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

Microsoft will retire the AZ-1006: Migrate and Modernize SAP in the Microsoft Cloud course on November 28, 2025. The suggested alternative to this course is the AZ-120: Planning and Deploying SAP on Azure course.

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

This course teaches IT professionals with experience using SAP solutions how to use Azure resources , including installing and configuring SAP environments in Azure for virtual machines, virtual networks, storage accounts, and Microsoft Entra 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 the Azure Center for SAP solutions .

Advanced - Azure - Administrator, Functional Consultant, Solution Architect

Course aimed at

SAP system administrators running on Azure should take this course.

Course content AZ-1006

Module 1: Modernizing and exploring Azure for SAP workloads

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

Module 2 Modernization and identification of SAP certified configurations

• Identify deployment options for SAP solutions on Azure
• Detecting Azure Virtual Machine instances compatible with SAP products on Windows and Linux

Module 3: Modernization and Examination of SAP S/4HANA in Azure Virtual Machines

• Exploring SAP S/4HANA on Azure virtual machines
• Recognition of the components of the architecture
• Examination of a sample functional workflow

Module 4 Modernization and exploration of the Azure process for SAP

• Plan for the implementation of SAP solutions
• Exploring Azure Virtual Machines
• Examination of virtual machine sizes compatible with restricted vCPU
• Examining Azure virtual machine scaling considerations
• Exploring data flows

Module 5 Modernizing and exploring the Azure network for SAP

• Exploring Azure virtual networks
• IP addressing considerations
• Exploring name resolution
• Exploring Azure Load Balancer
• Review of aspects to consider for Azure virtual machine networks
• Azure Traffic Manager Exploration
• Azure Front Door Exploration
• Exploring the connectivity of virtual networks
• SAProuter Exploration

Module 6: Migration and modernization of Azure storage for SAP

• Explore the types of Azure Storage
• Explore Azure Files
• Examine the disks of Azure Virtual Machines
• Explore managed and unmanaged disks
• Examine considerations regarding Azure Virtual Machines storage
• 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 Modernization and analysis of identity services for SAP in Azure

• Explore authentication, authorization, and access control in Azure virtual machines
• Explore Microsoft Sign In ID
• Explore SAP Cloud Platform Identity Authentication
• Microsoft Entra ID Integration with SAP Cloud Platform Identity Authentication
• Microsoft Entra ID integration with SAP HANA
• Active Directory integration with SAP single sign-on (Kerberos-SPNEGO)
• Linux integration with Active Directory Domain Services
• Azure Bastion Exploration

Module 8 Modernization and exploration of SAP governance and administration in Azure

• Azure Resource Manager Exploration
• Azure Resource Manager Template Examination
• Role-based access control (RBAC) review
• Explore Azure Policy
• Analysis of security and compliance services

Module 9 Modernize and implement single-instance SAP deployments on Azure (2 and 3 tiers)

• Exploration of implementation methodologies
• Preparing Azure virtual machines for a manual SAP HANA installation
• The key steps to install SAP HANA using HDBLCM
• Identifying the key steps for SAP HANA installation through SAP HANA Database Lifecycle Management (HLM)
• Implementation of SAP HANA horizontal scalability

Module 10 Modernization and implementation of high availability in SAP

• NetWeaver with AnyDB in Azure Virtual Machines
• Review of the implementation of AnyDB with a single 3-level SAP SID
• High Availability NetWeaver
• Laboratory: Implementing SAP architecture on Linux Virtual Machines
• Laboratory: Implementing SAP architecture on Windows Azure Virtual Machines

Module 11 Modernization and exploration of Azure Center for SAP solutions

• Azure Center for SAP solutions detection
• Review of the prerequisites for Azure Center for SAP solutions
• Choosing deployment options with Azure Center for SAP solutions
• Exercise: Implementing the S/4HANA infrastructure with Azure Center for SAP solutions
• Exercise: SAP Software Installation
• Registration of an existing SAP system
  
• Exercise: Using the features of Azure Center for SAP services

Module 12 Modernization and implementation of high availability for SAP workloads in Azure

• Exploring the compatibility of Azure high availability and disaster recovery with SAP workloads
• Exploring the high availability of SAP workloads
• Examination of failover clusters
• Exploration of implementation scenarios
• Exploring the high availability of SAP application servers
• Exploring the high availability of SAP ASCS-SCS instances
• Exploring the availability of SAP HANA
• Exploring high availability SQL Server for SAP on Azure
• Oracle High Availability Exploration for SAP on Azure
• Examination of the high availability functionalities of the Azure infrastructure
• Explore availability zones

Module 13 Modernization and implementation of disaster recovery for SAP workloads in Azure

• Exploring disaster recovery for SAP workloads
• Exploring simple availability between two Azure regions
• Combination of availability within a region and between regions
• Site recovery exploration
• Implementing disaster recovery for SAP deployments in Azure regions with Azure Site Recovery
• Configuring disaster recovery for Active Directory and DNS

Module 14 Modernization, backup and restoration of SAP workloads in Azure

• Exploring Azure virtual machine backup and restore
• Azure Linux virtual machine application consistent backup review
• Application Backup Exploration
• SAP HANA Backup Exploration
• Exploring SAP HANA file-level backups
• Creating backups based on SAP HANA snapshots

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

• Review the SAP workload planning and implementation checklist
• Exploration of the project preparation and planning phase
• Exploration of the production preparation phase
• Explore the migration of large databases

Module 16 Modernization and exploration of 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
• Analysis of Azure Enhanced Monitoring Extension for SAP
• Troubleshooting issues with Azure Enhanced Monitoring for SAP

Prerequisites

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

Language

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