Microsoft Azure for SAP Solutions – August 2018 Update

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Arnaud

As many of our customers are adopting Microsoft Azure to running their most critical workloads, SAP and SAP HANA are naturally at the center of many conversations.

In this session, Cameron Gardiner, principal program manager in the SAP on Azure team, and myself cover the latest status update about technologies available in Azure to run your SAP environments.

This session assumes that you have a prior knowledge of SAP on Azure and cover the following topics:

Latest compute offerings available in APAC region
Latest announcements and innovation release
Certification status for HANA
Running HEC on Azure
Building SAP disaster recovery with Azure
Support and certifications for SAP on Azure Stack and Hyper-V

The link to register to the online session: https://info.microsoft.com/AP-AzureINFRA-WBNR-FY19-07Jul-31-SAPHANAonAzure-MCW0008140_01Registration-ForminBody.html

The video of the session:

The slides of the session:
This is an embedded <a target="_blank" href="https://office.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Microsoft Office</a> presentation, powered by <a target="_blank" href="https://office.com/webapps" rel="noopener noreferrer">Office Online</a>.

Some additional links to document our session:

Cameron’s Blog: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/saponsqlserver/
Azure Certification Status: http://aka.ms/sapcerts
- SAP IaaS Certified: https://www.sap.com/dmc/exp/2014-09-02-hana-hardware/enEN/iaas.html#categories=Microsoft%20Azure
- SAP Note: https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/1928533
SAP on Azure Quick start templates (ARM templates): https://github.com/AzureCAT-GSI/SAP-on-Azure
SAP on Azure SUSE on the marketplace: https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps/SUSE.SLES-SAP
SAP on Azure Deployment Guide for High Availability: http://aka.ms/sapha
Build a Disaster Recovery Plan for SAP on Azure: http://aka.ms/sapdr
SQL Server 2017 Support for SAP: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/saponsqlserver/2018/06/28/sap-support-for-sql-server-2017/
Customers Reference for SAP on Azure: http://customers.microsoft.com/en-us/search?sq=SAP%20on%20Azure&ff=&p=0&so=story_publish_date%20desc

Feel free to reach us for any question!

Arnaud

Azure Infrastructure Fundamentals Webinars – part 2

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Arnaud

In this article we continue to review our online sessions covering Azure Infrastructure fundamentals that went live couple of weeks ago. Please find below the links to the sessions, the slides, demos and step by steps guides to reproduce the demos!

Session 3: Azure Backup and Disaster Recovery

Azure Site Recovery and Backup are two features that allow you to easily build Disaster Recovery and Backup plans. In this session, we will review the different options that are available to build a DRP that you can rely on.

Session on demand: https://info.microsoft.com/AP-AzureINFRA-WBNR-FY18-03Mar-28-AzureSiteRecoveryAzureBackup-MCW0004394_02OnDemandRegistration-ForminBody.html

Slides:
This is an embedded <a target="_blank" href="https://office.com">Microsoft Office</a> presentation, powered by <a target="_blank" href="https://office.com/webapps">Office Online</a>.

Demos:
1. Backup

2. Disaster recovery

Demos references:

Azure Backup: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-configure-vault
Azure VM Backup: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/quick-backup-vm-portal
Azure Backup Server: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-azure-microsoft-azure-backup
Azure Site Recovery: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/site-recovery/
You can also refer to a previous article on the topic:
- Getting started with – Azure Backup: https://arnaud-web.azurewebsites.net/2017/03/14/getting-started-with-azure-backup/
- Getting started with – Azure Site Recovery: https://arnaud-web.azurewebsites.net/2017/02/07/getting-started-with-azure-site-recovery/

Session 4: Azure Compliance and security

The security and compliance session review the fundamentals of Azure security in both technical and non-technical terms. After a review of certification against the best in class policies and procedures, we will spend some time reviewing the technologies that customers can leverage to deploy solutions.

Session on demand: https://info.microsoft.com/AP-AzureINFRA-WBNR-FY18-03Mar-07-AzureSecurityandCompliance-MCW0004574_01Registration-ForminBody.html

Slides:

Demos:
1. Azure Security Center

2. Azure Key Vault

Demo references:

Azure Marketplace: https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us
Azure Security Center: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security-center/
Azure Key Vault: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/key-vault/quick-create-portal
Azure Disk Encryption: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/azure-security-disk-encryption
Azure Storage Security guide: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-security-guide?toc=%2fazure%2fsecurity%2ftoc.json
Azure Trust Center: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/TrustCenter/Compliance/default.aspx
Azure Service Trust Portal: http://aka.ms/stp
You can also refer to a previous article on the topic:
- Azure RFP Toolbox: http://aka.ms/azurerfptoolbox

That’s it for today, in the next post, more details on the other episodes of the serie!

Arnaud

Azure Infrastructure Fundamentals Webinars – part 1

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Arnaud

Earlier on this year, we had a set of online sessions covering Azure Infrastructure fundamentals. In addition to those sessions, as some of you asked, please find below the links to the sessions, the slides, demos and step by steps guides to reproduce the demos!

Session 1: Azure Infrastructure Overview

We will get started with an overview of Azure datacenters and servers’ infrastructure, we will then study the best tools to get started with administering your first resources in Azure and then undercover the fundamental of grouping resources and delegating their access.

Session on demand:
https://info.microsoft.com/AP-AzureINFRA-WBNR-FY18-03Mar-07-AzureInfrastructureOverview-MCW0004573_02OnDemandRegistration-ForminBody.html

Slides:
This is an embedded <a target="_blank" href="https://office.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Microsoft Office</a> presentation, powered by <a target="_blank" href="https://office.com/webapps" rel="noopener noreferrer">Office Online</a>.

Demos:

Demos references:

Azure portal: https://portal.azure.com
Azure Tagging: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/resource-group-using-tags
Azure Access Control and RBAC: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/role-based-access-control/role-assignments-portal
Cloudyn: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management/overview
Azure Toolbox: http://aka.ms/azuretoolbox
Azure CLI: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli?view=azure-cli-latest
Azure PowerShell: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/overview

Session 2: Azure Virtual Machines

In this session, we continue our exploration of Azure services with virtual machines and everything related to them: storage, network, monitoring and the basics of security.

Session on demand:
https://info.microsoft.com/AP-AzureINFRA-WBNR-FY18-03Mar-14-VirtualMachines-MCW0004387_02OnDemandRegistration.html

Demos:
1. VM Creation

2. VM Management

Demo references:

Azure Marketplace: https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us
Azure Security Center: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security-center/
Azure Management:
- Update Management: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-update-management
- Inventory Management: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-vm-inventory
- Change Tracking: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/automation/automation-change-tracking
- Service Map: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/monitoring/monitoring-service-map

That’s it for today, in the next post, more details on the other episodes of the serie!

Arnaud

Arnaud Lheureux

Azure Architect @ Microsoft

Month: July 2018

Microsoft Azure for SAP Solutions – August 2018 Update

Azure Infrastructure Fundamentals Webinars – part 2

Session 3: Azure Backup and Disaster Recovery

Session 4: Azure Compliance and security

Azure Infrastructure Fundamentals Webinars – part 1

Session 1: Azure Infrastructure Overview

Session 2: Azure Virtual Machines

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