SAP Business Suite

SAP Business Suite is a bundle of business applications that provide integration of information and processes, collaboration, industry-specific functionality and scalability. SAP Business Suite is based on SAP's technology platform called NetWeaver.

SAP Business Suite 7 has five constituents:^[1]

• SAP ERP 6.0 (Enterprise Resource Planning)
• SAP CRM 7.0 (Customer Relationship Management)
• SAP SRM 7.0 (Supplier Relationship Management)
• SAP SCM 7.0 (Supply Chain Management)
• SAP PLM 7.0 (Product Lifecycle Management)

Recent Developments (2025 onwards)

Support & Transition Extensions: SAP Business Suite 7 enjoys mainstream support through 2027, with optional extended maintenance until 2030. To ease migration challenges, SAP also announced an “ERP, private edition – transition option” (2025) as part of the RISE with SAP portfolio, allowing customers to continue operations in the cloud between 2031 and 2033 before fully adopting SAP S/4HANA or SAP Cloud ERP ^[2]

Cloud-First Business Suite: In 2025, SAP reimagined its Business Suite as a cloud-native, AI-powered platform, delivered in modular packages that combine Cloud ERP, Business Data Cloud, Business AI, and SAP Build. This shift emphasizes extensibility, industry-specific innovation, and maintaining a clean-core architecture. A practical overview of these changes is also available in SAPVista’s guide ^[3]

AI Integration & Intelligent Applications: SAP introduced Joule, its generative AI copilot, across the suite. In addition, intelligent applications such as Finance Intelligence, Customer Intelligence, People Intelligence, and Cloud ERP Intelligence are now delivered through the SAP Business Data Cloud, enabling simulation, planning, and AI-driven insights across enterprise processes ^[4]

Strategic Vision & User Sentiment: SAP branded this strategy as “Business Unleashed”, positioning the Business Suite for the cloud era. While many customers welcome the modular, data-centric direction, some user groups such as DSAG (German-speaking SAP User Group) have raised concerns over clarity and commercial transparency during the transition ^[5]