SAP IDM maintenance ends December 31, 2027. What’s your plan?
A paid extension can push the deadline to 2030, but SAP has confirmed there is no successor product. Most enterprise IGA migrations take 18 to 36 months. With Pathlock, you are live in 3 to 6 months, well before support ends, and in control of your own timeline.
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The deadline is fixed. Your runway isn’t.
Successor product: none confirmed by SAP.
Both paths start today. Only one is finished before support ends.
STILL RUNNING SAP IDM?
The longer you wait, the bigger the gap
Support ends in about 14 months, with no SAP successor.
Here is what that means for your team.
A hard deadline
Maintenance and security patches end Dec 31, 2027.
Extension buys time
A paid extension to 2030 adds no new capabilities.
No SAP successor
SAP has announced no replacement for IDM.
Migrations take long
Enterprise IGA projects run 18–36 months.
THREE PATHS FORWARD
Only one of these ends with a plan
| What you get |
|
Pay for the extension | Do nothing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vendor support |
Full and continuous
|
Paid, through 2030
|
Ends Dec 31, 2027
|
| New capabilities |
Continuously updated IGA and GRC platform
|
None
|
None
|
| Cost trajectory |
One planned project, predictable cost
|
Extra licensing, same migration ahead
|
$0 now, exposure later
|
| SOX / compliance risk |
Audit-ready now
|
Deferred, not removed
|
Unmitigated after 2027
|
| Control over timeline |
Live in 3–6 months, not 18–36
|
Runway shrinks toward 2030
|
Forced and reactive
|
Industry average based on typical enterprise IGA implementations. Pathlock’s 3–6 month methodology is validated at Fortune 500 scale.
What replaces SAP IDM
Pathlock Application Access Governance takes over SAP IDM’s execution role. Compliant Provisioning runs joiner-mover-leaver work through a configurable workflow engine, not custom scripts. Access Risk Analysis runs the SoD and sensitive-access checks SAP GRC Access Control does today, so governance and execution stay connected.
- SAP GRC Access Control risk rules and SAP IDM workflows map into configuration, not new custom code
- Coverage beyond SAP: Workday, Salesforce and Oracle, closing the gap generic tools like Microsoft Entra ID leave
- Non-human identities, such as service accounts and integration users, get the same lifecycle discipline as people
How to prepare for the migration
Pathlock migrates in phases: connect to surrounding SAP systems for visibility first, then move lifecycle and provisioning work over. No single cutover. The groundwork before that decides cost and timeline.
- Map which workflows and connectors are custom-built versus standard before choosing a replacement
- Decide where SoD and risk analysis happen versus what executes the approved change
- Check coverage for non-SAP systems and non-human identities, not just the SAP-native piece
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"Pathlock streamlined our SOX audits by helping us identify true SoD violations, so we can focus on mitigating actual risks, not just potential ones."
Suzan Zortea
Global Governance Lead
"Pathlock gave us real-time visibility into access risk and automated our SoD analysis, eliminating guesswork and streamlining compliance."
Claudio Minoia
Chief Technology Officer
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