The implementation of SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition follows the SAP Activate methodology, which utilizes a specific set of systems. The process begins with the Starter system (E), a pre-configured environment for Fit-to-Standard workshops and initial scoping. The project then moves to a 3-system landscape. In this landscape, all configurations and developments are performed in the Development system (B). These changes are then transported to the Test system (D) for quality assurance, integration testing, and user acceptance testing. These three systems—Starter, Development, and Test—are the core systems used during the implementation project before go-live in the Production system.

A. Trial system: A trial system is a temporary, pre-sales environment for prospective customers to evaluate the software's capabilities. It is not part of a subscribed customer's formal implementation landscape.

C. Sandbox system: A sandbox is an optional, isolated system that can be requested for purposes like prototyping or training. It is not a standard, mandatory system provisioned for every implementation project.

1. SAP Help Portal

SAP S/4HANA Cloud: The document "System Landscapes in SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Public Edition" outlines the standard system provisioning. It states

"At the beginning of your implementation project

you receive access to the SAP S/4HANA Cloud starter system." It then details the standard 3-system landscape

which "consists of a development

a test

and a production system." This directly supports the roles of the Starter

Development

and Test systems in the implementation. (See section: System Landscapes in SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Public Edition).

2. SAP Activate Roadmap Viewer: The "SAP Activate Methodology for SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition" roadmap details the system lifecycle. In the Prepare Phase

the task "Request Initial Systems for SAP S/4HANA Cloud" explicitly lists the provisioning of the Starter system. In the Realize Phase

subsequent tasks describe the use of the Development system for configuration and the Test system for validation. (See tasks under System and Solution Provisioning workstream).

3. SAP Community Blog (Official): The article "3-System Landscape and Transport Management in SAP S/4HANA Cloud" explains the standard landscape. It details the flow of changes from the Development system to the Test system and finally to Production

confirming the distinct and mandatory roles of the Development and Test systems in the implementation and operational lifecycle. (Published by SAP experts

e.g.

Corina Kinzel

January 20

2022).