SAP's recommended solution for print forms and interactive forms is the Cloud solution SAP Forms service by Adobe, both for SAP S/4HANA on-premise and SAP S/4HANA Cloud (public and private edition).
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition already uses SAP Forms service by Adobe on SAP BTP. SAP Forms service by Adobe on SAP BTP is the standard option for customers using SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition.
For customer deployments where a Cloud approach is not feasible SAP will continue to offer an on-premise deployment option.
As already announced, the SAP NetWeaver Application Server Java 7.5 will go out of Mainstream Maintenance at the end of 2027 and out of Extended Maintenance at the end of 2030. After 2030 there will be no further updates.
The maintenance strategy for SAP S/4HANA is documented here: https://support.sap.com/en/release-upgrade-maintenance/maintenance-information/maintenance-strategy/...
The maintenance strategy for SAP NetWeaver is documented here: https://pages.community.sap.com/topics/abap/netweaver-maintenance-strategy
As announced at the DSAG Technology Days 2024 in Hamburg, SAP HANA Extended Application Services, Advanced Model (XSA) will be the successor platform for Adobe Document Services.
SAP plans to deliver this option during the support time frame of the S/4HANA 2025 release. Customers can then decide to switch from the ADS on NetWeaver AS Java to SAP Forms service by Adobe or the ADS on XSA. This guarantees long-term support of Adobe-based forms functionality for S/4 HANA on-premise solutions.
