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This week on ASUG Talks, join us for a brief recap episode as we wind down the July 4 holidays. We dive into critical topics covered on ASUG channels and highlight insights and advice offered by SAP leaders and customers. 
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Read our article about the SAP API policy updates
Listen to our interview with Thomas Saueressig
Read SAP's API policy update FAQ 
Listen to our interview with David Robinson
Download the 2026 ASUG Pulse of the SAP Customer Research
Download ASUG's AI focused research
Read our recent article The Autonomous Enter­prise: ASUG’s Post-Sap­phire Blue­print for Execution
Listen to our S/4 customer story with South Florida Water Management District
Read our Baillie Lumber SAP Datasphere customer story

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Managing the water supply of 9 million people between Orlando and the Florida Keys, the South Florida Water Management District is also a key player in restoring and protecting the Everglades. In order to manage the complex financial processes associated with this work and its status as a government entity, the organization implemented SAP S/4HANA. This week on ASUG Talks, we dive into that migration and the immediate ROI recognized by SFWMD. 
Key Insights 
Keys to SFWMD's S/4 and private cloud migration 
Impact SAP solutions had on the Everglades restoration 
SFWMD's implementation of SAP SuccessFactors
Related Insights 
Read ASUG Editorial's recent interview with SAP’s SVP and Global Head of Organizational Growth and Health, Caroline Hanke
Register for the ASUG Community team's June 29 Community Conversation "The Post-2027 Roadmap: Managing SAP Business Suite 7 Extended Maintenance"

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This week on ASUG Talks, we answered your questions from the recent ASUG Community Conversation "SAP Sapphire & ASUG Annual Conference Highlights: AI, Roadmaps, and What’s Next" (click here to watch the full replay). Submitted by that event's attendees, the questions cover a wide variety of topics and concerns. 
John Astill, SAP Architecture Advisor and one of the webcast's speakers, joins us to answer those questions--and a few from ASUG Talks host Jim Lichtenwalter. 
Key Insight
Initial steps to becoming an "autonomous enterprise" 
How AI will impact normal SAP professionals 
Critical foundations to AI adoption 
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Read about AIDS Healthcare Foundation's implementation of SAP Cloud ERP Public Sector Edition
Join us on June 29 for an ASUG Community Conversation focused on extended maintenance of SAP Business Suite 7

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Continuing on the conversation started in an earlier episode focuses on setting the stage for effective change management strategy, AUSG Talks dives into how organizations should approach change management during a digital transformation project. 
Key Insights
Using a PACE framework
Spurring confidence among eventual solution end users
Lessons learned from a change management project undertaken during COVID-19
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Listen to our earlier change management episode
Register to watch the on-demand replay of the recent ASUG Community Conversation breaking down the announcements from SAP Sapphire and ASUG Annual Conference

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On the final day of SAP Sapphire & ASUG Annual Conference, Geoff Scott, ASUG CEO & Chief Community Champion, was joined by David Robinson, President of SAP North America. Following the litany of announcements SAP made at the event--including its vision for the "Autonomous Enterprise," the two touched on the path forward for SAP customers and how SAP professionals will see their roles change. 
Key Insights 
The specifics of the "Autonomous Enterprise" 
Choosing between Brownfield and Greenfield implementation strategies 
Steps to agentic AI readiness
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Register for the June 26 Carolinas Chapter meeting to hear a live taping of ASUG Talks focused on the SAP BTP
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