How do you say SUSE [soo-za] and SAP [S-A-P]? How does Satya Nadella say Azure [azh-er]?  Find out in the getting to know us edition where we embrace our differences about how we say things! How we say Azure: https://twitter.com/azure/status/1356294983641423872?lang=en How to say SUSE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4lFHP-UxTk

We talk about why we need backups, different kind of backups for SAP, and tools available.  Fact check: Iron Mountain (company) does offsite data storage too besides destroying documents  Reference Links: Azure Backup: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/backup-overview Azure backup for SAP HANA Support Matrix: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/sap-hana-backup-support-matrix

We discuss Azure landing zone considerations for SAP environments. Reference Links Azure Landing Zone discussion: http://azpodcast.azurewebsites.net/post/Episode-367-Enterprise-Scale-Landing-Zones Landing Zone for SAP: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/scenarios/sap/ready SAP Start/Stop Automation: https://github.com/Azure/SAP-on-Azure-Scripts-and-Utilities/tree/main/Start-Stop-Automation

We talk about how shared storage relates to SAP High Availability, use cases, and the types of shared storages available in Azure for SAP. We also discuss about what end-to-end high availability scenario looks like.  Reference Links HA Architecture and Scenarios: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/sap/sap-high-availability-architecture-scenarios Composite SLAs:...

We discuss application level clustering and why it's important even if you have infrastructure level resiliency. High-availability architecture and scenarios for SAP: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/workloads/sap/sap-high-availability-architecture-scenarios

In this episode we explore what High Availability (HA) is, difference between application and infrastructure HA, and SAP components that needs HA. Reference Links: Azure Global Infrastructure:  https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/global-infrastructure/ Understanding Availability Sets and Availability Zones: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/itops-talk-blog/understanding-availability-sets-and-availability-zones/ba-p/1992518 Azure Proximity Placement Groups for SAP:...

We discuss what makes SAP architecture special on Azure - certification, high availability, and dive little bit into Platform as a Service