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License Consulting Expertise

Right size your SAP estate before measurement, not after.

Most SAP estates carry twenty to forty percent of named user entitlement that nobody uses. We classify every user by their real role, eliminate dormant accounts, and rebalance the license mix so your next measurement matches what you actually consume. Senior led, no SAP relationship.

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What we do

Four areas of license right sizing work.

Right sizing is not a one off project. Each area below is sequenced so the savings compound over the renewal cycle and survive the next measurement.

Area 01

User classification analytics

We pull authorization assignments, transaction logs, and session activity to classify every named user by their actual SAP usage pattern rather than the type assigned at provisioning.

  • Analytics across STAD, USR41, and ST03N data
  • Mapping of activity profiles to named user types
  • Identification of misclassified Professional users
Area 02

Dormant entitlement removal

Inactive users still count in measurement. We identify, document, and decommission dormant accounts in a controlled way that preserves audit evidence and reduces the next LAW result.

  • Detection of accounts with no recent activity
  • Controlled deactivation with audit trail
  • Joiner mover leaver process redesign
Area 03

Role and authorization rebalance

Authorization design drives user type. We rebuild roles around real business processes, removing the high authority assignments that force a Professional license where Limited or Productivity would suffice.

  • Role library inventory and overlap analysis
  • Position based authorization for shared workers
  • S_TCODE and object level scope reduction
Area 04

Engine and indirect rebalance

Optimization is not only named users. Engine metrics, document categories, and HANA usage can all be re measured and rebalanced to match real consumption patterns.

  • HANA, BW, and CAR engine consumption review
  • Document category mapping under Digital Access
  • Trade analysis of named users versus Digital Access
Our approach

Our five step right sizing methodology

Right sizing has to deliver before the next measurement window. Our five phase method is designed to produce documented savings within ninety days.

01

Inventory

Full inventory of users, roles, engines, and document patterns across every productive system.

02

Analyze

Activity analysis to classify users by actual usage and identify dormant accounts and overprovisioned roles.

03

Design

Target license mix design and prioritized roadmap of role rebuild and reclassification actions.

04

Execute

Hands on execution with your basis, security, and SAM teams to deliver reclassification and decommission in production.

05

Sustain

Quarterly monitoring against the target mix to ensure savings do not erode through process drift.

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Measurable outcomes

Measurable outcomes when SAPAudits right sizes your estate.

Right sizing engagements deliver measurable cost reduction within the same fiscal year. Each result below is the median outcome across more than seventy optimization projects.

32%
Average reduction in Professional user count through documented reclassification to Limited Professional or Productivity user types.
21%
Average reduction in total license cost in the first renewal cycle following an SAPAudits optimization engagement.
90 days
From kickoff to documented savings evidenced by reduced named user counts in the next LAW measurement submission.
100%
Audit trail retention for every reclassification and decommission action, defensible to external audit and SAP measurement.
Client outcome

Consumer products company removes 41 percent of Professional user entitlement

"We had four years of accreted licenses from old projects. SAPAudits classified every user against actual usage, designed the target mix, and supported execution with our basis team. We removed forty one percent of Professional user entitlement before renewal."
Director of SAM, North American consumer products (Fortune 300)
41%Professional users removed
$6.8MAnnual run rate saving
21%Total license cost reduction
13 weeksFrom kickoff to savings
Related research

White papers on license optimization

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The SAP License Right Sizing Guide

Methodology, data sources, and reclassification logic used to right size SAP estates of all sizes.

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Named User Classification Logic

How to map authorization activity to the SAP named user types with documented evidence for every assignment.

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The SAP Audit Defense Playbook

Step by step preparation, dispute, and settlement methodology used in more than one hundred audit defenses.

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