Overview
Migrating an SAP landscape to Azure is a complicated task with lots of moving parts. Apart from the sheer volume of data, a migration can involve software upgrades and data conversions. Not only will a landscape need to work properly once migrated, but in most cases, the migration needs to happen quickly as SAP systems are usually the information backbone of an organization.
Once the target environment structure has been finalized the next important phase is planning the migration so that system downtime is kept to a minimum. There are different migration strategies to suit multiple scenarios and this lesson looks at which strategy works best for each scenario. We then look at ways to optimize a migration, and its pros, cons, and issues to look out for.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the main scenarios and considerations when migrating from SAP to Azure
- Learn the two methods for getting your data into Azure
- Understand the difference between homogeneous and heterogeneous migration
- Understand how the database migration option available in SAP can be used to migrate your data to Azure
- Learn about the SAP HANA Large Instances service from Azure
Intended Audience
- Database administrators
- Anyone looking to migrate data from SAP to Azure
Prerequisites
To get the most out of this lesson, you should have a basic knowledge of both Microsoft Azure and SAP.
Hallam is a software architect with over 20 years experience across a wide range of industries. He began his software career as a Delphi/Interbase disciple but changed his allegiance to Microsoft with its deep and broad ecosystem. While Hallam has designed and crafted custom software utilizing web, mobile and desktop technologies, good quality reliable data is the key to a successful solution. The challenge of quickly turning data into useful information for digestion by humans and machines has led Hallam to specialize in database design and process automation. Showing customers how leverage new technology to change and improve their business processes is one of the key drivers keeping Hallam coming back to the keyboard.