Transitioning from SAP Solution Manager to SAP Cloud ALM

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Solution Manager to Cloud ALM transition checklist

• Confirm your own dates: mainstream end (31 Dec 2027), extended maintenance eligibility, usage rights, ECC retirement.
• Run the Readiness Check for SAP Cloud ALM (SAP Note 3236443) on the productive Solution Manager.
• Inventory each capability: usage, owner, audit retention, estate served, customizing.
• Map each used capability to a Cloud ALM function, another tool, a workaround or an accepted gap.
• Redesign change control around features and deployment plans; pilot on a simple landscape first.
• Use Selective Data Transfer for current content only; simulate, start small, remember there is no rollback.
• Rebuild regression tests from ECC intent against S/4HANA processes; archive ECC run history.
• Write the one-home rule into the test strategy and change procedure.
• Give every interim arrangement an owner and a dated exit; review SAP's roadmap at each gate.
• Relocate SLD and license measurement and get audit sign-off on archives before shutdown.