Unofficial SAP on Azure podcast

In episode 196 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about two topics. Since we just had Sapphire with some amazing announcements, we first want to do a quick recap from a Microsoft points of view. Then we also want to take another look at Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions. Although there are no major updates, I always find it fascinating how continues the improvements are in the cloud. That is...

In episode 195 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about backup. Already in previous episodes we had talked about Backup as one of the interaction points of the Azure Center for SAP Solutions. Today Pradeep and Tunde provide more details on how Azure Backup for SAP works, what features are available and how customers can use this service. Azure Backup for SAP is not only available for SAP HA...

In episode 194 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we continue our story with SAP and AI. Last week we had Trond on the show who talked about leveraging the Azure Center for SAP Solutions with AI services. When we look at a lot of SAP customers, they are using the SAP Business Technology Platform with their SAP ECC or S/4HANA System. So today Sanjeev Kumar joins us to talk about a scenario that he h...

In episode 193 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about the Azure Center for SAP Solutions and how it helps you from the Azure Portal to create and operate SAP systems. We talked about integrating other Azure solutions like Azure Monitor or the Health Check with your SAP system. One cool thing that is availalble under the hood are APIs which allows you to fetch all this information from you...

In episode 192 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about SAP SuccessFactors and Microsoft Teams integration. When we talk about how Microsoft is a huge SAP customer we mainly talk about our SAP ERP ECC system or the RISE on Azure and SAP S/4HANA conversions that we are doing at the moment. But we also talk about the different Software as a service solutions that we are using from SAP -- and...

In episode 191 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about again about Azure Center for SAP Solutions, ACSS. When running your SAP system on Azure, ACSS is here to help you create, run and operate it. In previous episodes we already looked at this in detailed and talked about some of the features available with ACSS. While we see the number of customers and registered SAP systems steadily incr...

In episode 190 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about security. SAP states, that it is mandatory to have antivirus, host intrusion, secure DNS clients and other security related software installed on Windows Server OS these days. Microsoft Defender can be used to help protect your SAP system. In this episode we have Ankit Garg, Gopalakrishnan Krishnan & Cameron Gardiner joining us to...

In episode 189 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Printing from the Cloud. A lot of companies are moving their SAP systems to the cloud. SAP on Azure, RISE with SAP on Azure, or GROW with SAP on Azure are things that we see very often with our customers. But what do you actually do with your printer? If you need to print shipping lables, invoices, product descriptions you cannot put y...

In episode 188 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about about DNS, Domain Name System. DNS acts like a phonebook to resolve IP addresses through their domain names. When something goes wrong, then often the whole network communication breaks down. It's always DNS! Who doesn't know this term whenever it comes to networking issues. In a lot of cases we see customers using Azure DNS Se...

In episode 187 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about the Well-Architected Framework for SAP. The Framework guides customers through a set of questions to track the status of your SAP on Azure implementation. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode187 Reach out to us for any feedback / questions: * Robert Boban: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rboban/ * Gor...

In episode 186 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about SAP Business One and Copilot Studio. In the past we had talked about Copilot and the Integration to SAP data. We showed how to retrieve flight data, we talked about Single sign-on and we also showed how to create a Copilot using Copilot Studio that allowed you to create a Sales Order in the SAP System. In all of these scenarios we were...

In episode 185 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about the SAP on Azure Technical Copilot on the OpenAI GPT Store. A little over a year ago ChatGPT changed the way how we think about AI. ChatGPT allowed everyone to interact with a bot in ways that were not possible before. OpenAI then soon introduced ChatGPT Plus and with that also the possibility to extend ChatGPT with additional content...

In episode 184 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk again about Single Sign-On. For a VERY long time when I was working at SAP, I was working alongside a very special colleague and friend, Vinayak Adkoli. He was my partner in crime for a lot of projects. In the last projects we worked together on SAP API Management and simplifying the way how customers could manage SAP APIs. Then I moved to M...

In episode 183 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Deploying Loftware in HA setup with SAP (ECC) in Azure, End-to-end encryption for your VM data and Azure Virtual Network encryption now in additional regions. Then we talk about Single Sign-On with SAP GUI. Single Sign-On with SAP is always a super important topics. Luckily we have experts like Martin Raepple who knows the security wor...

In episode 182 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about the SAP Inventory Check. Jitendra Singh provides an overview about the reasons for the SAP Inventory Check and walks us through the different features. - 0:00 Intro - 1:25 Introducing Jitendra - 2:45 Customer Experience initiative - 5:40 ACSS Tools & Framework - 6:55 Accessing Inventory Checks for SAP - 8:45 Azure Resources by List...

In episode 181 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about BTP and Azure. In previous episodes we often already talked about the BTP, the SAP Business Technology Platform. It is used with a lot of customers for integration and extensions scenarios -- but it can become even more powerful, if you combine it with other services -- like from Microsoft Azure. Today we have Holger Schäfer with us wh...

In episode 180 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Azure Center for SAP Solutions, ACSS. ACSS has been around for quite some time now. We have lots of customers AND partners using it to monitor, control and operate their SAP landscapes on Azure. In this episode we have Kalyani Namuduri and Sagar Keswani with us from our engineering team in India who will recap what's available today an...

In episode 179 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we have Ralf Klahr back on the show. He shares the latest news on Azure NetApp Files Backup capability. ANF online snapshots are now enhanced with backup of snapshots and Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode179 Reach out to us for any feedback / questions: * Robert Boban: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rboban/ * G...

In episode 178 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about the DSAG Technologiedays 2024 in Hamburg. Holger attended the event and shares some insights on the key topics such SAP Business AI, Security, Identity and Low-Code. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode178 Reach out to us for any feedback / questions: * Robert Boban: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rb...

In episode 177 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Robert :-) I'm not sure about the exact year but let's say 15 years ago I was working at SAP and I got introduced probably via email to Robert Boban. Robert was working at that time at the value prototyping team. I was very much engaged already at that time in Microsoft integration projects. I was part of the NetWeaver Regional Impleme...

In episode 176 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we are going back up the stack. Last week we covered some cool infrastructure related topics, today we want to focus on AI again. You might remember that we had Noopur, CJ and also Michael in previous episodes talking about Azure OpenAI and how this could be leveraged for example in a Teams bot. Today we have Michael back with us and he shows a nice...

In episode 175 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about building Avatars with Microsoft’s Speech Studio. Then we also talk about Copilot Pro, the new offering of Copilot for consumers and then we take a closer look at moving to the SAP System to Flexible Virtual Machines Scale Set. Goran talks about the new script that simplifies the migration of systems setup using proximity placement grou...

Welcome to 2024! In episode 174 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about extending SAP Digital Manufacturing with Azure. Martin Raepple and Bastian Ulke join us to demo a visual inspection use-case that enhances the standard SAP Digital Manufacturing scenarios. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode174 Reach out to us for any feedback / questions: * Robe...

In episode 2023 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we look back at 2023. And like in the previous 3 years again have Jürgen Thomas with us to revisit some of the highlight from 2023 -- and it is not only all about AI. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode173 Reach out to us for any feedback / questions: * Robert Boban: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rboban/ * Gora...

In episode 172 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we don't talk too much about technology, but more about something that often prevents technology to be applied. Back when I was at SAP, one of the biggest challenges that I saw with customers -- especially with bigger customers -- was that the SAP team is not talking to the non-SAP team. In a lot of organizations there is a dedicated team in IT that...