Azure

AZ-120: Planning and Administering Microsoft Azure for SAP Workloads

Design, migrate and operate enterprise-grade SAP landscapes on Microsoft Azure in 3 instructor-led days. This hands-on bootcamp prepares you for the Microsoft Certified: Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty (Exam AZ-120).

Why choose this course?

Built with Microsoft’s official learning paths – every lab is taken from the “Explore Azure for SAP” series, the HA/DR path, and the new ACSS & monitoring modules, so nothing you learn is off-syllabus.
Covers the full SAP on-Azure lifecycle – sizing, landing-zone design, deployment automation, VLDB migration, HA/DR, cost/perf optimisation and day-2 operations.
Exam-ready in a long weekend – three intensive days plus take-home capstone labs get you to “exam-ready” status fast.
Hybrid delivery – attend on-campus or virtually from anywhere in South Africa.

This course is ideal for:

Azure architects / administrators charged with moving or running SAP ECC, S/4HANA or BW/4HANA in Azure.
SAP Basis consultants who need to speak fluent “Azure” before the next migration project.
Anyone preparing for Exam AZ-120 and the Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty certification.

Prerequisites

Hands-on experience administering Azure IaaS (equivalent to AZ-104) plus a working knowledge of SAP landscapes, databases and Basis operations.

Course Content

Explore Azure for SAP workloads – Microsoft + SAP partnership, terminology, landing-zone accelerator, subscription & quota planning.
Azure Compute for SAP – certified M-series & HANA SKUs, proximity placement groups, Write Accelerator, automation with Bicep & the SAP Deployment Automation Framework.
Azure Networking & Storage for SAP (incl. SAP RISE) – VNet & subnet design, ExpressRoute, Accelerated Networking, Private Endpoints, ANF & Premium Files, RISE connectivity patterns.
Identity, Governance & Security – Microsoft Entra ID integration, RBAC, Azure Policy, managed identities, Key Vault & disk encryption.
Migrate & Upgrade SAP Workloads – lift-and-shift, DMO to HANA, VLDB strategies, Migration Assessment, Azure Migrate & SAP LaMa integration.
High Availability & Disaster Recovery – ASCS/ERS & HANA clustering, availability sets/zones, load balancers, Site Recovery, backup/restore best practices.
Deploy & Manage with Azure Center for SAP Solutions (ACSS) – automated deployments, visualisation, start/stop and patching workflows.
Monitor, Optimise & Cost-Manage SAP on Azure – Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions, Log Analytics, Advisor tuning, performance & cost-saving techniques, alerting & dashboards.

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Interested?

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