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Documents regarding Microsoft Azure
- MUST READ | For the "must read" Microsoft whitepapers regarding operation of SAP NetWeaver based software and DBMS with Microsoft Azure, see https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-windows-sap-get-started/
- Customer Case Studies | see https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/solutions/sap/
- How To Blogs | For guidance related to the operation of SAP NetWeaver based software with Microsoft Azure, see Information Related to SAP on Microsoft Azure.
- SAP HANA | see http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/campaigns/sap
SAP Notes Related to Microsoft Azure
Information | Where to find |
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SAP Key Note for Public Cloud Environments |
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Windows in Public Cloud Environments | |
Linux in Public Cloud Environments |
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SAP Notes Related to Microsoft Azure |
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Supported SAP Applications
With Microsoft Azure, SAP supports all applications that are listed in SAP Note 1928533. For details on configuration requirements and supported versions, check the SAP Note.
Supported SAP Applications (see SAP Note 1928533) | on Guest OS |
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Applications running on WebAS ABAP and/or Java as part of SAP NetWeaver | Windows, Linux |
SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation on NetWeaver (BPCNW) | Windows |
TREX | Windows |
SAP Content Server | Windows |
SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (SAP BI) | Windows, Linux |
SAP Financial Consolidation | Windows |
Supported VM Instance Types
With Microsoft Azure, SAP supports its applications only on the VM types that are listed in SAP Note 1928533.
Supported Guest Operating Systems by SAP
The table below provides a short overview on supported guest operating systems. For detailed information on your SAP product, check the Product Availability Matrix and SAP Note 1928533.
SAP Application Guest OS | Applications based on SAP NetWeaver AS, BPCNW, TREX | SAP BI |
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Windows Server 2003 | not supported | not supported |
Windows Server 2008 | not supported | not supported |
Windows Server 2008 R2 | supported | supported (*1) |
Windows Server 2012 | supported | supported (*1) |
Windows Server 2012 R2 | supported | supported (*1) |
Windows Server 2016 | supported | not supported |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) | supported (*2) | not supported |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 | supported (*3) | not supported |
Oracle Linux 7 | supported (*3) | not supported |
(*1) for versions and constraints, see SAP Note 2145537
(*2) released as of RHEL 7 or higher
(*3) released as of SLES 12 or higher
Supported Databases
The table below provides a short overview on supported databases. For detailed information on your SAP product, check the Product Availability Matrix and SAP Note 1928533.
SAP Application Database | Applications based on SAP NetWeaver AS, BPCNW, TREX |
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IBM DB2 | supported (*1) |
MaxDB, liveCache | supported (*2) |
Microsoft SQL Server | supported (*3), Windows only |
Oracle Database | supported (*4), Windows only |
SAP ASE | supported (*5) |
SAP HANA | supported (*6) |
(*1) only for specified IBM DB2 for Linux, Unix and Windows versions, see SAP Note 1928533
(*2) only for specified MaxDB and liveCache versions, see SAP Note 1928533
(*3) released as of MS SQL Server 2008 R2 or higher. Please consider the new Microsoft SQL Server Use Terms as outlined in SAP Note 2139358.
(*4) only for specified Oracle Database on Windows guest OS, see SAP Note 2039619
(*5) released as of SAP ASE 16.0 SP02 or higher, see SAP Note 1928533
(*6) for HANA support with Microsoft Azure, see SAP Note 2316233
Frequently Asked Questions
For a list of frequently asked questions for the operation on SAP applications with Azure, check Frequently Asked Questions: Azure.
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1 Comment
Roland Kramer
Please see our Blog about Installation of SAP BW on HANA also valid for BW/4 HANA - https://blogs.sap.com/2012/05/22/sap-bw-installationconfiguration-also-on-hana/
and the Software Lifecycle Management Overview for SAP BW on HANA - https://blogs.sap.com/2016/10/11/software-application-lifecycle-management-sap-bw/#content
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