SAP S/4HANA Architecture (2nd Edition) (SAP PRESS)

If you’re working with SAP S/4HANA, you need to know the ins and outs of the system. Master SAP S/4HANA’s technical and application architecture with this book! See how the foundation is built: the backend data models, the frontend user experience, the analytics and extension capabilities, integration options, and more. Then learn about SAP S/4HANA’s core application areas, from finance to logistics. Finally, see what SAP S/4HANA architecture looks like in the cloud. Get ready to master SAP S/4HANA from the ground up!

• Understand the technical foundation of SAP S/4HANA
• Explore the architecture of key application areas, including finance, logistics, procurement, and sales
• Learn about SAP S/4HANA Cloud’s unique cloud architecture

Technical Foundation
See what makes a modern ERP solution. Learn about SAP S/4HANA’s technical backbone, including the underlying programming models. Then walk through core concepts: the SAP Fiori user experience, analytics, intelligent technologies, integration, extensions, and more.

Business Architecture
Explore SAP S/4HANA’s line of business landscape. Take a tour of the master data structure and individual application areas like sales, service, sourcing and procurement, logistics, warehouse management, and finance.

Cloud Considerations
Pop the hood of SAP S/4HANA Cloud. Discover cloud-specific architecture features, from scoping to outputs to identity and access management. Learn about cloud operations for SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition and SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition.

• Technical and application architecture
• Programming models
• Analytics
• Extensibility
• Integration
• Master data
• Sales and service
• Sourcing and procurement
• Logistics and manufacturing
• Finance and governance
• Identity and access management
• On-premise and cloud

Thomas Saueressig is a member of the Executive Board of SAP SE. He leads the SAP product engineering board area and has global responsibility for all business software applications. This includes all functional areas, from product strategy and management to product development and innovation, as well as cloud operations and support. Thomas is also in charge of the global SAP Labs Network and the SAP Enterprise Adoption organization including SAP Globalization Services, user enablement, and the overall quality of SAP software products. Thomas has a degree in business information technology from the University of Cooperative Education in Mannheim (Germany) and a joint executive MBA from ESSEC (France) and Mannheim Business School (Germany).

Tobias Stein is a development senior executive and leads the SAP S/4HANA architecture area. Tobias is a software architecture expert and has more than 22 years of experience with SAP’s ERP (SAP Business Suite and SAP S/4HANA) application and solution architectures. As a member of SAP’s global leadership team, he is heading the central architecture unit in the SAP S/4HANA development organization. He is a TOGAF-certified enterprise architect.

Jochen Boeder is vice president of the SAP S/4HANA architecture area. He has more than 15 years of experience in the architecture of SAP business applications. At SAP, he leads a team of senior architects in the SAP S/4HANA engineering organization. He has co-authored several IT books, most prominently, The Architecture of SAP ERP.

Dr. Wolfram Kleis is a software architect in the SAP S/4HANA architecture area. He joined SAP more than 20 years ago and held several positions as developer and architect. Most recently he engineered cloud applications for Internet of Things before joining the central SAP S/4HANA architecture unit. He has a strong passion for describing software architecture and is the author of the SAP HANA chapter in the book The Architecture of SAP ERP.