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SAP Business Suite, classic edition

New in SAP's February 2025 glossary edition.

What it is

The original integrated suite SAP sold from 2009: on-premise SAP ERP, SAP CRM, SAP PLM, SAP SCM and SAP SRM, first on SAP NetWeaver and later on SAP HANA. SAP S/4HANA started life as "SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA".

Formerly known as: SAP Business Suite.

Why it matters for executives

The classic edition is the landscape many ECC customers still run. Knowing its components helps map what a move to S/4HANA or the cloud suite actually replaces.

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Source and currency. Summarised in our own words from SAP's publicly available SAP Corporate Glossary (February 2025 edition). SAP updates names, editions and packaging often; check the current wording on sap.com before relying on it.

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