Summary
The first objective of this chapter was to explain why Azure is the best cloud for SAP and to reassure you that any concerns you may have can be addressed. Whether it be security, availability, or scalability, hopefully you will now see that it is possible to run even the largest and most business-critical SAP systems in Azure. Microsoft has invested heavily to enhance the capabilities of Azure to meet the specific demands of enterprise-scale SAP systems, with technologies such as Mv2-series virtual machines offering up to 11.4 TiB of memory, Azure SAP HANA Large Instances, and Proximity Placement Groups.
The second objective was to highlight some of the areas that need to be considered when moving SAP workloads to Azure. If you are already running other workloads in Azure then it is likely that much of the Azure foundations are already in place. If not, this will need to be done before embarking on moving the SAP workloads. We also looked at how important it is to have...
