According to the SAP Activate methodology for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, a specific set of systems is provisioned and utilized to guide the implementation project. The process begins with the Starter system, which is used during the Prepare and Explore phases for activities like fit-to-standard workshops and solution scoping. Following this, the permanent 3-system landscape is provisioned. Within this landscape, the Development system is used for all configuration and extensibility, and the Test system is used for quality assurance, integration testing, and user acceptance testing before deployment to the Production system. These three systems are fundamental components of the implementation lifecycle.

B. Trial system: A trial system is provided for evaluation or training purposes before a customer commits to a project and is not part of the official implementation landscape.

E. Sandbox system: A sandbox is an optional, separately licensed system for isolated testing or proof-of-concepts and is not a standard part of the core implementation landscape.

1. SAP Activate Roadmap Viewer: In the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition roadmap

the "System Landscape and Transport Management" workstream details the provisioning sequence. The task "Request SAP S/4HANA Cloud Systems" explicitly lists the Starter system

followed by the Development

Test

and Production systems as the standard landscape.

2. SAP Help Portal - SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Public Edition: The documentation on "System Landscapes" describes the standard 3-system landscape (Development

Test

Production) and the initial role of the Starter system for fit-to-standard workshops. It clarifies that the Starter system is a temporary environment used at the beginning of the project.

3. SAP Learning - S4C01e (SAP S/4HANA Cloud

public edition Implementation Fundamentals): Unit 2

Lesson "System Landscape"

outlines the systems used during an implementation. It confirms the use of a Starter system for initial workshops

which is then replaced by the permanent 3-system landscape (Development

Test

Production)

with the Development and Test systems being actively used throughout the project before go-live.