Plan and manage SAP workloads on Microsoft Azure for scalable and resilient enterprise cloud environments

Gain skills to design and administer Azure infrastructure for SAP workloads, including Azure virtual machines, storage, networking, identity management, backup, disaster recovery and high availability architectures.

  • Why get trained: Learn how to deploy and manage SAP workloads using Azure virtual machines, Azure networking, storage solutions, backup strategies and high availability architectures.
  • Why it matters: SAP on Azure capabilities help organizations modernize enterprise systems, improve operational resilience and support scalable cloud transformation initiatives.
  • Who should attend: Azure administrators, SAP administrators, cloud architects and IT professionals responsible for planning and managing SAP workloads on Microsoft Azure.

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Overview

Level up with Microsoft Certified: Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty certification.

This AZ-120T00: Planning and Administering Microsoft Azure for SAP Workloads course teaches IT Professionals experienced in SAP solutions how to leverage Azure resources that include deployment and configuration of virtual machines, virtual networks, storage accounts, and Azure AD that includes implementing and managing hybrid identities. Students of this course will learn through concepts, scenarios, procedures, and hands-on labs how to best plan and implement migration and operation of an SAP solution on Azure.

Your will receive guidance on subscriptions, create and scale virtual machines, implement storage solutions, configure virtual networking, back up and share data, connect Azure and on-premises sites, manage network traffic, implement Azure Active Directory, secure identities, and monitor your solution.

Skills Covered

  • Explore Azure for SAP workloads
  • Discover common terms and meanings for SAP on Azure
  • Identify SAP‑certified configurations
  • Examine SAP NetWeaver with AnyDB on Azure virtual machines
  • Examine SAP S/4HANA on Azure virtual machines
  • Explore Azure for SAP compute
  • Explore Azure for SAP networking
  • Explore Azure for SAP storage
  • Explore Azure for SAP databases
  • Explore Azure networking for SAP RISE
  • Explore identity services for SAP on Azure
  • Explore remote management for SAP on Azure
  • Explore governance and manageability for SAP on Azure
  • Deploy single‑instance implementations of SAP on Azure (2‑tier and 3‑tier)
  • Implement high availability in SAP NetWeaver with AnyDB on Azure virtual machines
  • Explore Azure Center for SAP solutions
  • Implement high availability for SAP workloads in Azure
  • Implement disaster recovery for SAP workloads in Azure
  • Perform backups and restores for SAP workloads on Azure
  • Use the planning and deployment checklist for SAP workloads on Azure
  • Explore migration options for SAP on Azure
  • Migrate very large databases (VLDB) to Azure for SAP
  • Explore monitoring requirements of Azure for SAP workloads
  • Configure the Azure Enhanced Monitoring Extension for SAP
  • Explore licensing, pricing, and support for SAP on Azure virtual machines

Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students should have:

  •  Hands-on experience with Azure IaaS and PaaS solutions, including VM, VNet, Load Balancers, Storage (Blob, Files, Disks).
  •  Understanding of on-premises and cloud virtualization technologies, including: VMs, virtual networking, and virtual hard disks.
  •  Understanding of network configuration, including TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), virtual private networks (VPNs), firewalls, and encryption technologies.
  •  Understanding of Active Directory concepts
  •  Experience with Linux/Unix environments.
  •  Solid knowledge of SAP Applications, SAP HANA, S/4HANA, SAP NetWeaver, SAP BW, OS  Servers for SAP Applications and Databases.
  •  Understanding of SAP HANA deployment and configuration.
  •  Hands-on experience with SAP HANA administration.

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Target Audience

This course teaches IT Professionals experienced in SAP solutions how to leverage Azure resources that include deployment and configuration of virtual machines, virtual networks, storage accounts, and Azure AD that includes implementing and managing hybrid identities.

Students of this course will learn through concepts, scenarios, procedures, and hands-on labs how to best plan and implement migration and operation of an SAP solution on Azure.

Your will receive guidance on subscriptions, create and scale virtual machines, implement storage solutions, configure virtual networking, back up and share data, connect Azure and on-premises sites, manage network traffic, implement Azure Active Directory, secure identities, and monitor your solution.

Course Curriculum

Module 1: Explore Azure for SAP Workloads

  • Introduction
  • Discover the SAP and Microsoft partnership
  • Explore your options with SAP on Azure
  • Evaluate Microsoft components
  • Module assessment
  • Summary

Module 2: Discover Common Terms and Meanings for SAP on Azure

  • Introduction
  • Discover common terms and meanings – SAP
  • Discover common terms and meanings – SAP deployments on Azure
  • Discover common terms and meanings – Azure
  • Module assessment
  • Summary

Module 3: Identify SAP-Certified Configurations

  • Introduction
  • Explore general prerequisites for SAP support in public cloud environments
  • Identify deployment options for SAP solutions on Azure
  • Discover supported Azure Virtual Machines for SAP products on Windows and Linux
  • Discover supported Azure Virtual Machines for SAP NetWeaver instances
  • Discover SAP-certified operating systems for Azure Virtual Machines
  • Discover SAP certifications and configurations running on Microsoft Azure
  • Module assessment
  • Summary

Module 4: Examine SAP NetWeaver with AnyDB on Azure Virtual Machines

  • Introduction
  • Explore SAP NetWeaver with AnyDB on Azure Virtual Machines
  • Recognize architectural components
  • Examine a sample functional workflow
  • Module assessment
  • Summary

Module 5: Examine SAP S/4HANA on Azure Virtual Machines

  • Introduction
  • Explore SAP S/4HANA on Azure Virtual Machines
  • Recognize architectural components
  • Examine a sample functional workflow
  • Module assessment
  • Summary

Module 6: Explore Azure for SAP Compute

  • Introduction
  • Plan for implementing SAP solutions
  • Explore Azure Virtual Machines
  • Examine constrained vCPU capable virtual machine sizes
  • Scale Azure Virtual Machines
  • Examine Azure Virtual Machine scaling considerations
  • Explore network bandwidth allocation
  • Explore data flows
  • Examine Azure Virtual Machine compute considerations
  • Implement and verify high availability SAP HANA on Azure Virtual Machines
  • Module assessment
  • Summary

Module 7: Explore Azure for SAP Networking

  • Introduction
  • Explore Azure virtual networks
  • Consider IP addressing
  • Explore name resolution
  • Explore accelerated networking
  • Explore Azure load balancer
  • Examine Azure Virtual Machine networking considerations
  • Examine load balancing considerations
  • Explore Azure Traffic Manager
  • Explore Azure Front Door
  • Explore Azure Firewall
  • Consider networking changes for Azure Virtual Machines
  • Examine Azure routing configurations
  • Explore virtual network connectivity
  • Explore Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) protection options
  • Examine the virtual datacenter
  • Explore cross-premises connectivity
  • Explore SAProuter
  • Examine networking support of Azure for SAP workloads
  • Module assessment
  • Summary

Module 8: Explore Azure for SAP Storage

  • Introduction
  • Explore Azure Storage types
  • Explore Azure Files
  • Examine Azure Virtual Machine disks
  • Recognize virtual machine images and disks
  • Explore managed and unmanaged disks
  • Explore caching for virtual machines and data disks
  • Explore Write Accelerator
  • Examine general database sizing
  • Examine Azure Virtual Machine storage considerations
  • Examine SAP HANA Dynamic Tiering
  • Explore Azure Virtual Machine disks best practices
  • Explore Azure Virtual Machine NFS storage

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Microsoft Certified: Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty.

The Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty certification validates that you have extensive experience and knowledge of the SAP system landscape and industry standards that are specific to the long-term operation of an SAP solution on Azure. You earn this certification by passing Exam AZ-120: Planning and Administering Microsoft Azure for SAP Workloads.

If your responsibilities include making recommendations on services and adjusting resources for optimal resiliency, performance, scale, provision, size, and monitoring, this could be the certification for you. Additionally, you partner with cloud administrators, cloud database administrators, and clients to implement solutions.

Training & Certification Guide

Architects or engineers for Azure for SAP Workloads have extensive experience and knowledge of the SAP system landscape and industry standards that are specific to the long-term operation of an SAP solution on Microsoft Azure.

Candidates for this certification should be architects or engineers with extensive experience and knowledge of the SAP system landscape and industry standards that are specific to the initial migration or integration and the long term operation of an SAP solution on Microsoft Azure.

Responsibilities for this role include making recommendations on services and adjust resources as appropriate for optimal resiliency, performance, scale, provision, size, and monitoring.

  • Migrate SAP Workloads to Azure
  • Design an Azure Solution to Support SAP Workloads
  • Build and Deploy Azure for SAP Workloads
  • Validate Azure Infrastructure for SAP Workloads
  • Operationalize Azure SAP Architecture

A candidate for this exam should have extensive experience and knowledge of SAP applications:

SAP HANA, S/4HANA, SAP NetWeaver, SAP BW/4HANA, OS servers for SAP applications
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If your responsibilities include making recommendations on services and adjusting resources for optimal resiliency, performance, scale, provision, size, and monitoring, this could be the certification for you. Additionally, you partner with cloud administrators, cloud database administrators, and clients to implement solutions.

If you’re ready to help your organization simplify and accelerate SAP migration, unlock new insights, and drive business value, earn your Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty certification. Not only can you help your business but also you can create new and better customer and employee experiences, as you bring the benefits of Azure to your SAP applications.

Earning a Microsoft Certification is globally recognized and industry-endorsed evidence of mastering real world skills. It shows you demonstrate proficiency in keeping pace with technology. It’s a career move that yields many positive results.

Getting a Microsoft Certification is also a great way to break into the tech industry. A Microsoft Certification immediately confers a level of authority and expertise, especially helpful for someone new to the industry.

The number of questions on a certification exam is subject to change as Microsoft make updates to ensure it aligns with current changes in the technology and job role. Most Microsoft Certification exams typically contain between 40-60 questions; and around 60-140 minutes.

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