Basis & Technology
What is Support Package Stack (SPS)?
A tested, coordinated combination of support packages for all components of a product version.
SAP releases SPS on a schedule and recommends applying them as units. In S/4HANA, SPS follow feature package stacks within a release. Most programs plan one or two SPS updates per year with a regression cycle each.
Related terms
Support Package
A bundle of SAP corrections for a software component, applied in sequence to keep a system current.
Feature Package Stack
An S/4HANA on-premise package delivering new functions plus corrections within a release, before SPS-only maintenance begins.
Maintenance Planner
SAP's cloud tool for planning installations, updates, and conversions, and generating the stack XML for SUM.
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