SAP on Microsoft Azure

News

Azure M Series VMs are SAP HANA Certified (05/04/2018)
Alternative for Clustering ASCS Instance available (11/17/2017)
SAP supports premium managed disks now (06/27/2017)
The best public cloud for SAP workloads gets more powerful (05/16/2017)
New Customer Story with SAP on Azure (03/28/2017)
SAP on Azure | Channel 9 (03/25/2017)
Windows Server 2016 guest OS now supported (02/22/2017)
SAP supports its applications on Azure Resource Manager on Linux and Windows (12/10/2016)
Overview and Architecture of SAP HANA on Azure (Large Instances) (12/01/2016)
How To Create an SAP multi-SID configuration (12/09/2016)
Top 14 Updates and New Technologies for Deploying SAP on Azure (12/04/2016)
Where can I find documentation or information for ….? (10/24/2016)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux supported with Microsoft Azure (09/23/2016)
New SAP Note on Use of Azure Premium SSD Storage for SAP DBMS Instance (09/21/2016)
More offers in SAP Cloud Appliance Library for Azure (08/03/2016)
SAP HANA supported on Microsoft Azure S Series (05/17/2016)
SAP supports SUSE Linux with Microsoft Azure (05/17/2016)

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
SAP Key Note for Public Cloud Environments	1380654: SAP support in public cloud environments
Windows in Public Cloud Environments	1409604: Virtualization on Windows: Enhanced Monitoring 1612283: Hardware Configuration Standards and Guidance 2327159: SAP NetWeaver License Behavior in Virtual and Cloud Environments 2035875: Windows on Microsoft Azure: Adaption of your SAP License
Linux in Public Cloud Environments	1102124: SAPOSCOL on Linux: Enhanced function
SAP Notes Related to Microsoft Azure	1928533: Supported Products and Azure VM types 2015553: SAP on Microsoft Azure: Support prerequisites 2367194: Use of Azure Premium SSD Storage for SAP DBMS Instance 2243692: Linux on Microsoft Azure (IaaS) VM: SAP license issues 2035875: Windows on Microsoft Azure: Adaption of SAP license 2316233: SAP HANA on Microsoft Azure (Large Instances) 2145537: Support of SAP BusinessObjects BI platform on Microsoft Azure 2191498: SAP on Linux with Azure: Enhanced Monitoring 2303398: SAP on SQL Server in Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines 2233094: DB6: SAP Applications on Azure Using IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows 2039619: SAP Applications on Microsoft Azure using the Oracle Database 2178632: Key Monitoring Metrics for SAP on Microsoft Azure 2343511: Microsoft Azure connector for SAP Landscape Virtualization Management 1999351: Troubleshooting Enhanced Azure Monitoring for SAP

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
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
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
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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