What is the difference between a public SAP client and a private SAP client?

IDES24 offers both public and private SAPAccess s for S/4 HANA or ECC 6. What is the difference?

The “public” SAP Access is used by multiple users from various organizations. The data on this site is constantly changing and being updated, as many people are working on it and practicing at the same time.
Only you and your team have access to a private SAP Access . In this case, a special, dedicated “SAP Client” is set up for you. This means that almost all data and settings are under your control.

Consequently, private SAP Access are more expensive than public poolAccess. But what exactly are the advantages of having your own SAP client?
The following five factors can help you decide whether a private SAP client is right for you.

1. Reliability

The entire team has access to the same dataset and can collaborate quickly and reliably. No one can change your data or your configuration because your SAP client is private. This means that once you’ve made adjustments, everything stays the same. This security is important if you use the framework, for example, for sales demos, training scenarios, exercises, or as a development platform.

2. Privacy and Data Protection

If you use a private SAP client, no one else can view your SAP client or see what you are currently working on. Everything is intended exclusively for use within your team. This means that you can also work with sensitive company data.
Furthermore, other team members cannot access the development data of ABAP users, since these users have their own private namespace.

3. Performance

An elastic server hosts many of our private SAP client options. Server performance adjusts instantly based on the number of logged-in users. This means that the server's loading times remain optimal at all times.

4. SAP Test Environment

It is much better to have employees work on a training or test server than on your live SAP system. A small error could have disastrous consequences and result in high costs to resolve such a mess. A private SAP Access is an excellent way for developers to prepare for migration to a newer version or a new release of SAP (e.g., an S/4HANA implementation project).

5. Adaptability

Flexibility is a major advantage when trying to win over a customer. It’s never a good idea to work with a dataset that’s locked because someone else is using it.
With IDES24, there’s no time limit on how long you can stay logged in. You have full control over which release you want. Private SAP clients are available for ECC 6.0 and S/4HANA.

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