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Course Summary

The Microsoft Azure for SAP Workloads (AZ-120) course is designed to equip IT professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively design, implement, and manage SAP solutions on the Azure platform. This comprehensive training covers a range of topics essential for deploying and configuring SAP workloads, including network architecture, storage solutions, identity management, and security best practices.

Participants will learn how to migrate existing SAP applications to Azure, optimize performance, and ensure compliance with industry standards. The course includes hands-on labs and real-world scenarios to provide practical experience in managing SAP environments on Azure. Key areas of focus include high availability, disaster recovery, backup strategies, and cost management.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to confidently deploy and manage SAP workloads on Azure, leveraging Azure’s robust infrastructure to enhance the scalability, reliability, and efficiency of their SAP operations. This course prepares learners to handle the complexities of SAP on Azure, making them valuable assets in their organizations’ digital transformation initiatives.

Migrate SAP workloads to Azure:
• Identify requirements for target infrastructure
• Estimate target sizing for SAP workloads
• Identify supported scenarios for SAP deployments on Azure
• Identify compute, storage, and network requirements for SAP workloads
• Assess constraints imposed by subscription models and quota limits
• Identify software licensing requirements for target workloads
• Identify cost implications for target workloads
• Specify an Azure support plan for the target infrastructure
• Choose between lift and shift, lift-shift-migrate, and lift-shift-migrate to HANA
• Choose an appropriate SAP workload migration strategy and tools
• Design and implement an Azure environment to support SAP workloads
• Design and implement authorization and access control for SAP workloads
• Design and implement governance and compliance by using Azure Policy
• Design and implement authentication for SAP workloads
• Design and implement authentication for SAP software as a service (SaaS) applications
• Design and implement a management hierarchy, including management groups, subscriptions, and resource groups
• Design Azure landing zones for SAP

Design and implement an infrastructure to support SAP workloads on Azure
• Design and implement a compute solution for SAP workloads
• Choose an SAP-certified Azure virtual machine for a given SAP workload
• Configure the Azure VM extension for SAP solutions
• Deploy an operating system by using an Azure Marketplace image
• Create and deploy a custom image to an Azure virtual machine
• Automate a deployment of Azure virtual machines by using IaC, including Bicep and Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates
• Automate a deployment by using the SAP on Azure Deployment Automation Framework
• Automate deployment by using Azure Center for SAP solutions
• Design and implement networking for SAP on Azure virtual machines
• Design and implement virtual networks and subnets
• Implement Accelerated Networking for Azure virtual machines
• Design and configure proximity placement groups
• Design networking to meet SAP workload latency requirements
• Design and implement network flow control
• Design and implement network security
• Design and implement service endpoints and private endpoints for Azure Storage
• Design name resolution for integration with Azure DNS
• Design and configure ExpressRoute for hybrid connectivity
• Design and configure load balancing for a reverse proxy
• Design and implement a storage solution for SAP on Azure virtual machines
• Choose a storage type
• Specify when to use disk striping and simple volumes
• Design for storage security considerations
• Design and implement data protection
• Design and implement caching for disks
• Configure Write Accelerator
• Configure encryption for storage, disks, and data
• Design and implement disks by using Azure NetApp Files
• Design and implement disks by using Azure Files

Design and implement high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR)
• Design and implement a high availability solution for SAP on Azure virtual machines
• Design for service-level agreement (SLA) considerations
• Design and deploy SAP workloads into availability sets and availability zones
• Design and implement load balancing for high availability
• Configure clustering for HANA and SAP Central Services (SCS)
• Configure clustering for SQL
• Configure Pacemaker and STONITH
• Configure an Azure fence agent or STONITH Block Device (SBD)
• Design and configure storage-level replication for SAP workloads
• Configure virtual machine restart
• Design and implement a disaster recovery solution for SAP on Azure virtual machines
• Design and implement an Azure Site Recovery strategy for an SAP infrastructure
• Design a disaster recovery solution with regional considerations
• Specify network configurations for disaster recovery
• Design a backup strategy to meet SLA requirements
• Implement policies for backups and snapshots
• Configure and validate snapshots and backups for SAP workloads
• Perform backup and restore
• Test disaster recovery

Maintain SAP workloads on Azure
• Optimize performance and costs
• Optimize performance and costs for an SAP workload by using Azure Advisor recommendations
• Analyze and optimize network performance
• Optimize costs by configuring snoozing and deploying reserved instances
• Optimize performance and costs by resizing Azure virtual machines
• Optimize storage costs
• Optimize performance and costs of SAP application servers and databases
• Monitor and maintain SAP on Azure
• Monitor Azure virtual machines by using Azure Monitor
• Monitor high availability by using Azure Monitor
• Monitor storage by using Azure Monitor
• Monitor networking by using Azure Monitor and Azure Network Watcher
• Configure Azure Monitor for SAP solutions
• Manage backups by using Azure Backup
• Start and stop SAP systems by using Azure Center for SAP solutions
• Manage virtual instances by using Azure Center for SAP solutions
• Implement the SAP Landscape Management (LaMa) connector for Azure

As a participant, you should possess solid knowledge of SAP Applications, SAP HANA, S/4HANA, SAP NetWeaver, SAP BW, OS Servers for SAP Applications and Databases. Prior to taking this course, it is recommended that students to have taken the Azure Administrator (AZ-104).

Migrate SAP workloads to Azure (25–30%) Design and implement an infrastructure to support SAP workloads on Azure (35–40%) Design and implement high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) (15–20%) Maintain SAP workloads on Azure (10–15%)

Following your booking, a confirmation message will be sent to all participants, ensuring you're well-informed of your successful enrollment. Calendar placeholders will also be dispatched to assist you in scheduling your commitments around the course. Rest assured, all course materials and access to necessary labs or platforms will be provided no later than one week before the course begins, allowing you ample time to prepare and engage fully with the learning experience ahead.

Our comprehensive training package includes all the necessary materials and resources to facilitate a full learning experience. Enrollees will be provided with detailed course content, encompassing a wide array of topics to ensure a thorough understanding of the subject matter. Additionally, participants will receive a certificate of completion to recognize their dedication and hard work. It's important to note that while the course fee covers all training materials and experiences, the examination fee for certification is not included but can be purchased separately.
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