On-Premise to Cloud Migration Services
Your path to SAP cloud starts here
Shift from SAP HCM on-premise to SAP SuccessFactors with a partner who knows both worlds. We’ll help you transition at your pace—with confidence, compliance, and control.


Reimagine HR and payroll for the cloud era
Future-proof your HR and payroll operations by migrating SAP HCM to SAP SuccessFactors with Zalaris Move. Our expert-led approach ensures a secure, compliant, and disruption-free transition, helping organisations unlock the benefits of a modern, cloud-based HR platform.
Modernise with confidence, migrate with purpose
Transform your HR landscape with Zalaris’ expert-led cloud migration. We align strategy, cost, and continuity—so you unlock long-term value without disruption.
Zero-cost migration
Move from SAP HCM to SuccessFactors with the option to have no upfront migration fees.
Risk-free, expert-led transitions
Leverage 25+ years of SAP HCM experience to ensure accurate, secure, and disruption-free migrations.
Compliance without compromise
Maintain global and local compliance with built-in payroll and HR regulatory support across 100+ countries.
Business continuity through BPO
Maintain payroll accuracy and HR service levels during migration by outsourcing to Zalaris’ expert managed services—flexible for interim or long-term needs.
Tailored migration strategy
Choose Greenfield, Brownfield, or Hybrid—Zalaris adapts to your goals, system complexity, and readiness.
Integrated, end-to-end delivery
Connect SuccessFactors to legacy and third-party systems with Zalaris’ deep integration capabilities.
Successfully transitioning from SAP HCM on-premise to SAP SuccessFactors begins with a comprehensive assessment of your current environment. Zalaris evaluates system dependencies, business requirements, and compliance considerations to create a structured migration roadmap. Our approach includes system health checks, risk assessments, and business process alignment to ensure a seamless transition. By proactively identifying challenges and optimising configurations, we mitigate risks and enhance operational continuity while aligning with RISE with SAP best practices. Strategic evaluation to ensure a seamless transition from SAP HCM on-premise to SAP SuccessFactors.
- Conduct system health checks & risk assessments before migration.
- Define business requirements & migration roadmap aligned with RISE with SAP.
- Identify customisations & integration dependencies for a structured approach.
Accurate and secure data migration is critical to the success of your cloud transformation. Zalaris ensures a 100% validated data transfer by extracting, cleansing, and mapping HR and payroll records to SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP) or other cloud solutions. Using automated tools such as SAP Infoporter, we maintain data integrity, security, and compliance while minimising disruptions. Our team also conducts rigorous pre- and post-migration testing to ensure your workforce data remains accurate and accessible.
- Secure and efficient migration of HR and payroll data from on-premise to cloud.
- Extract, cleanse, and validate legacy HR & payroll data for cloud readiness.
- Ensure data accuracy & compliance throughout the migration process.
- Use SAP Infoporter and automation tools to enable error-free data transfer.
Zalaris tailors the migration approach based on your business needs, system complexity, and future goals. We offer a Greenfield Approach for organisations looking to redesign their HR processes with best-practice configurations, a Brownfield Approach for those wanting to retain existing structures while optimising workflows, and a Hybrid Approach that balances system redesign with legacy system retention. By selecting the most suitable method, we ensure a cost-effective, efficient, and disruption-free transition to SAP SuccessFactors.
Choose the right migration strategy based on business needs and technical landscape:
- Greenfield Approach – Full system redesign with best-practice configurations.
- Brownfield Approach – Retain existing structures while optimising workflows.
- Hybrid Approach – A tailored mix of redesign & existing system retention.
Zalaris Move leverages SpinifexIT Easy Migration and Easy Upgrade tools to streamline your move from SAP HCM to the cloud—minimising risk and significantly reducing migration timelines. These automation tools enable faster, more accurate data handling so you can transition with confidence and keep HR and payroll operations running without disruption.
- Shorten project timelines with automation that accelerates data extraction and mapping
- Reduce manual effort and rework through pre-built templates and smart logic
- Improve data accuracy with built-in validation checks at every stage
- Lower risk and cutover stress with faster, more predictable migration outcomes
A successful cloud migration requires seamless integration with existing business applications. Zalaris Move enables real-time data synchronisation between SAP SuccessFactors and legacy systems, ensuring a smooth transition without operational gaps. We leverage SAP SuccessFactors Extensions SAP CodeBot and other SAP SuccessFactors extensions enhance system flexibility, enabling organisations to automate processes, streamline integrations, and optimise workflows. These tools leverage AI and advanced automation to reduce manual effort and improve HR efficiency. to enhance connectivity, automate HR workflows, and introduce AI-driven efficiencies. Post-migration, we continue optimising processes to improve workforce productivity, compliance, and reporting capabilities.
- Seamless integration with SAP SuccessFactors & third-party applications.
- Enable real-time data synchronisation between cloud and legacy systems.
- Optimise HR and payroll workflows for improved automation and efficiency.
- Ensure end-to-end connectivity with SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP).
Moving payroll and time management to the cloud requires meticulous planning to maintain compliance and operational efficiency. Zalaris evaluates the viability of SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP) for your business, ensuring a seamless shift from SAP HCM on-premise payroll solutions. We also support hybrid payroll models, allowing for phased transitions to reduce risk. Our expertise in configuring time tracking and workforce scheduling solutions ensures compliance with local labor laws and organisational policies.
- Guidance on payroll & time tracking migration to cloud-based solutions.
- Assess SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP) viability.
- Support for hybrid payroll models with phased cloud transition.
- Configure time tracking & workforce scheduling solutions for compliance.
Ensuring user adoption and long-term success post-migration is critical to maximising your investment in SAP SuccessFactors. Zalaris provides structured training programs, digital adoption tools, and ongoing support to help HR teams and employees embrace the new system. We leverage SAP Digital Adoption (WalkMe) to provide intuitive system navigation, interactive guidance, and self-service support. Our post-migration services include system optimisation, continuous enhancements, and performance monitoring, ensuring your cloud-based HR platform remains future-ready.
- Ensure a smooth transition with digital adoption & long-term support.
- Provide structured user training & change management programs.
- Leverage SAP Digital Adoption (WalkMe) for intuitive system navigation.
- Offer post-migration optimisation & continuous system enhancements.
GROW with SAP is ideal for launching cloud HR and payroll in new or fast-scaling parts of your business. Zalaris supports this journey by delivering expert-led implementations of SAP SuccessFactors, hybrid integration with SAP HCM, and ongoing support to ensure HR grows with your business.
- Accelerate new entity rollouts with Zalaris’ preconfigured SAP SuccessFactors templates
- Scale faster with Zalaris' proven delivery across cloud-first HR models
- Reduce change risk by maintaining SAP HCM stability alongside new cloud deployments
- Enable hybrid success with Zalaris’ infrastructure, integration, and advisory expertise.

Accelerate Your HCM Journey with RISE and Zalaris
Zalaris helps you get more from RISE with SAP by aligning your HCM migration with business transformation. We combine SAP’s clean core principles with our HR, payroll, and compliance expertise—ensuring your move to the cloud is faster, smarter, and future-ready.
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HCM Move (also known as Upgrade to Success) is SAP’s program to support customers migrating from SAP ERP HCM (on-premise) to SAP SuccessFactors in the cloud. It enables companies to modernise their human capital management strategy, optimize connected business processes, and transition to a future-proofed business model built for agility, compliance, and employee experience. Zalaris is a trusted partner in this journey, helping clients assess readiness and execute every stage of the cloud migration and transformation process.
With the SAP ECC 2027/2030 sunset, organizations must consider how to sustain HR operations while preparing for what’s next. Migrating to SAP SuccessFactors offers access to cloud solutions and SAP BTP, innovation through AI-enabled HR, and alignment with SAP’s RISE with SAP vision. It also reduces reliance on legacy premise SAP technology solutions and positions your business for scalable growth, employee engagement, and improved data access.
Zalaris acts as your migration and modernisation partner, providing support across every phase—from business case development and stakeholder alignment to data migration, cutover planning, and post-go-live optimisation. We help:
- Assess your apps, databases, and infrastructure
- Align priorities, timelines, and resources at every stage
- Retain critical ABAP skills and assets where possible
- Enable transformation using SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP)
- Ensure compliance and continuity throughout your cloud environment transition
The SAP HCM Move program transitions key functions to SAP SuccessFactors, including:
- Core HR with Employee Central
- Payroll via Employee Central Payroll
- Talent Management: recruiting, onboarding, learning, succession, and performance
- Analytics through People Analytics and integration with SAP Analytics Cloud
Zalaris ensures a smooth move by mapping your current usage and designing a fit-for-purpose cloud landscape.
While SAP S/4HANA and SAP HCM Move are separate programs, Zalaris supports customers planning joint roadmaps. We help customers align their cloud migration and modernization of HR with broader business initiatives involving SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP HANA database, or SAP Analytics Cloud, all within the SAP Business Technology Platform ecosystem.
We support your business case for migration by analyzing your current HR systems, quantifying risk, and identifying opportunities to consolidate or optimize. We help evaluate cloud readiness, estimate ROI, and align key stakeholders around a shared vision—ensuring your cloud migration journey is aligned with both strategic HR and IT objectives.
- Pre-migration assessment and design
- Data mapping and cleansing
- Configuration and integration with surrounding systems
- Validation, testing, and stakeholder training
- Cutover and go-live
Zalaris helps customers manage priorities, timelines, milestones, and resources, ensuring a structured and secure transition to SAP SuccessFactors.
Zalaris helps customers manage data archiving, reporting continuity, and selective reuse of ABAP assets during the transition. We ensure that SAP ERP HCM data is preserved for compliance while enabling clean, future-ready setups in the cloud.

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