Architecting SAP on AWS

This digital learning experience focuses on the technical fundamentals that support optimal architectural practices for deploying or migrating SAP applications to the AWS Cloud. You'll gain insights into the advantages of running SAP workloads on Amazon Web Services (AWS), such as leveraging a wide range of scalable and reliable AWS services and tools to enhance the performance and cost-effectiveness of your SAP environments.

The course introduces the SAP Lens for the AWS Well-Architected Framework, a comprehensive guidance system that provides best practice recommendations on designing, implementing, and managing SAP solutions on AWS. In addition to the SAP Lens for the AWS Well-Architected Framework, the course covers automation tools and migration techniques that can streamline and accelerate the process of transitioning your SAP applications to the AWS cloud. You'll also discover innovative service offerings that can complement and enhance your SAP environments, helping you unlock the full potential of the AWS platform.

• Course level: Intermediate
• Duration: 3.5 hours

Activities

This course includes online materials and knowledge checks.

Course objectives

In this course, you will learn to do the following:

• Describe the unique value of running SAP workloads on AWS.
• Design, implement, and manage the deployment of SAP solutions on AWS, applying best practices.
• Identify and configure core AWS services in support of SAP solutions.
• Describe key architecture patterns for SAP on AWS, with emphasis on those supporting high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR).
• Recognize concepts related to SAP operations and migrations.
• Describe the benefits of modernizing with AWS.

Intended audience

This course is intended for the following:

• Infrastructure Architects deploying SAP systems on AWS

Prerequisites

We recommend attendees of this course have the following:

• Taken AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials or AWS Technical Essentials
• Working knowledge of SAP solutions

Course outline

This course consists of the following modules:

• How to Use This Course
• Course Overview
• Introduction to AWS and SAP
• Network Services
• Compute Services
• Storage Services
• Designing the Architecture
• SAP HANA on AWS
• Operations
• Migrations
• Modernizing with AWS
• Summary
• Course Feedback