAP S/4HANA and RISE Licensing Strategy
Transitioning to SAP S/4HANA—especially under RISE with SAP—requires a different licensing approach. NexInfo advises on:
We ensure your commercial terms match your actual technical needs and system usage.
3. SAP Technical Architecture Design & Sizing
Your SAP architecture must balance scalability, performance, compliance, and TCO. NexInfo provides:
We work closely with your IT and infrastructure teams to ensure your SAP platform is future-ready, cost-efficient, and secure.
4. Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Licensing Impact Analysis
As more enterprises adopt hybrid cloud and multi-cloud strategies, NexInfo provides insight into:
5. GRC, Compliance & Indirect Access Risk Mitigation
With increasing SAP audits and scrutiny around indirect access (Digital Access) and GRC violations, we help you:
1. What is SAP Licensing & Architecture Advisory?
It is a structured consulting engagement to help enterprises evaluate and optimize their SAP software licenses, infrastructure design, system sizing, and deployment architecture—aligned with usage patterns, compliance mandates, and growth plans.
2. What’s the difference between named user licensing and digital access?
Named user licenses are assigned to human users based on their job role and transaction use. Digital Access refers to documents created in SAP systems by external systems or bots, often triggering additional license requirements unless properly managed.
3. Is there a difference between licensing for on-premise SAP and RISE with SAP?
Yes. RISE with SAP uses a subscription-based model bundled with infrastructure, support, and BTP services. Traditional on-premise licensing is perpetual and modular. NexInfo helps evaluate the best fit based on cost, ownership, and technical roadmap.
4. Can you help us reduce unused or over-licensed SAP users?
Absolutely. We analyze user activity logs, role usage, and license assignments to right-size your license types and deactivate unused accounts—resulting in 15–30% cost savings in most engagements.
5. What tools do you use for SAP license analysis?
We use SAP’s native tools (USMM, LAW, SLAW2, ST03N), third-party tools (Snow, Xpandion, VOQUZ), and our proprietary audit methodology to generate accurate license optimization reports.
SAP investments are significant. NexInfo helps you maximize return, reduce licensing waste, and build an efficient, scalable architecture aligned to your digital future.
Connect with NexInfo’s SAP Advisory team today for a Licensing & Architecture Workshop customized for your industry and IT roadmap.
