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SAP ends free downloads of its ABAP developer system on 17 November. Existing copies stop when their licences run out, no extensions.

The downloadable trial let developers run SAP's development system themselves, learning ABAP, SAP's own programming language, and testing code without a customer or partner contract.

ERP LEADERS news desk · · First reported by SAP Community · Edition no. 63
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In Friday's community blog post and its FAQ, SAP said the trial will not return. Instances already running keep working until their developer licences expire, and SAP says those licences can no longer be extended. The matching template in SAP's cloud appliance library goes at the same time.

SAP directs developers to its hosted ABAP environment through the SAP Business AI Platform free trial account and free tier. Partners using the download for demos are pointed to the SAP Partner Portal's test, demo and development offerings. The announcement gives no prices beyond the free options.

If you keep a trial system on your laptop, it will work until its developer licence expires. After that, SAP's suggested replacement runs on SAP's servers.

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