SAP Upgrade Guide Simplifying Your Upgrade

Short Description
Customers sometimes approach an upgrade with fear or apprehension. Usually, they do not know what the SAP upgrade is and what it entails. But an upgrade is not something to fear. The goal of this document is to demystify the upgrade process. This document also points out the various resources available to you concerning your upgrade.

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SAP intends that you (the customer) be able to perform an upgrade by yourself.
While upgrading SAP components is not as simple as entering upgrade.exe and having the rest of the process run automatically, it is not a complex problem. However, upgrading SAP components can be an involved project.
If you have an adequate number of experienced mySAP Technology and functional/business process team members, you should be able to perform the upgrade with little or no external help. Be realistic. If you do not have the proper staff to do an upgrade yourself, get the assistance of your consulting partner. In any case, you should have your consulting partner on-call if any problems arise.
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As of SAP Basis release 4.6C, the term Basis has been superseded by and is a subset of mySAP Technology.
The mySAP Technology staff assist the functional / business process team and cannot make the decisions about modification adjustments. Technical staff usually do not have the functional area knowledge to properly determine the modification adjustment. Even if your technical team has the functional knowledge, the functional team member should make the decision.
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