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1H 2024 Production Release is around the corner!
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2024 Release Dates To prepare for 2024 Preview and Production Releases, make sure to regularly visit the SAP SuccessFactors Customer Community Product Release and Roadmap Information page. Find updated release information assets as they are launched - What's New Viewer, Q&A Sessions, Release Highlights, and much more. You can also subscribe to the SAP SuccessFactors Release newsletter for advanced notice of documentation, helpful resources, and timely updates. The Release Weekend dates are listed below. Note, that the upgrades will begin from late Friday night onwards, hence the Friday starting date is listed for each weekend. 1H 2024 Preview April 19-21 1H 2024 Production May 17-19 2H 2024 Preview October 18-20 2H 2024 Production Nov 15-17 |
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Administrator Resources |
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Access Admin Training & SFX Accreditation exams Today! |
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Explore Administration product training, SFX Accreditation exams, and more in the SAP SuccessFactors Administrator Learning Center (SFALC) included with your SF subscription. SFALC is accessed through the SAP SuccessFactors Customer Corner. See the SFALC & SFX Quick Start Guide for instructions - explore training content and SFX exams today! |
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Automate multiple systems to reduce manual data entry during onboarding Learn how SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Build Process Automation, SAP Integration Suite and SAP Signavio solutions can help you streamline the new-hire onboarding process, eliminate potential human data errors, and provide faster time to value for new employees and a better employee onboarding experience. https://www.sap.com/assetdetail/2023/12/74e32719-9d7e-0010-bca6-c68f7e60039b.html |
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Universal update on the latest Goal Management version - COMING IN 2024! The Latest version of Goal Management has been in General Availability since the 1H 2023 Release. This new experience provides users with a redesigned UI and an improved experience related to create and manage goals. In addition, we've introduced new functionality including integration with CPM and Dynamic Teams. What's Changing: With the latest version now Generally Available, it will be made universal to all customers and the process of deprecating the legacy version will happen in 2 stages during 2024: H1 = Universal upgrade, with opt-out H2 = Universal Upgrade, no opt-out Customers are advised to start planning now and upgrade their Goal Management now to carry out your 2024 cycle in the new version and not wait for the universal push!!! To prepare for this, make sure to access the links below with information and tips! |
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The Latest Employee Central (EC) Global Benefits Experience Early Adopter Care Program |
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We are excited to announce the latest SAP SuccessFactors EC Global Benefits enrollment experience. This is an entirely new guided enrollment experience for defined enrollment periods such as an annual open enrollment or Special Enrollment Periods due to a work and life event. For more details about this feature, please visit our customer community blog here. On February 22nd, 2024, we will begin an Early Adopter Care (EAC) Program for customers who are interested in providing feature and user experience feedback to our Product Development Team. As part of this EAC Program, customers will benefit from direct access to our PM Team to answer implementation and feature specific questions. This program is open to customers who are using insurance and savings benefit types only, and do not require custom fields, objects, or “On Change” rules. This EAC Program will run until June 30th, 2024. If you are interested in joining our EAC Program, please email our team at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Simar at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
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Succession & Development Adoption e-Book We know that succession and development planning continues to be imperative for organizations to grow employee skills and plan for the future at scale. Check out the Adoption Playbook on SAP SuccessFactors Succession & Development to learn about the solution features, functionality and access link's to demo's, best practices documentation, research and more. |
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Customer On Demand Provisioning for RMK and RPOS SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting Marketing and Recruiting Posting systems are no longer automatically provisioned. Instead, customers now have control over when these two modules are provisioned or made available for consultants to configure. Follow the steps in this guide page 33: Onboarding Center Overview Presentation (sap.com) as well review KBA 3066901 - How to Start Provisioning for a cloud product - SAP for Me - SAP for Me |
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In addition to real-time data, SAP for Me now provides an interactive analytical reporting Customer Insights Dashboard. Launched on Sept 27, this gives you a holistic overview across your product portfolio, support entitlements, cases management, system landscape, and more to power the success of your SAP investment. More details in Support Portal and in this blog. |
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Calculate the financial benefits for your company when recommending learning paths with SAP SuccessFactors SAP has created a tool that all customers can use to simulate their business context and calculate the financial benefit of using artificial intelligent in SAP SuccessFactors to recommend learnings to employees. Read this blog to learn more on the tool and find out what the benefit would be for you. For more information please take a look at the following Blog! |
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The Growth and Insights HR Research Library has migrated to the SAP Community Page. What does the future of HR look like – and what are the hot topics today? Explore the latest human resource trends, research, and insights from HR transformation experts. Access the new page here. |
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2024 HR Trends: The Year of AI How is the future of work evolving and are you ready for what’s next? Get an expert analysis of the top trends impacting HR from SAP’s HR research scientists. Read about what’s trending in the world of AI-enabled HR and learn how organizations are preparing and adapting to thrive in the rapidly changing world of work. Whitepaper | Video | Infographic | Presentation | More on the Growth and Insights HR Research Library… |
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Growing skills gaps, elevated employee expectations, and the need for agile organizations are forcing organizations to rethink the future of employee potential. How can HR technology help organizations assess, understand, and realize employees’ potential? Check out the insights as well as the HR strategy and technology recommendations based on the research conducted by the SAP SuccessFactors Growth & Insights team. |
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Bringing the Whole Self Model to Life: Revolutionizing Employee Experience with the Talent Intelligence Hub Discover how the whole self model can help encourage your employees to share more about themselves, including their preferences, aspirations, and styles. With the talent intelligence hub, you can capture and leverage whole self data to facilitate a reimagined employee experience. Check out the brochure, SAP News Center article, and video – all found on the HR Research Library. |
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Exciting opportunity for YOU to influence SAP SuccessFactors business, product, and portfolio strategy The behavioral scientists on the SAP SuccessFactors Growth & Insights team are now conducting interviews for the Sales Performance Management and Next Employee Experience research programs. If you would want to participate in a live 60-minute virtual interview, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Example research questions
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Implementation Resources |
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Choosing the right Implementation Partner is critical to the success of your project and your business. It is never too early to begin evaluating implementation partners. This newly updated guide 'How to Select and Manage your Partner Effectively' provides key considerations to follow when qualifying and selecting an SAP SuccessFactors (HXM) implementation partner. |
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Implementation Design Principles |
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Implementation Design Principles (IDPs) provide structured guidance and advice on how to address challenging customer requirements as well as frequently asked questions occurring during the design and implementation phases of project. IDPs deliver these best practices by means of documents created in collaboration with our top implementation partners and SAP`s services and further "verified" by product.
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Virtual Events |
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Fast-track your HR journey to the cloud with SAP partners Discover how SAP and our global network of partners can support you on your journey from SAP ERP HCM to SAP SuccessFactors. Hear firsthand from the experts as they share their experiences, practical insights, and real-world case studies on how organizations worldwide have successfully made their move to HR in the cloud.
Key topics that will be discussed include:
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Are you ready to transform your business? Transforming your business with cloud technology like SAP SuccessFactors calls for a paradigm shift in the way you work, think, plan, and execute. This is an exciting and rewarding journey, which requires the right strategy, effort, and investments to get all your people on the same page. Collaboration across different teams and experts is essential to ensure a successful project and achieve desired outcomes. for our HR transformation webinar series to better understand how organizations are making changes to empower employees and drive successful business outcomes. This session is designed to equip you with action items to drive your organization’s transformation most effectively and avoid common pitfalls, followed by Q&A at the end. Visit this blog to look at the APJ and Americas friendly schedule and register for the event. Other Offerings: SAP HXM Customer Onboarding s |
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New to SAP SuccessFactors? Join us for our globally friendly, monthly customer onboarding webinar session. Learn about the tools and resources that will keep you up to date and successful.
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Rethinking the Role of HR to Find Your Competitive Edge Join Josh Bersin, one of HR’s top thought leaders, for a lively discussion on the latest HR trends and transformative strategies for growth and success. Josh is renowned for his research and insights on global talent markets, HR practices, and workplace technology trends.
In this exclusive, live webcast, you’ll learn how to:
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For a summary of product or process related training, virtual webinars, and opportunities to influence product features, please check out and subscribe to the SAP SuccessFactors Events & s page and subscribe to our monthly Events Newsletter. |
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Customer User Group Meetings |
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Don't miss our upcoming Customer User Group meetings. Each session features a Customer Spotlight, Subject Matter Expert discussions on topics you choose, and an opportunity for peer customers to share experiences, ideas, and best practices in a collaborative environment. Be sure to register and build your network today! The Learning User Group meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 11 AM EST. To find out more and receive meeting invitations, request more information in our Groups area on the Customer Community.
SAP SuccessFactors Work Zone User Group Meeting Our SAP SuccessFactors Work Zone User Group will provide you with an opportunity to connect with peer customers, hear from experts and listen to a Customer Spotlight. In this session, our customer EY will tell the story of their Work Zone implementation and use cases. Wednesday, March 28 – 10:00 AM EST Registration link: Registration |
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Innovation Alerts |
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Prepare for feature migrations and deprecations which require additional change management and communication. Check out our SAP SuccessFactors Innovation Alerts Dashboard in the SAP SuccessFactors Customer Corner in SAP Community! For details around navigating in the SAP Community, check out our video. |
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Impact of third party cookies deprecation on SAP SuccessFactors |
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Google has announced their intention of phasing out the third-party cookies support in their Chrome browsers in Q3 2024. Due to the deprecation of third-party cookies, there could be impact on the single sign-on and iFrame embedding functionalities. Please read the Updated blog SAP SuccessFactors Third Party Cookies and Common Super Domain Rollout on SAP Customer Community blog. We are offering Customer/Partner Open Office Hours weekly. You can find the registration for the open office hours in the blog post. |
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SAP SuccessFactors customers using a Corporate IDP solution or Basic Authentication must move to SAP Cloud Identity Authentication (IAS/IPS). Ensure you understand the impact to your organization and the timeline to migrate to IAS/IPS. to the Innovation Alert for details: Migration to SAP Cloud Identity Authentication (IA... - SAP Community Groups Open Office Hours sessions will be hosted through the SAP Learning hub – Registration for new sessions can be found here. This information will also be available on the customer community blog. Prior to attending the open office hours, we recommend watching this introduction video which is an overview of SAP Cloud Identity Authentication topic that was shared during the open office call. View video here. |
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Onboarding 1.0 End of Life Announcement 1H 2026 - Customer Open Office Hours Available to Customers |
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As previously communicated Onboarding 1.0 will reach the End of Maintenance in 2H 2025 and Deprecation as of 1H 2026. For more information, please review our Customer Community blog -Onboarding 1.0 Transformation and Deprecation Announcement. The newest version of SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding, focuses on integrating people, process, and technology to create modern engaging and efficient onboarding journeys that nurture talent and drive long-term success. We are encouraging our SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding 1.0 customers to begin actively planning for their move to the new solution. Onboarding 1.0 Transformation Open Office Hours are available once a month. You an find the links to the Open Office registration on the Customer Community blog. To help prepare for a successful Onboarding 1.0 transformation, we are holding open office hours, held the third Tuesday of the month, for customers and partners to talk to experts and ask any transformation-related questions. Please join us as needed to support your transformation journey. Registration links for the sessions can be found on the Customer Community post - Onboarding 1.0 Resources and Transformation Info |
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Latest Goals Management 1H 2024 Opt Out Release |
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Our latest version of Goals Management was moved to General Availability with the 1H 2023 release. Please read the additional information on the Customer Community Blog about those customers using Job Description Manager (JDM) and have not migrated to Talent Intelligence Hub (TIH) that will be excluded from the Latest Goals Management 1H 2024 and 2H 2024 Releases. |
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AI Learning Recommendations Now Available! |
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AI Recommendations are now available in the new Integrated Learning Experience with the 2H 2023 release. SAP is doing a staggering rollout of the feature by data center. If you are interested in enabling AI in Learning as soon as the feature is available in your data center, send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to let us know. |
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For an overview of all active initiatives, please visit and subscribe to the SAP SuccessFactors Community Innovation Alerts Dashboard. 2024: First Half
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