Azure for SAP Solutions
José A. Hernández
myCloudDoor Managing Partner
Author of “SAP R/3 Handbook”
November, 2016
Questions and Contact
myCloudDoor: Who we are, what we do
SAP on Azure: What is Certified and Supported
SAP on Azure – Use Cases
SAP on Azure – The Right Time, The Benefits
How to Migrate SAP to Azure. Options
AGENDA
myCloudDoor:
Who we are, What we do
myCloudDoor – Who we are, What we do
myCloudDoor
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Funded in US, 2011, by experts professional services
executives with over 20 years of SAP consulting
experience
Start operations in Spain in 2015, with a core offering
of deploying and migrating SAP systems on Azure
Official SAP and Microsoft Partners. Currently one of the
only two expert European partners with certification for SAP on
Azure within the Microsoft Platform Modernization Alliance
Pioneers in SAP Cloud solutions and experts migrating
SAP systems to Microsoft platforms
With offices in the US and Spain, we operate and
provide consulting and services globally, onsite
or remotely
Complete Portfolio of Cloud Services: Cloud Advisory,
Migration, Managed Cloud and Cloud Solutions
Value Proposition
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myCloudDoor is an IT Consulting
and Service Company specialized
in helping its customers to
perform a successful
TRANSITION to CLOUD
Computing, in a professional way,
maximizing benefits and
minimizing all risks.
ADOPTION
MIGRATION
MANAGEMENTINTEGRATION
IMPLEMENTATION
Our Service Portfolio – Always adapting to the Customer needs
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• Cloud Advisory
• Roadmap for Cloud Adoption
• Business Case Assessment
• Migrating Data Centers to Cloud
• SAP Migrations to Cloud
• VMware to Cloud in minutes
• Cloud Training
• Cloud Systems and Networking Design for
the Cloud
• Managed Cloud as a Service (MCaaS)
• Azure Subscription Management
• Networking and Security
• SAP Basis Technical and Admin Services
• SAP Technical Upgrade in Cloud
• Disaster Recovery in Cloud (DRaaS)
• Instant SAP Cloud Deployment
• MultiCloud Integration
• Cloud Analytics (Simplement)
• Cortana Analytics (Machine Learning,
PowerBI)
• eCommerce as a Service (SAP Hybris on
Azure)
• UX Projects using SAP & Microsoft (NW
Gateway for Microsoft, Cordis)
CLOUD ADVISORY
MANAGED CLOUD
CLOUD SOLUTIONS
ADOPTION MIGRATION MANAGEMENT INTEGRATION IMPLEMENTATION
References
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SAP on Azure
What is Certified and Supported
SAP Netweaver based solutions
e.g. Business Suite (ERP), BW, SCM, ERP, etc.
SQL
ServerOracle
SAP ASE
(Sybase)
See SAP OSS Note #1928533 (http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1928533 ) for version details and further info
IaaS only (no SQL Azure yet)
* Coming very soon
Azure VMs:
A5-A11, D(S)11-14, D(S)v211-14, GS1-5
MaxDB IBM DB2
Windows Server Linux (SLES, RHEL)
SAP ASE
(Sybase)
IBM
DB2
Oracle
Linux*
Oracle
SAP on Azure – What is already SAP certified/supported?
Additional certified SAP solutions:
• Business Objects
• TREX
• SAP Content Server
• SAP Live Cache
• SAP Hybris Commerce
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SAP BW on HANA
(OLAP) single-node
SLES/RHEL
Large Azure Instance
768GB or 2TB memory
SAP HANA
Enterprise Edition
On Large Azure Instances (Available in US-East and US-West, planned for EMEA and APAC for
H1/CY2017):
SAP HANA Enterprise
Edition
SLES/RHEL
Large Azure Instances
with 768GB, 1.5TB,
3TB* or 4TB memory
SAP Netweaver-
based solutions e.g.
SoH (OLTP)
Up to 2 TB memory
SAP BW on HANA
(OLAP) scale-out
SLES/RHEL
Up to 16
Large Azure Instances with
2TB memory each
SAP HANA
Enterprise Edition
Up to 32 TB memory
SAP S/4HANA
(OLTP)
SLES/RHEL
Large Azure Instances
with 768GB, 1.5TB,
3TB* or 4TB memory
SAP HANA
Enterprise Edition
Up to 4 TB memory Up to 4 TB memory
See SAP OSS Note #2316233 (http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/2316233 ) for version details and further info
* S144m with 3 TB memory is only available in US-East and US-West. Not planned for Europe.
SAP HANA on Azure
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SAP on Azure - Use Cases
SAP on Azure – Use Cases / 1
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Immediate Provisioning and Deployment of SAP Systems
Need for testing or benchmarking SAP Solutions before acquisition (IE: SAP HANA)
Azure as destination of SAP copies or heterogeneous migrations, providing immediate
scalability and elasticity
Create images of your SAP systems, so you can use replication copies as baseline for Upgrade Projects,
Testing, Training systems, Prototyping, and many more
Backup & Restore to / from Cloud
Build your own SAP Solutions Repository for immediate
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SAP on Azure – Use Cases / 2
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Historical SAP Systems Archiving
Easy AD Integration for SAP Systems On Premises and On Azure
Save on SAP licensing using alternatives UX and
user interfaces such as O365, PowerBI, SharePoint….
Azure as destination of Secondary Storage for SAP Data and Process Archiving
Hybrid deployments: Using Azure as an extension with unlimited IT capacity for your
on premises data center, with easy deployment of hybrid environments
Azure as Disaster Recovery for SAP Environments02
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SAP on Azure
The Right Time, The Benefits
When is the right time to consider SAP systems on the Azure Cloud
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Rollouts or new SAP implementations in
new markets, new countries,
subsidiaries,….
You would like to start testing Systems and Applications in Cloud End of Hosting or Outsourcing contracts
Need for changing the Data Center
Cloud Migration
The Hardware and/or Software lifecycle is reaching end of life
Thinking about migrating to SAP HANA
You are about to start an SAP Upgrade Project
The Board or CIO decided for a “Cloud First” strategy
You are considering implementing new SAP Solutions
There is an urgent need to extend the Data Center capacity
Some of your SAP systems is under
performing and need to quickly scale
and improve the performance
Need a disaster recovery for SAP systems
SAP on Azure – FINANCIAL BENEFITS + BUSINESS AGILITY
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Typical SAP Issues to Solve:
• The need to minimize Infrastructure Costs while guaranteeing
availability and performance
• Additional systems for upcoming projects
• Testing and benchmarking without the need to procure
additional IT resources
• Avoid complex Capacity Planning
• Ensure the Best Services from your Cloud and SAP Provider, you
can change it with a mouse click
• Accelerate Application Delivery to gain competitive advantage
• Improve IT Efficiency of staff and infrastructure
• Expand Application Capabilities and address new markets
• Increase Investment Flexibility to optimize for the best return
• Reduce Risk with control and continuity of your critical
application
• Avoid Technological Obsolescence
• ….(many more)
Benefits for Customers:
• Start your projects immediately
• Considerable savings on time and costs on all type of
upgrade projects, having immediate Access to unlimited
resources
• Take advantage of scalability mechanisms to improve and
cut timing and costs on testing, and minimize non
availability Windows
• No need for CAPEX
• No hassle with the IT systems lifecycle
• Pay for what you use
• You can always have an standby contingency SAP system
on Cloud
• Deploy copies of SAP systems in minutes, which is great for
new projects, for upgrade projects or for test before you buy
• TCO Reduction over 35%
• Improve and Rationalize IT Operations and Service
Management
• …. (many more)
How to Migrate SAP to Azure
Options
Migrating SAP to Azure – Multiple Options
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There are several different options for migrating SAP systems from
“On Premises” deployments to the Azure Public Cloud, among
them:
• Homogeneous Copy (same OS/DB)
• Heterogeneous Migration (different OS/DB)
• Conversion of the VMs to VHD
• VMs Transfer to Cloud
• Backup / Restore
• DB Log files shipping
• Replication Techniques and Tools
• Azure Site Recovery
• Advanced Migration Tools (ie. Velostrata)
Examples of Copying or Migrating SAP Systems to Azure
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Source SAP system with OS or
DB not supported on the Azure
Cloud
Source SAP System with OS or
DB supported in Azure Cloud
but physical (not virtualized)
Source SAP System virtualized
and support on the Azure Cloud
Heterogeneous Migration to
Azure (export, SAP installation
in Azure, import) (days)
P2V: Virtualize First and then
migrate to Azure (hours)
Run in Cloud or Clone to Cloud
(minutes)
Questions and Contact
myCloudDoor – Questions & Contact
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Melissa PenningtonUS Vice-President
Sales & [email protected]
+1 484-844-0398
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Javier AguadoCloud Service Manager
+34 628-251-980
José A. HernándezManaging Partner
+34 639-100-616
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