1. Migrate from SAP PI/PO to SAP Integration Suite: Prepare for the Future of Enterprise Integration
SAP has officially announced the end of life for SAP Process Integration (PI) and Process Orchestration (PO) in 2027,
with an extended maintenance option until 2030. This means that after these dates,
no new features, security updates, or technical support will be provided.
While SAP PI/PO has played a crucial role in enterprise integration for years, it now faces growing limitations in an era that demands:
Migrate from SAP PI/PO to SAP Integration Suite: Prepare for the Future of Enterprise Integration
- Seamless cloud connectivity
- High scalability and flexibility
- Deep integration with modern APIs and event-driven architectures
This is where the SAP Integration Suite comes in — a next-generation integration solution built on the latest technologies
to meet today’s evolving business needs. It enables organizations to:
- Simplify complex integration landscapes with a single, scalable solution
- Unify applications, systems, and data across both SAP and non-SAP environments
- Accelerate innovation while ensuring business continuity for mission-critical processes
Migrating to SAP Integration Suite isn’t just a technical upgrade — it’s a strategic leap toward becoming an intelligent, future-ready enterprise.
2. Why Now: Migrate from SAP PI/PO to SAP Integration Suite Before 2027
Upcoming PI/PO Sunset (2027 / 2030): Traditional PI/PO systems are increasingly complex, expensive to maintain, and unable to support new digital business models. Migrating early ensures a smooth transition and protects business continuity.
Lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO):
- No more hardware maintenance
- Reduced operational overhead and patching effort
- Cloud scalability and automatic upgrades
- Faster innovation cycles and simplified integrations
State-of-the-art technology:
- Leverage AI and ML enabled integration tools
- Flexible architecture supports hybrid and multi-cloud deployments
- Event-driven architecture
- Faster innovation through modern APIs, open connectors and prebuilt integration content
- Continuous updates from SAP’s innovation roadmap
Security and Compliance: Comply with global standards to ensure data protection and regulatory adherence.
Protect and Extend Your Investments: Start development on the SAP Integration Suite to avoid future migration costs and ensure your existing integration assets evolve alongside your business.
3 What is SAP Integration Suite
SAP Integration Suite is a comprehensive integration platform as a service (iPaaS) that enables you to seamlessly connect on-premise and cloud-based processes, services, applications, events, and data. With SAP Integration Suite, organizations can accelerate innovation, automate processes, and achieve faster time to value through a unified, scalable, and intelligent integration platform.
3.1 API Management
Ensure the security, governance, and transformation of your APIs with robust management capabilities.
An intuitive catalog, comprehensive documentation, and customizable policies empower teams to innovate safely,
ensuring data consistency and protection across the enterprise.
3.2 Integration Advisor
Harness crowdsourced machine learning to simplify complex mapping and transformation tasks in
business-to-business (B2B), application-to-application (A2A), and
business-to-government (B2G) integration scenarios.
This intelligent tool reduces manual effort and accelerates integration delivery.
Integration is the foundation for business success
3.3 Trading Partner Management
Easily build and maintain trading partner profiles to address the unique B2B requirements
of each partner. Streamline collaboration, enhance visibility, and ensure compliance across your extended business network.
3.4 Open Connectors
Simplify integration with over 170 prebuilt connectors for popular third-party applications and services —
including collaboration, CRM, messaging, and help desk platforms — eliminating the need for complex custom development.
3.5 Assess Migration Scenarios
Transition your existing SAP Process Orchestration (PO) and Process Integration (PI)
landscape to SAP Integration Suite to ensure future readiness.
By migrating to an iPaaS, you can create a hybrid, heterogeneous enterprise integration architecture
that drives agility and supports your journey toward an intelligent enterprise.
3.6 Event Mesh
Empower your applications to communicate asynchronously and in real time across distributed systems
through a fully managed, event-driven cloud service.
Event Mesh supports scalable event-based integration patterns,
helping organizations handle peak loads efficiently across diverse environments.
3.7 SAP Graph
Access SAP-managed data through a unified API layer, enabling developers to build new extensions
and intelligent applications that seamlessly integrate SAP data across solutions.
3.8 Edge Integration Cell
Run and manage APIs and integration scenarios securely within your own private landscape,
while maintaining centralized governance from the cloud — combining flexibility, performance, and control
for hybrid integration needs.
4. Citek Value-Driven Approach – 4R
Migrating from SAP PI/PO is not just a lift-and-shift activity —
it’s a strategic redesign of how your business systems interact and evolve.
Workshop "Business Technology Platform Enterprise Intergration & PO Move"
At Citek, we go beyond technical migration.
Our approach delivers a comprehensive modernization strategy
aligned with your unique business objectives and future integration roadmap.
Reuse
For standard interfaces with minimal customization and logic that remain valid in the new environment,
we reuse existing configurations and migrate them directly to the
SAP Integration Suite with minimal adjustments.
Replatform
For standard interfaces with reusable business logic but outdated technology,
we modernize them using current integration technologies and
SAP-recommended adapters, ensuring better performance and maintainability.
Replace
For obsolete, overly complex, or redundant interfaces,
we recommend replacing them with
prebuilt integration packages, standard APIs,
or open connectors available in the SAP Integration Suite,
optimizing cost and implementation effort.
Redesign
For interfaces that no longer meet current functional or architectural requirements,
we redesign them to achieve higher operational efficiency, flexibility,
and scalability within a cloud-native architecture.
Redesign is a strategic step — not only migrating but also optimizing and future-proofing
your integration landscape.
Migration Approach
Assess & Plan
Analyze your current PI/PO landscape using the
Migration Assessment Tool to identify the most suitable migration approach
for each interface. Define the migration scope, plan, and roadmap, and establish a
migration strategy aligned with SAP best practices.
Prepare
Set up environments, prepare documentation, align stakeholders, and organize the project team
to ensure readiness for the migration phase.
Migrate
Execute the migration using semi-automated tools to ensure speed, consistency,
and reliability. Perform migration activities based on the defined integration strategy.
Test
Perform both unit and integration testing, utilizing manual testing and
automated testing frameworks such as Figaf or INT4
to ensure functional integrity and performance.
Go-Live
Deploy with proactive monitoring and post–go-live support.
Continue enabling innovation for future integration scenarios through continuous improvement.
4 Conclusion: Partner with Citek for Your SAP Integration Transformation
As SAP PI/PO approaches end of life, now is the time for enterprises to modernize integration landscapes and embrace
a cloud-first, intelligent architecture with SAP Integration Suite.
This transformation is more than a technical migration — it’s a strategic opportunity to streamline operations,
enhance agility, and enable innovation across your entire digital ecosystem.
Citek is a trusted SAP Platinum Partner and a proud member of the
United VARs Global Alliance.
With proven expertise in SAP BTP, Integration Suite, and Cloud ERP transformation,
Citek helps organizations in Vietnam and Southeast Asia design, implement, and scale intelligent integration strategies
that connect people, processes, and data seamlessly.
Citek is an SAP Platinum Partner under the United VARs Global Alliance
Honored as Best GROW (SAP Cloud ERP) Partner and Best Midmarket Partner of the Year 2024, Citek - an SAP Platinum Partner, has delivered SAP ERP solutions to many foreign enterprises from Germany, the US, the UK, Japan, Spain, Italy. We have also provided services for numerous large Vietname corporations across industries such as mill products, high tech, consumer goods, agribusiness, retail, and more.
Citek becomes SAP Platinum Partner – the highest level in the global SAP partner system
Citek’s focus solutions encompass SAP Cloud ERP & SAP Cloud ERP Private, SAP BTP, SAP Analytics Cloud, AMS, and industry-specific add-ons designed for the Vietnamese business environment. Through close collaboration with global SAP Partners, we ensure seamless cross-border implementations and long-term business value. Our cooperation models include co-implementation, SAP outsourcing, rollout execution in Vietnam, post-Go-live maintenance and AMS, subcontracting, and joint ventures.
By combining international best practices with strong local expertise in compliance, language, and regulations, Citek enables fast, reliable, and cost-effective project execution for customers worldwide.
