SAP S/4HANA Migration · Brownfield: Executing System Conversion

In a brownfield system conversion the source database isn't SAP HANA yet. Which SUM capability gets you onto HANA as part of the conversion, and why is doing it in one step usually better than running a separate database-migration project first?

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