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SAUG Solution Series: Right-Sizing Your SAP FUEs: Reducing License Costs Through Usage-Based Authorisation Design


Date(s):
15th Oct 2026
Time:
2:00PM - 2:45PM AEDT
Venue:
Online
Description:

As organisations migrate to SAP Cloud ERP Private (RISE with SAP), many discover that their existing SAP role design was never built with the FUE licensing model in mind. As a result, users are often classified into higher FUE tiers than their actual activities require, leading to unnecessary license consumption and potential mid-subscription true-up costs.

Under SAP's STAR framework, FUE classification is determined by the SAP authorisation object values assigned to users, not simply by the transactions they execute. Legacy role designs, SAP standard roles and years of accumulated authorisation creep can therefore result in organisations paying for more FUEs than their workforce genuinely needs.

In this session, Soterion will demonstrate, through real customer case studies, how organisations have significantly reduced FUE consumption by analysing actual authorisation usage and applying a structured Licensing by Design approach to SAP role optimisation.

The session will cover:

  • How to identify FUE optimisation opportunities using actual SAP authorisation usage data.
  • How Licensing by Design enables SAP roles to be designed with both business requirements and FUE optimisation in mind.
  • How to establish ongoing FUE governance to prevent license creep and avoid future true-up costs.

The session will also include a live demonstration of Soterion's SAP License Manager, showing how organisations can quantify their current FUE exposure, identify optimisation opportunities, simulate the impact of proposed role changes and continuously monitor FUE consumption over time.

Key Takeaways

  • Understand why traditional SAP role design methodologies and SAP standard roles can lead to unnecessary FUE consumption under the STAR framework.
  • Learn how organisations have reduced FUE consumption through usage-based authorisation optimisation.
  • Discover how a Licensing by Design approach helps prevent over-consumption before it occurs, rather than relying on post-migration remediation.
  • See how continuous FUE governance enables organisations to control license consumption and minimise the risk of future true-up costs.

Register Today!

Our Speaker:

Dudley Cartwright

Managing Director

Soterion

Ben Murphy

Group IT Architecture Manager

SunRice Group

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