Planning Azure for SAP workloads

In this module you will:

• Understand how the SAPS metric serves as a major criteria for determining whether a VM size offers throughput requirement necessary for a given SAP workload. It also represents one the primary factors considered by Microsoft and SAP when certifying Azure VMs for SAP NetWeaver and SAP HANA.
• Learn how high availability of SAP workloads on Azure VMs can be analyzed in two different contexts:
  • High availability of SAP workloads
  • High availability capabilities of Azure infrastructure
• See how VMs hosting SAP Application can be backed up using Azure Backup.
• Understand how the solution to enable SAP Monitoring using Azure VM Agent and its extensions and how to enable it.
• Review security considerations using SQL Server Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) when deploying SAP SQL Server databases in Azure.
• Review the compute considerations for planning SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances.

In this module you will:

• Understand how the SAPS metric serves as a major criteria for determining whether a VM size offers throughput requirement necessary for a given SAP workload. It also represents one the primary factors considered by Microsoft and SAP when certifying Azure VMs for SAP NetWeaver and SAP HANA.
• Learn how high availability of SAP workloads on Azure VMs can be analyzed in two different contexts:
  • High availability of SAP workloads
  • High availability capabilities of Azure infrastructure
• See how VMs hosting SAP Application can be backed up using Azure Backup
• Understand how the solution to enable SAP Monitoring using Azure VM Agent and its extensions and how to enable it
• Review security considerations using SQL Server Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) when deploying SAP SQL Server databases in Azure
• Review the compute considerations for planning SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances

In this module, you will:

• Understand horizontal and vertical strategies for deploying existing on-premises SAP workloads to Azure.
• Review the checklist for initiating a project to deploy SAP workloads to Azure.

• Introduction
• Configure SAP NetWeaver with AnyDB on Azure VMs
• SAP NetWeaver on Azure sample workflow
• Configure SAP S4 HANA on Azure VMs
• SAP HANA on Azure sample workflow
• Utilize SAP HANA on Azure (Large Instances)
• SAP on Azure HANA Large Instances architecture
• SAP on Azure HANA Large Instances sample workflow
• Knowledge check
• Summary

• Introduction
• Azure VM compute, network, and storage considerations for SAP workloads
• Azure VM high availability and disaster recovery for SAP workloads
• Azure VM backup considerations for SAP workloads
• Azure VM monitor considerations for SAP workloads
• Azure VM security considerations for SAP workloads
• Azure VM authentication and access control considerations for SAP workloads
• SAP HANA on Azure (Large Instances) compute, network, and storage
• Knowledge check
• Summary

• Introduction
• Strategies for migrating SAP workloads to Microsoft Azure
• Create a checklist for SAP workload planning and deployment
• Pilot phase
• Non-production phase
• Production preparation phase
• Go live phase
• Post production phase
• Knowledge check
• Summary