AZ-1006: Migrate and Modernize SAP in the Microsoft Cloud

Course AZ-1006: Migrate and Modernize SAP in the Microsoft Cloud

This course teaches IT professionals with experience with SAP solutions how to use Azure resources , including installing and configuring SAP environments in Azure for virtual machines, virtual networks, storage accounts, and Microsoft Access IDs . Students will also explore backup, disaster recovery, and monitoring of SAP systems in Azure . Learn by applying concepts, scenarios, and procedures through hands-on labs using Azure Center for SAP solutions .

Advanced - Azure - Administrator, Functional Consultant, Solution Architect

Course aimed at

SAP system administrators running on Azure are required to take this course.

AZ-1006 Course Content

Module 1: Modernizing and Exploring Azure for SAP Workloads

• Discovery of the SAP and Microsoft partnership
• Analyzing your options with SAP on Azure
• Discovering common terms and meanings: SAP

Module 2: Modernization and Identification of SAP-Certified Configurations

• Identify deployment options for SAP solutions on Azure
• Discovering Azure Virtual Machines compatible with SAP products on Windows and Linux

Module 3: Modernizing and Examining SAP S/4HANA on Azure Virtual Machines

• Exploring SAP S/4HANA on Azure Virtual Machines
• Recognition of the components of architecture
• Examining a sample functional workflow

Module 4: Modernizing and Exploring the Azure Process for SAP

• Plan for the implementation of SAP solutions
• Exploring Azure Virtual Machines
• Examining vCPU-Restricted Supported Virtual Machine Sizes
• Examining Azure Virtual Machine Scaling Considerations
• Exploring data flows

Module 5: Modernizing and Exploring Azure Networking for SAP

• Exploring Azure Virtual Networks
• Considering IP Addressing
• Exploring name resolution
• Exploring Azure Load Balancer
• Examining Considerations for Azure Virtual Machine Networking
• Exploring Azure Traffic Manager
• Exploring Azure Front Door
• Exploring the connectivity of virtual networks
• SAProuter Browsing

Module 6: Azure Storage Migration and Modernization for SAP

• Explore Azure Storage Types
• Explore Azure Files
• Examine Azure Virtual Machine disks
• Explore managed and unmanaged disks
• Review Azure Virtual Machine storage considerations
• Explore Azure Virtual Machines NFS storage
• Examine SAP HANA Azure Virtual Machine storage configurations
• Explore NFS v4.1 volumes in Azure NetApp Files

Module 7: Modernizing and Analyzing Identity Services for SAP on Azure

• Explore authentication, authorization, and access control in Azure virtual machines
• Explore Microsoft Sign in ID
• Explore SAP Cloud Platform Identity Authentication
• Integration of Microsoft Enter ID with SAP Cloud Platform Identity Authentication
• Integration of Microsoft Enter ID with SAP HANA
• Active Directory Integration with SAP Single Sign-On (Kerberos-SPNEGO)
• Linux Integration with Active Directory Domain Services
• Exploring Azure Bastion

Module 8: Modernizing and Exploring SAP Governance and Administration on Azure

• Exploring Azure Resource Manager
• Examining Azure Resource Manager templates
• Examining Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
• Explore Azure Policy
• Analysis of security and compliance services

Module 9: Modernizing and Deploying SAP Single Instance Deployments on Azure (Tier 2 and Tier 3)

• Exploring implementation methodologies
• Preparing Azure virtual machines for a manual SAP HANA installation
• Key steps to install SAP HANA using HDBLCM
• Identify key steps for installing SAP HANA using SAP HANA Database Lifecycle Management (HLM)
• Implementing SAP HANA Horizontal Scalability

Module 10: Modernizing and Implementing High Availability in SAP

• NetWeaver with AnyDB on Azure Virtual Machines
• Examining AnyDB Implementation with a Single SAP 3-Level SID
• NetWeaver High Availability
• Lab: Implementing SAP Architecture on Linux Virtual Machines
• Lab: Implementing SAP Architecture on Windows Azure Virtual Machines

Module 11: Modernizing and Exploring Azure Center for SAP Solutions

• Azure Center for SAP Solutions Discovery
• Azure Center for SAP Solutions Prerequisites Review
• Choosing deployment options with Azure Center for SAP solutions
• Exercise: Implementing S/4HANA infrastructure with Azure Center for SAP solutions
• Exercise: Installing SAP Software
• Registering an existing SAP system
  
• Exercise: Using Azure Center for SAP Services Features

Module 12: Modernizing and Implementing High Availability for SAP Workloads on Azure

• Exploring Azure High Availability and Disaster Recovery Compatibility with SAP Workloads
• Exploring High Availability for SAP Workloads
• Examining Failover Clusters
• Exploring implementation scenarios
• Exploring High Availability of SAP Application Servers
• Exploring High Availability of SAP ASCS-SCS Instances
• Exploring SAP HANA Availability
• Exploring SQL Server High Availability for SAP on Azure
• Exploring Oracle High Availability for SAP on Azure
• Examining the high availability capabilities of Azure infrastructure
• Explore availability zones

Module 13: Modernizing and Implementing Disaster Recovery for SAP Workloads on Azure

• Exploring Disaster Recovery for SAP Workloads
• Exploring Simple Availability Between Two Azure Regions
• Combination of availability within a region and between regions
• Exploring site recovery
• Implementing disaster recovery for SAP deployments in Azure regions with Azure Site Recovery
• Configuring Disaster Recovery for Active Directory and DNS

Module 14: Modernizing, Backing Up, and Restoring SAP Workloads on Azure

• Exploring Azure Virtual Machine Backup and Restore
• Examining Application-Consistent Backup of Azure Linux Virtual Machines
• Exploring Application Backup
• Exploring SAP HANA Backup
• Exploring SAP HANA File-Level Backups
• Creating snapshot-based backups of SAP HANA

Module 15 To modernize, use the SAP workload planning and deployment checklist on Azure

• Review the SAP Workload Planning and Implementation Checklist
• Exploring the project preparation and planning phase
• Exploring the production preparation phase
• Explore large database migration

Module 16: Modernizing and Exploring Azure Monitoring Requirements for SAP Workloads

• Explore Azure monitoring requirements for SAP workloads
• Analysis of monitoring, logging, and alerting services
• Exploring Azure Virtual Machine Monitoring Considerations
• Analyzing the Azure Enhanced Monitoring Extension for SAP
• Troubleshooting Azure Enhanced Monitoring for SAP

Prerequisites

It is recommended that you have taken the Azure Administrator (AZ-104) or Azure Infrastructure Solutions (AZ-305) exam and have completed training on SAP HANA or SAP NetWeaver .

Language

• Course: English / Spanish
• Labs: English / Spanish