Academy · Security & GRC · 400 Expert
Designing a Compliant Role Architecture for S/4HANA Transformation
An expert course on redesigning access for an SAP S/4HANA transformation: assessing a legacy role landscape, designing a Fiori-based role architecture from SAP business role templates, building segregation of duties into the design, testing roles and user-to-role mapping at scale, and reaching audit-ready access at go-live. Built around Contoso Motor Co.'s system conversion and its SAP Access Control setup.
- 55 minutes
- 5 lessons + quiz
- Security & GRC Specialist, Solution Architect, Program / PMO Lead, Test Lead / Test Manager
What you’ll be able to do
- Assess a legacy role landscape for redesign
- Design a role architecture aligned to SAP Fiori and business processes
- Embed SoD rules in role design and build
- Plan role testing and user-to-role mapping at scale
- Achieve audit-ready access at go-live
Sources and further reading
- Creating Business Roles for SAP Fiori Content (Exploring the Authorization Concept for SAP Fiori on SAP S/4HANA) · SAP Learning
- Describing an Overview of Identity Access Management (Implementing SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition) · SAP Learning
- Building a Rule Set (Discovering the Main Functionalities of SAP Access Control) · SAP Learning
- Troubleshooting Authorization Checks (Exploring the Authorization Concept for SAP S/4HANA and SAP Business Suite) · SAP Learning
- Exploring the Authorization Concept for SAP S/4HANA and SAP Business Suite · SAP Learning
- GRC300: SAP Access Control Implementation and Configuration · SAP Training
- SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition and SAP ERP, tailored option: Roles and Responsibilities (v7 2025) · SAP