The Agresso Cloud Migration project, including the sub-projects, is a mandatory programme of work, due to the vendors on-premise offering approaching end of life.
In October 2023, the vendor of our ERP on-premise finance system announced that the application will become unsupported and advised that they have taken the strategic decision to provide SaaS (cloud) solutions only going forward.
Working in partnership with our Finance colleagues, having conducted an extensive risk assessment on the options available over many months, and having completed a comprehensive review of the contractual terms, the University signed the contract for the SaaS solution in March 2025.
In February 2026, the University commenced the Cloud Migration project, however in advance of that there are a number of key sub-projects that need to be delivered, namely:
- Implementation of Budget Planner
- Upgrade to the latest version 7.16
- Back Office Move to Web
- Oracle to SQL Migration
All of the aforementioned sub-projects have been completed, which enabled the project team to complete the Oracle-to-SQL database migration in May 2026, which is the latest milestone in the overall programme of work. The Agresso Cloud migration project is now in the detailed planning phase, with the pre-migration technical setup tasks in progress.
What does it mean for the UL community?
The Agresso Cloud Migration project, including subprojects, are very much aligned with mandatory technical changes. Once complete, the future state Cloud based solution will carry a very similar look and feel for our campus community as the existing system. Therefore, the benefits are largely technology related, with the key benefits summarised as follows:
By moving to the Cloud based solution, UL will automatically receive all Patching, Releases and Updates as part of our contract.
Once migrated to the Cloud based solution, UL will automatically receive the following services: Technical Operations & Support, Backup & System Restore, Disaster Recovery, Monitoring & Alerts.
Access or the ability to access Unit4 ERP Desktop Client, Web Client, Mobile Applications, Mobile web sites and API\web services.
All User’s access to Unit4 is over secure internet connections, with a variety of browsers and mobile platforms are supported.
- Formal policies in place for information security, data processing, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
Project Update 2025- 2027
- Contract signing - March 2025
- Version 7.15 Upgrade - July 2025
- Back Office to web move - January 2026
- Oracle to SQL Migration - May 2026
- Cloud Migration - March 2027
