Week 1: Basics of SAP BTP and Microsoft Azure

Unit 4: SAP S/4HANA Setup on Microsoft Azure

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Agenda

What we will cover in this unit:

▪ How to install SAP S/4HANA on Microsoft Azure

▪ Using SAP Cloud Appliance Library to get started quickly

▪ Roadmap on SAP & Microsoft collaboration on

SAP S/4HANA deployment

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Multiple ways to get started with SAP S/4HANA on Azure

Deployment options for SAP in Azure – Cloud Adoption Framework | Microsoft Docs

Setup from scratch using your

own tooling

SAP Cloud Appliance Library Deploy using automation scripts

(ARM templates,Terraform/

Ansible, …)

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Setup from scratch using your own tooling

Run SAP NetWeaver in Windows on Azure – Azure Architecture Center | Microsoft Docs

▪ For a production system, certified VMs are required.

▪ SAP Note: 1928533 – SAP Applications on Azure:

Supported Products and Azure VM types

▪ Check Certified and Supported SAP HANA® Hardware

Directory for virtual machines running SAP HANA

▪ Create infrastructure via Azure Portal, Azure CLI or

PowerShell

▪ Deploy and install the SAP system using standard tools

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Automation scripts

Azure/sap-hana: Tools to create, monitor, and maintain SAP landscapes in Azure (github.com)

▪ Azure Resource Manager templates in the Azure

Marketplace (GitHub) provide a quick and easy way to

deploy required infrastructures

▪ Terraform & ansible scripts available on GitHub provide

full scripts to create infrastructure and install the SAP

system

▪ Scripts can also be used in existing deployment tools

▪ Already out-of-the-box features like Azure Monitor,

Azure Backup, … can be configured

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SAP Cloud Appliance Library

▪ Fastest way to get started with SAP systems

▪ Demo / Sandboxes available with preconfigured

content

▪ Set up fully configured system within a few hours

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Demo

DEMO

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Outlook

Automated Landscape Creation

Deployment of SAP S/4HANA

next release and further

platform coverage

Landscape Migration

Guidance for moving

from SAP ERP on-

premise to SAP S/4HANA

in Microsoft Azure (Best

Practice / Whitepaper)

2021 integration plans

Automated Landscape Creation

Configure SAP S/4HANA

2020 deployment on

Microsoft Azure via

SAP CAL

Trigger SAP system

start/stop operations from

SAP System Overview

page on SAP CAL

Q2 2021 Q4 2021 2022

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Further reading

▪ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-

us/learn/browse/?term=SAP%20Azure

▪ SAP on Azure

▪ SAP on Azure (YouTube Channel)

▪ Azure Quickstart Templates (microsoft.com)

▪ Azure/sap-hana: Tools to create, monitor, and maintain

SAP landscapes in Azure (github.com)

▪ SAP Cloud Appliance Library