Microsoft Certified: Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty

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 an architect or an engineer for Azure for SAP Workloads include making recommendations on services and adjusting resources as appropriate for optimal resiliency, performance, scale, provision, size, and monitoring.

Architects or engineers for Azure for SAP Workloads partner with cloud administrators, cloud database administrators, and clients to implement solutions.

Skills measured

Migrate SAP Workloads to Azure
Design and Implement an Infrastructure to Support SAP Workloads
Design and Implement High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HA/DR)
Maintain SAP Workloads on Azure

Course Outline

Identify requirements for target infrastructure

estimate target database size
determine supportability of operating systems and databases in Azure
estimate compute, storage, and network requirements for the target database
determine target SAPS by using Early Watch Alert (EWA) reports or Quick Sizer
assess constraints imposed by subscription models and quota limits
evaluate licensing and pricing across SAP tiers
evaluate components, such as Azure Data Factory, Data Lake, Microsoft Power BI, and SAP Cloud
specify a Microsoft support option for SAP on Azure

Design and implement identity and access for SAP workloads

design and implement access control and authorization for SAP workloads
design and implement authentication for SAP workload
manage access permissions to SAP systems

Design and implement a compute solution for SAP workloads

specify a compute platform (Azure Virtual Machines versus HANA Large Instances [HLIs])
configure Azure VM Extension for SAP
configure Accelerated Networking
configure VMs for Availability Sets
configure VMs for Availability Zones
deploy an OS by using an Azure Marketplace image
create and deploy a custom image
automate deployment by using ARM templates
connect to an Azure HLI
configure license registration for an Azure HLI
configure and apply operating system updates to an Azure HLI
configure a snapshot

Implement high availability and disaster recovery

configure STONITH
configure database-level replication, including HANA System Replication, SQL Server AlwaysOn, and Oracle Data Guard
configure fencing/Stonith Block Device (SBD)
configure Azure Site Recovery
configure storage-level replication for SAP Central Services
configure load balancing for SAP HA or database HA
configure clustering
configure and validate backup
perform backup and restore
test disaster recovery

Monitor SAP on Azure

monitor SAP workloads by using Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions
monitor SAP workloads by using Log Analytics
monitor networking

About The Exam

This exam measures your ability to accomplish the following technical tasks: Migrate SAP Workloads to Azure; Design and Implement an Infrastructure to Support SAP Workloads; Design and Implement High Availability and Disaster Recovery; and Maintain SAP Workloads on Azure.