SAP HANA Migration: Manage Change & Migrate Data
- John Jordan
- Jun 26
- 2 min read
The mandatory SAP HANA migration by 2027 might seem far off, but for a system so central to many businesses, it's closer than you think. This article will help you understand how to prepare for this big change, focusing on managing the human side of things and making sure your data moves smoothly. It's all about getting ready without disrupting your daily work.
Getting Ready for SAP HANA: It's About People and Data
When we talk to customers about the SAP HANA migration, the 2027 deadline often feels distant. But for a system that's so important to many core businesses, that's not a lot of time. We want to help teams understand how to train and enable their people to think about the process side of things, rather than just the tools.
Organizational Change Management (OCM)
Our Organizational Change Management (OCM) function has been around for a long time, and it's really important. We get this team involved early with our customers. They help with decisions about which SAP functions are critical to daily operations and which ones can be changed or impacted in a better way in the future. It's the culture and people side of this discussion that's so important for expanding platforms, increasing usage, and getting a good return on investment.
Help teams understand how to train and enable their people.
Focus on the process side, not just the tools.
Decide which SAP functions are critical.
Identify functions that can be changed for better impact.
Ensure a good return on investment.
Moving Your Data Safely
The other side of this migration is how to move data without affecting the current system. This is important as you're testing, expanding, and upgrading. Protecting data for these workloads is not easy because there are many connections between different instances, servers, and databases. If something goes wrong, like an outage or a cyberattack, you can't just recover your environment randomly.
We have a very solid, tested, and proven way to do this. In fact, our team spent so much time on it that we even got patents for it. We have our own special methods that help our clients make sure their environment is very strong moving forward.
Two Ways to Approach the Migration
If your organization has limited resources, there are two main ways to handle this:
Pause what you're doing and focus on the migration yourself. This is probably not very easy to do, as it can disrupt your operations.
Work with a partner like us. We can help with the migration and all the retraining without impacting your daily operations. We also do it in a cost-effective way for your organization.
Working with a partner can make the migration smoother and help you avoid common pitfalls. It's about making a big change manageable and successful for your business.
