Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty
Posted on 31 March, 2022 by Micheal Alexander
This course teaches IT Professionals experienced in SAP solutions how to leverage Azure resources that include deployment and configuration of virtual machines, virtual networks, storage accounts, and Azure AD that includes implementing and managing hybrid identities. Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty
Students of this course will learn through concepts, scenarios, procedures, and hands-on labs how to best plan and implement migration and operation of a SAP solution on Azure.
Technical focus is in the following areas:
Inventory of existing SAP solution in preparation for migration
Inventory of technical dependencies
SAP on Azure Certified Solution Design
Administrators and architects of SAP on Azure should possess solid knowledge of SAP Applications, SAP HANA, S/4HANA, SAP NetWeaver, SAP BW, OS Servers for SAP Applications and Databases.
Prior to taking this course, it is recommended that students to have taken the Azure Administrator (AZ-103) or Azure Solutions Architect (AZ-300) training, as well as SAP HANA and Linux training. Microsoft Certified Azure Data Fundamentals
Course Outline
Module 1: Introduction
Contains an overview of the SAP and Microsoft partnership.
Module 2: Foundations of SAP on Azure
Contains brief lessons on Azure compute, Azure storage, Azure networking, SAP HANA for Azure (Large Instances), identity services, governance and manageability, backup and data protection services, and migration services.
Module 3: SAP Certified Offerings on Azure
Contains lessons on general prerequisites (SAP support in public cloud environments), deployment options of Azure for SAP workloads, SAP product-specific support for Azure, operating System support of Azure for SAP workloads, storage support of Azure for SAP workloads, networking support for SAP, database support for SAP, high availability and disaster recovery support for SAP, and monitoring requirements for SAP.
Lab : Online Lab: Implementing Linux clustering on Azure VMs
Lab : Online Lab: Implementing Windows clustering on Azure VMs
Module 4: SAP on Azure Reference Architecture
Contains lessons on SAP NetWeaver with AnyDB, SAP S4 HANA, and SAP HANA on Azure (Large Instances) on Azure VMs.
Module 5: Planning for Implementing SAP Solutions on Azure
Contains lessons on Azure VM compute, network, and storage considerations. As well as Azure VM high availability and disaster recovery, Azure VM backup considerations, Azure VM monitoring considerations, Azure VM security considerations, and Azure VM authentication and access control considerations.
Module 6: Planning for Migrating SAP Workloads to Azure
Contains lessons on strategies for migrating SAP systems to Microsoft Azure and SAP a workload planning and deployment checklist.
Module 7: Implementing Azure VM-based SAP Solutions
Contains lessons on Azure VM deployment methodologies, single-instance implementations (2-tier or 3-tier), implementing HA SAP NetWeaver with AnyDB on Azure VMs, implementing HA SAP HANA on Azure VMs, configure the Azure Enhanced Monitoring Extension for SAP, and implementing AD and Azure AD-based authentication.
Module 8: Module 8-Deploying HANA Large Instances (HLI)
Contains a lesson on implementing HANA Large Instances (HLI).
Module 9: Migrating SAP Workloads to Azure
Contains lessons on migration options, DMO methodologies, cloud migration options, and Very Large Database Migration to Azure.
Lab : Online Lab-Implement SAP architecture on Azure VMs running Linux
Lab : Online Lab-Implement SAP architecture on Azure VMs running Windows
Module 10: Maintaining SAP on Azure
Contains lessons on, remote management, performing backups and restores, OS and workload updates, vertical and horizontal scaling, and Disaster Recovery (DR).
Module 11: Monitoring and Troubleshooting SAP on Azure
Contains lessons on monitoring Azure VMs, monitoring SAP HANA on Azure (Large Instances), and integrating SAP solutions with Microsoft cloud services.