Explore the foundations of IaaS for SAP on Azure

After completing this module, you will be able to:

• Plan for implementing SAP solutions.
• Explore Azure virtual machines.
• Examine Azure virtual machine compute considerations.
• Implement and verify high availability SAP HANA on Azure virtual machines.

After completing this module, you will be able to:

• Explore Azure virtual networks.
• Examine Azure virtual machine networking considerations.
• Examine load balancing considerations.
• Explore virtual network connectivity.
• Explore cross-premises connectivity.

After completing this module, you will be able to:

• Explore Azure Storage types.
• Examine general database sizing.
• Examine SAP HANA Azure virtual machine storage configurations.
• Explore solutions with Premium Storage and Azure Write Accelerator for Azure M-Series virtual machines.
• Examine sizing for HANA databases on Azure NetApp Files.

After completing this module, you will be able to:

• Explore database support of Azure for SAP workloads.
• Explore storing database files directly on Azure Blob Storage.
• Explore Azure virtual machine and blob storage security.
• Examine SQL Server and Oracle recommendations.

• Introduction
• Plan for implementing SAP solutions
• Explore Azure virtual machines (VMs)
• Examine constrained vCPU capable virtual machine sizes
• Scale Azure virtual machines
• Examine Azure virtual machine scaling considerations
• Explore network bandwidth allocation
• Explore data flows
• Examine Azure virtual machine compute considerations
• Implement and verify high availability SAP HANA on Azure virtual machines
• Knowledge check
• Summary

• Introduction
• Explore Azure virtual networks
• Consider IP addressing
• Explore name resolution
• Explore accelerated networking
• Explore Azure load balancer
• Examine Azure virtual machine networking considerations
• Examine load balancing considerations
• Explore Azure Traffic Manager
• Explore Azure Front Door
• Explore Azure Firewall
• Consider networking changes for Azure virtual machines
• Examine Azure routing configurations
• Explore virtual network connectivity
• Explore Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) protection options
• Examine the virtual datacenter
• Explore cross-premises connectivity
• Explore SAProuter
• Examine networking support of Azure for SAP workloads
• Knowledge check
• Summary

• Introduction
• Explore Azure Storage types
• Explore Azure Files
• Examine Azure virtual machine disks
• Recognize virtual machine images and disks
• Explore managed and unmanaged disks
• Explore caching for virtual machines and data disks
• Explore Write Accelerator
• Examine general database sizing
• Examine Azure virtual machine storage considerations
• Examine SAP HANA Dynamic Tiering 2.0
• Explore Azure virtual machine disks best practices
• Explore Azure virtual machine NFS storage
• Explore Azure virtual machine SMB storage
• Examine SAP HANA Azure virtual machine storage configurations
• Explore solutions with Premium Storage and Azure Write Accelerator for Azure M-Series virtual machines
• Explore Azure Ultra disk storage configuration for SAP HANA
• Explore NFS v4.1 volumes on Azure NetApp Files
• Examine sizing for HANA databases on Azure NetApp Files
• Knowledge check
• Summary

• Introduction
• Explore database support of Azure for SAP workloads
• Explore SQL Server
• Consider database compression
• Store database files directly on Azure Blob Storage
• Explore Azure Virtual Machine security
• Consider security recommendations for Blob storage
• Apply SQL Server Transparent Data Encryption
• Explore the SQL Server 2014 Buffer Pool Extension
• Examine Oracle recommendations
• Lab: Implement Linux clustering for SAP on Azure virtual machines
• Lab: Implement Windows clustering for SAP on Azure virtual machines
• Knowledge check
• Summary