Hyperscalers IaaS — counting stays SUR; no Named User↔vCPU
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- Kind
- Cloud / BYOL
- Statement
- SAP Support page "SAP and Hyperscalers" (retrieved 2026-08-31): Certified Infrastructure as a Service Platforms for preferred deployment models; certified hardware supporting IaaS configurations for OLAP, OLTP and SAP Business One. Vendors named on the page: Alibaba Cloud Computing Limited; Amazon Web Services; Google Cloud Platform; Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd; IBM Cloud; Microsoft Azure; Open Telekom Cloud. Prerequisites for SAP support in IaaS environments include: already licensed SAP software; executed SAP system sizing and known resource requirements; knowing which instance types are permitted for SAP software and how much capacity can be reliably provided; familiarity with network quality to the IaaS region; experience with virtualized infrastructures and supported OS; knowledge of IaaS provider support services. Counting remains SUR Named User / Digital Access Documents / engine metrics (Cores, Concurrent Sessions, etc.) as licensed for on-prem Packages deployed on certified IaaS. No Processor-style Named User↔vCPU mapping of Business Suite / S/4HANA Named User onto AWS/Azure/GCP is published on this page. RISE/FUE is SAP's cloud subscription, not this IaaS BYOL overlay.
- Applies when
- Running already-licensed SAP software on an SAP-certified IaaS / Hyperscaler platform under SUR Package licenses (not RISE FUE subscription).
- Applies to
- On-prem SUR Packages on SAP-certified IaaS named on the Hyperscalers page. Not RISE FUE. Not a new unit of measure.
- Aliases
- SAP and Hyperscalers; Certified IaaS platforms; no Processor-style vCPU mapping
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