The end is near! That's right, mainstream support for SAP ECC will be ending in 2027. While this is fairly well known what is less obvious is that this also includes support for SAP Solution Manager. Let's be honest though, the functional end of life for Solution Manager happened quite a while ago.

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It's my pleasure to announce the release of Avantra 24.2. The second update of Avantra 24, building upon 24.1 which brought performance and customer requested bug fixes, 24.2 brings new innovations and enhancements to our Avantra platform. With over 300 changes in our development management system, Avantra 24.2 feels like a major release to us and we have something new everywhere you look. Let's dive deeper into the new features.

Avantra is excited to unveil Avantra AIR, an AI driven extension of the Avantra platform that promises to transform how SAP powered organizations operate. With Avantra Air, we're continuing our journey to empower businesses to harness the full potential of their SAP data, break down silos, and drive unprecedented efficiency and innovation.

End of support for ECC seems to consume the oxygen in the room lately, but a less covered topic might be more critical and have a larger near term impact on large enterprises planning or in flight with S/4 migration projects. This event is potentially more disruptive than the end of support for ECC, directly impacting the ability of customers to continue IT operations for SAP.