| Architecture Reference | Infrastructure |
|---|---|
| SAP on Azure reference architecture | Azure Paired Regions |
| Enterprise Scale for SAP | ANF Paired regions for CRR |
| Use ExpressRoute for on-prem to Azure Connectivity | |
| Consider GlobalReach | |
| Consider FastPath to improve network performance for HLIs | |
| Check Operating systems supported for HANA | |
| Check SAP Certified Azure VMs and Bare Metal instances | |
| Consider Accelerated Networking for E/M series | |
| For ANF, consider PPG pinning refer for best practices | |
| For ANF, Consider AzAcSnap for snapshots for Oracle and HANA | |
| For Azure premium storage /hana/log is required to be supported by Azure Write Accelerator | |
| Use ASR for Application layer replication | |
| use Azure Backup for VM, SQL and HANA DBs | |
| Consider SSO and authentication using AD | |
| Azure Policy and RBAC | |
| Consider Monitor SAP on Azure | |
| Azure Sentinel for SAP threat detection | |
| Consider combining SAP S/4HANA conversion with the move to Azure |
| Operations and support | Others useful tools/Links |
|---|---|
| SAP Applications on Azure: Supported Products and Sizing | Costing -- Azure calculator |
| Azure SLA | Check VM availability in zones |
| Azure Support Plans | Custom dashboard for cost optimization |
| Create an Azure support request | SAP HANA Automated deployment |
| Az zone Latency test | |
| Start/Stop Azure SAP VM | |
| Quality check of the system | |
| SAP on Azure WAF | |
| Grow/manage ANF volumes | |
| ANF Health Check | |
| Azure Inventory Checks for SAP (Upcoming) | |
| Azure Deployment Checklist (Upcoming) | |
| Azure VM OS Analyzer for SAP (Upcoming) |
| Interface/Connectivity |
|---|
| ADF |
| Power Platform |
| SSO |
| ADF |
| Logic Apps |
| Glossary |
|---|
| ADF - Azure Data Factory |
| ANF - Azure Netapp Files |
| ASR - Azure Site Recovery |
| CRR - Cross Region Replication |
| PPG - Proximity Placement Group |
| SSO - Single Sign On |
| WAF - Well Architected Framework |