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EOL date for S/4HANA Java

By Tobias Hofmann November 9, 2026 Posted in SAP
Tags: SAP

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In case you work with SAP you ineviteable came across the end of support dates 🔗 for ECC and NetWeaver Java. While those dates were adjusted a few times since they were originally announced - and some still are, from time to time - the one for NW Java 7.5 is fixed at 31.12.2030. The support for NW Java 7.5 is important as the Adobe Document Server runs on it and SAP somehow thought for years that a cloud only offering on BTP is the perfect alternative. Which meant, that for those disagreeing with this point of view, the ADS support date is bound to the one for NW Java 7.5.

For NW Java 7.5 and Adobe the important date is 31.12.2030. SAP Note 1648480 🔗

“The Java stack in SAP NetWeaver 7.50 is based on Java version 8. SAP NetWeaver 7.5 Java will be supported in mainstream maintenance until end of 2027. Extended maintenance will be offered until end of 2030.”

31.12.2030

Sort of.

You might have seen that there is an S/4HANA Java server available. [SAP Help 🔗] Parts of that SAP Help page are abandoned and contain invalid links, sites deactivated by SAP years ago 🔗.

S/4HANA Java is not exactly NW Java 7.5. A NW Java 7.5 with ADS can be transformed to a S/4HANA Java system: “A system conversion of SAP NetWeaver AS Java 7.5 to SAP S/4HANA Java Server is possible” 🔗

The SAP Help page for SAP S/4HANA Java 🔗 refences to SAP Note 3493301 🔗 which point to 3644689 🔗. Seems that this transformation is not doing more than assuring that only components that are supported in the S/4HANA Java context 🔗 are installed. Technically it is NW Java 7.5 with Java 8. Nothing changes on that side. And, of course, the name: NW Java 7.5 -> S/4HANA Java.

What however does change is the support.

14.10.2030

“Java Server 7.5 for S/4HANA is based on SAP NetWeaver 7.5 Application Server Java and will be in mainstream maintenance until 14.10.2030”.

That’s shorter than the extended support you get for NetWeaver 7.5: 31.12.2030. After updating your NW Java 7.5 to S/4HANA Java, you get mainstream maintenance, but 78 days less support. Congrats: you might save support fees, but get less support time. Can’t have everything, right?

Seriosly, who at SAP comes up with this? Why not also until 31.12.2030? And why 14.10.2030?