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June 03, 2026
3:00 – 3:45 PM

Learn how to validate STAR results, reduce ABL-driven overlicensing, and build an audit-ready baseline for S/4HANA and RISE with SAP.

SAP licensing is one of the most complex—and costly—areas in enterprise IT. And in many environments, overspend isn’t obvious until renewal time or an audit.

Whether you’re still on ECC, preparing for an S/4HANA migration, or already operating under RISE with SAP, your license position may be more exposed than it looks. With Authorization-Based Licensing (ABL), costs can be driven by what users could do based on authorizations—not what they actually do. Combined with inactive users, duplicate accounts, and misclassified roles, this can quietly inflate spend cycle after cycle.

In this webinar, USU’s SAP licensing experts share a data-driven, five-step approach to regain control of SAP spend—starting with a defensible compliance baseline and ending with a negotiation position backed by auditable, SAP-originated data.

 

What you’ll learn

Validate STAR with real usage

See how STAR classifications and ABL can inflate license demand—and how to confirm them against actual system usage.

Find risk before an audit does

Detect inactive users, over-licensed accounts, and engine metric issues early—before they turn into audit findings.

Model S/4HANA & RISE requirements

Simulate user and license needs using your own usage data, not assumptions or vendor estimates.

Negotiate with audit-ready evidence

Build a defensible negotiation position backed by traceable, SAP-originated data SAP can’t easily dismiss.

Who should attend

SAP license managers, SAM/ITAM practitioners, and IT finance or IT leadership stakeholders responsible for SAP contracts, audit readiness, or upcoming ECC-to-S/4HANA and RISE decisions.

Speaker

Estéban Rautureau

Estéban Rautureau

SAP license expert, USU