Users access SAP S/4HANA Cloud from a web browser via any device. All business apps are launched from the SAP Fiori launchpad. Business users only need an internet connection, the URL, and access rights.
Effective identity and access management is the basis for secure and compliant system operation. With SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP owns and operates the platform and users must have dedicated authorizations.
SAP S/4HANA Cloud fulfills the highest standards for protecting your data. As a customer, you don't need to consider any special security settings other than assigning appropriate user authorizations.
We are committed to the highest security and quality standards:
Business data is stored in secure data centers
Customers may share physical hardware, but data is always separated
Users who require access to business data must authenticate themselves, and their identity must be verified by user and access management
Customer data always belongs to the customer
Data Centers
We follow operating best practices for data centers:
Computation and storage parts of solutions are deployed over separated fire-safe areas to support disaster recovery
A redundant hardware storage system performs regular backups
An advanced database management solution is used to securely isolate each customer’s business information
External Auditing
We perform regular third-party audits to help ensure early detection of new security issues:
We are committed to third-party validations, standards, and certifications of the policies and procedures we use to maintain our customers’ security, privacy, and data integrity
We maintain a number of different certifications and accreditations to help ensure the highest standards of service and reliability for our customers
Data Protection
We consider legal requirements and privacy concerns related to data protection:
In addition to compliance with general data protection acts, we consider compliance with industry-specific legislation in different countries
We provide specific features to support compliance with the relevant legal requirements, such as functionality that simplifies the deletion or blocking of personal data
Tap into the efficiency and speed of the cloud by running your service on our world-class shared cloud infrastructure. This means minimal IT costs, no servers to maintain, and the data security that you can expect from SAP.
Private Cloud
Get the same advantages offered by public cloud, but in a dedicated, privately managed cloud environment. This deployment option is best suited for organizations with highly-customized requirements.
With analytical and transactional data combined in the same in-memory computing solution, SAP S/4HANA Cloud provides immediate insights based on real-time data.
Embedded Analytics
Define, manage, and leverage consistent KPIs across all your business functions, create and manage reports, run analytical queries, and build predictive models.
In-memory computing and the openness of platform-as-a-service (PaaS) provides rapid access to data to support machine learning. This intelligence is available to business users at the point of consumption.
The SAP S/4HANA Cloud Software Development Toolkit (SDK) provides all the necessary libraries and project templates you need to develop an extension for SAP S/4HANA.
SAP S/4HANA Cloud offers a best in class two-tier ERP landscape. This greatly simplifies consolidations and integrations between headquarters and subsidiaries, both during set-up and operations.
SAP S/4HANA Cloud allows for native integration with other SAP solutions—including SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Fieldglass, SAP Hybris, SAP Concur, and SAP Ariba and open interfaces for integrations and extensions to other solutions—via the SAP Cloud Platform.
Extensibility in the SAP S/4HANA suite can be categorized into two main parts: side-by-side extensibility through SAP Cloud Platform and in-app extensibility through built-in capabilities.
Partners and customers can efficiently create custom applications, vertical solutions, and extensions by leveraging the SAP S/4HANA software developer kit (SDK).
Build sample apps, extensions, and integrate with SAP solutions using our central catalog of all SAP and partner application programming interfaces (APIs).