Planning and Administering Microsoft Azure for SAP Workloads

Course Overview

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. Students of this course will learn through concepts, scenarios, procedures, and hands-on labs how to best plan and implement migration and operation of an SAP solution on Azure. Your will receive guidance on subscriptions, create and scale virtual machines, implement storage solutions, configure virtual networking, back up and share data, connect Azure and on-premises sites, manage network traffic, implement Azure Active Directory, secure identities, and monitor your solution.

Target Audience

This course is for Azure Administrators who migrate and manage SAP solutions on Azure. Azure Administrators manage the cloud services that span storage, networking, and compute cloud capabilities, with a deep understanding of each service across the full IT lifecycle. They take end-user requests for new cloud applications and make recommendations on services to use for optimal performance and scale, as well as provision, size, monitor and adjust as appropriate. This role requires communicating and coordinating with vendors. Azure Administrators use the Azure Portal and as they become more proficient they use PowerShell and the Command Line Interface.

Course Objectives

After completing this course, students will be able to: 

• Migrate and manage SAP applications (SAP HANA, S/4HANA, SAP NetWeaver) on Azure
• Leverage Azure Portal, Cloud Shell, Azure PowerShell, CLI, Resource Manager, and Resource Manager Te
• Use intersite connectivity features including VNet Peering, VNet-to-VNet connections, Site-to-Site C
• Work with Azure Active Directory (AD), Azure AD Connect, and Azure AD Join, and Azure AD Identity Pr

Course Content

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 on Azure (Large Instances)
• Identity services
• Governance and manageability
• Backup and data protection services
• Resiliency and increased availability services
• Migration Services

Module 3: SAP Certified Offerings on Azure
Contains lessons on:

• General prerequisites (SAP support in public cloud environments)
• Deployment options of SAP solutions on Azure
• SAP product-specific support on Azure
• Operating System support for SAP on Azure
• Storage support for SAP on Azure
• Networking support for SAP on Azure
• Database support for SAP on Azure
• High availability and disaster recovery support for SAP on Azure
• Monitoring requirements for SAP on Azure

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 on Azure VMs
• SAP S4 HANA on Azure VMs
• SAP HANA on Azure (Large Instances)

Module 5: Planning for Implementing SAP Solutions on Azure
Contains lessons on:

• Azure VM compute, network, and storage considerations
• Azure VM high availability and disaster recovery
• Azure VM backup considerations
• Azure VM monitoring considerations
• Azure VM security considerations
• Azure VM authentication and access control considerations
• SAP HANA on Azure (Large Instances) compute, network, and storage
• SAP HANA on Azure (Large Instances) HA and DR considerations
• SAP HANA on Azure (Large Instances) backup considerations
• SAP HANA on Azure (Large Instances) security

Module 6: Planning for Migrating SAP Workloads to Azure
Contains lessons on:

• Strategies for migrating SAP systems to Microsoft Azure
• SAP 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
• Implementing AD and Azure AD-based authentication

Module 8: Module 8-Deploying HANA Large Instances (HLI)
Contains a lesson on:

Implementing HANA Large Instances

Module 9: Migrating SAP Workloads to Azure
Contains lessons on:

• Migration options
• DMO Methodology
• Cloud migration options
• 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
• Networking changes
• OS and workload updates
• Vertical and horizontal scaling
• Disaster Recovery

Module 11: Monitoring and Troubleshooting SAP on Azure
Contains lessons on:

• Monitoring Azure VMs
• Monitoring SAP HANA on Azure (Large Instances)
• Integrating SAP solutions with Microsoft cloud services

Course Prerequisites

• Administrators and architects of Azure solutions for SAP 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-104) or Azure Solutions Architect (AZ-303) training, as well as SAP HANA and Linux training.

Test Certification

Attending this course will help you to prepare for exam AZ-120