This past year was a busy one for the AzureCATs. Here's a list of all the SAP guidance that was Published or refreshed in 2018. Refreshed items are noted with "(refresh)". Bold articles are showcased in more detail at the bottom of this page.

• Improve SAP BW Perf with the Flat Cube - Blog by Martin Merdes, published January 03, 2018
• SAP on Azure: Update - January 2018 - Blog by Cameron Gardiner, published January 04, 2018
• SAP on SQL Server: Update - January 2018 - Blog by Cameron Gardiner, published January 04, 2018
• Hana System Replication on Azure Hana - Blog by Rakesh Patil and Cameron Gardiner, published February 10, 2018
• SAP HANA high availability for Azure virtual machines (refresh) - Docs article by Juergen Thomas, published March 05, 2018
• Setting up Pacemaker on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server in Azure - Docs article by Sebastian Max Dusch and Juergen Thomas, published March 20, 2018
• HA for NFS on Azure VMs on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - Docs article by Sebastian Max Dusch, published March 20, 2018
• DB Migration to Azure – Partner Guide - Blog by Cameron Gardiner, published April 10, 2018
• Columnstore became default in SAP BW - Blog by Martin Merdes, published April 26, 2018
• Flat Cube became default in SAP BW - Blog by Martin Merdes, published April 26, 2018
• SAP S/4HANA for Linux Virtual Machines on Azure - Reference Architecture by Ben Trinh, Ross Sponholtz, and Amish Patel, published May 10, 2018
• Run SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances - Reference Architecture by Ben Trinh, Ross Sponholtz, and Amish Patel, published May 15, 2018
• SAP NetWeaver (Windows) for AnyDB on Azure VMs - Reference Architecture by Ben Trinh, Ross Sponholtz, and Amish Patel, published May 21, 2018
• Azure Virtual Machines DBMS deployment for SAP NetWeaver (refresh) - Docs article by Sachin Ghorpade and Juergen Thomas, published May 22, 2018
• SAP on Azure: General Update – June 2018 - Blog by Cameron Gardiner, published June 18, 2018
• Install Sybase 16. 3 Patch 3 Always-on + DR - Blog by Cameron Gardiner, published June 18, 2018
• SQL files and backups on Azure for SAP - Whitepaper by Ravi Alwani, published June 22, 2018
• Install Oracle 12.2 ASM on Linux on Azure - Blog by Cameron Gardiner and Ravi Alwani, published June 24, 2018
• SAP on SQL on Azure – Bypass Proxy Server - Blog by Cameron Gardiner, published June 25, 2018
• OS backup and restore for Type II SKUs (refresh) - Docs article by Sachin Ghorpade, published June 27, 2018
• Operating System Upgrade for HANA Large Instances - Docs article by Sachin Ghorpade, published June 27, 2018
• SAP Support for SQL Server 2017 - Blog by Sebastian Dusch, published June 28, 2018
• Backup guide for SAP HANA on Azure Virtual Machines (refresh) - Docs article by Hermann Daeubler and Juergen Thomas, published July 05, 2018
• SAP HANA Azure Backup on file level (refresh) - Docs article by Hermann Daeubler and Juergen Thomas, published July 05, 2018
• SAP HANA backup based on storage snapshots (refresh) - Docs article by Hermann Daeubler and Juergen Thomas, published July 06, 2018
• SAP Business One on Azure Virtual Machines - Docs article by Juergen Thomas, published July 17, 2018
• SAP HANA availability within one Azure region (refresh) - Docs article by Juergen Thomas, published July 27, 2018
• Orica’s S/4HANA Foundational Arch Design - Blog by Cameron Gardiner, published August 23, 2018
• What is SAP HANA on Azure (Large Instances)? (refresh) - Docs article by Sachin Ghorpade and Juergen Thomas, published September 03, 2018
• Setting up Pacemaker on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server in Azure (refresh) - Docs article by Sebastian Max Dusch and Juergen Thomas, published September 06, 2018
• SAP HANA (large instances) deployment (refresh) - Docs article by Sachin Ghorpade and Juergen Thomas, published September 09, 2018
• How to install and configure SAP HANA on Azure (refresh) - Docs article by Hermann Daeubler and Sachin Ghorpade, published September 09, 2018
• Install HANA on SAP HANA on Azure (Large Instances) - Docs article by Hermann Daeubler and Sachin Ghorpade, published September 09, 2018
• How to monitor SAP HANA (large instances) on Azure (refresh) - Docs article by Sachin Ghorpade, published September 10, 2018
• SAP HANA Large Instances HA and DR on Azure (refresh) - Docs article by Sachin Ghorpade and Juergen Thomas, published September 11, 2018
• SAP HANA availability across Azure regions (refresh) - Docs article by Juergen Thomas, published September 11, 2018
• HA for SAP NetWeaver on VMs on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (refresh) - Docs article by Sebastian Max Dusch, published September 11, 2018
• HA for NFS on Azure VMs on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (refresh) - Docs article by Sebastian Max Dusch, published September 11, 2018
• SAP NetWeaver file server using a Marketplace image (refresh) - Docs article by Sebastian Max Dusch, published September 11, 2018
• Manual installation of single-instance SAP HANA on Azure VMs (refresh) - GitHub ARM by Hermann Daeubler, Juergen Thomas, and Sebastian Max Dusch, published September 21, 2018
• High availability of SAP HANA on Azure virtual machines (refresh) - Docs article by Sebastian Max Dusch and Juergen Thomas, published September 21, 2018
• Azure Virtual Machines deployment for SAP NetWeaver (refresh) - Docs article by Sebastian Max Dusch and Juergen Thomas, published September 26, 2018
• Azure VM planning and implementation for SAP NetWeaver (refresh) - Docs article by Sebastian Max Dusch and Juergen Thomas, published October 14, 2018
• Moving SAP on SQL Server and Windows into Azure - Blog by Juergen Thomas, published November 02, 2018
• SAPS ratings on Azure VMs – where to look - Blog by Juergen Thomas, published November 04, 2018
• Using Azure for hosting and running SAP workload scenarios (refresh) - Docs article by Juergen Thomas, published November 05, 2018
• SAP certifications and configurations running on Microsoft Azure (refresh) - Docs article by Juergen Thomas, published November 05, 2018
• SAP HANA infrastructure configurations and operations on Azure (refresh) - Docs article by Juergen Thomas and Hermann Daeuble, published November 07, 2018

Showcase

SAP S/4HANA for Linux Virtual Machines on Azure

This reference Architecture by Ben Trinh, Ross Sponholtz, and Amish Patel shows a set of proven practices for running S/4HANA in a high availability environment that supports disaster recovery on Azure. This architecture is deployed with specific virtual machine (VM) sizes that can be changed to accommodate your organization's needs.

Run SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances

This reference architecture by Ben Trinh, Ross Sponholtz, and Amish Patel shows a set of proven practices for running SAP HANA on Azure (Large Instances) with high availability and disaster recovery (DR). Called HANA Large Instances, this offering is deployed on physical servers in Azure regions.

SAP NetWeaver (Windows) for AnyDB on Azure VMs

This reference architecture by Ben Trinh, Ross Sponholtz, and Amish Patel shows a set of proven practices for running SAP NetWeaver in a Windows environment on Azure with high availability. The database is AnyDB, the SAP term for any supported DBMS besides SAP HANA. This architecture is deployed with specific virtual machine (VM) sizes that can be changed to accommodate your organization's needs.

SQL files and backups on Azure for SAP

As more users migrate their SAP workloads to Azure, they will discover the benefits of migrating the Microsoft SQL Server data tier as well. Storing SQL Server data files on Azure can help speed migration, improve security, and provide high availability and disaster recovery. This guide by Ravi Alwani of AzureCAT addresses common questions from SAP users. It explains how to store SQL Server data files using Azure Blob Storage and set up file-snapshot backups, which provide nearly instantaneous backups and quicker restores for database files stored using the Azure Blob Storage service.

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