Common questions about moving to Ellucian SaaS, answered in one place

The decision to move from on-premises systems to SaaS is rarely just a technology decision. It involves budget conversations, change management, faculty and staff concerns, and a timeline that has to work around the academic calendar. The questions institutions ask before making that move tend to follow a pretty consistent pattern.

Ellucian compiled the questions they hear most often from institutions evaluating modernization and answered them directly. The post covers how a SaaS migration actually works in practice, what a phased approach looks like, what the difference is between Banner or Colleague on-prem and Ellucian Student, and why AI readiness is increasingly tied to having a unified SaaS foundation in the first place.

Worth bookmarking if your institution is anywhere in the evaluation or planning process: Modernization and Moving to Ellucian SaaS: Your Top Questions Answered