Unofficial SAP on Azure podcast

In episode 171 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Azure Disaster Recovery leveraging Azure Site Recovery with Evren Buyruk and Rohan Sahini. We take a look at the architecture and underlying platform, concepts for SAP on Azure. Then we look how Azure Site recovery can help protect your SAP systems and look at best best practices for replication, RTO & PRO and capacity. If you have fee...

In episode 170 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about new capacity pools with Azure NetApp Files. Then we continue a discussion that we stared over a year ago -- the DMO for SAP. At that time we had a very cool session with Mathias Klein from SAP and Taka Hoshino from Microsoft on the new Database Migration Option for Azure. At that time we presented a whitepaper, that outlined the steps...

In episode 169 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about updates in October from SAP and Microsoft, the latest M-Series VMs with almost 32 TB of memory, a session at Ignite on how Microsoft IT runs SAP on Azure, how to use Azure Blog storage with ABAP Steampunk and a SAP-on-Azure Technical Copilot on OpenAI. Then we go deep with Gopal Nair with enterprise controls of the AI SDK for SAP. The...

In episode 168 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about the recent events that happend. We start with SAP Teched 2023 in Bangalore and take a look at some of the key announcements. Then we switch continents and look at asug Tech Connector where Geoff Scott, Jürgen Müller from SAP and Scott Guthrie from Microsoft kicked off the event with a keynote. Then we quickly talk about the OpenAI DevD...

In episode 167 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about SAP Teched 2023, an SAP and Microsoft related Teched blog post and Github Universe. Then we continue with one of the main topics from Teched: I was lucky to attend SAP Teched in Bangalore and it was a really cool show. One of the key highlights from SAP, was SAP Build Code. SAP Build Code helps developers to create code for the Cloud A...

In episode 166 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we go deep on Premium v2 storage with Peter Kalan and Anbu Govindasamy. We look at the different storage options for SAP on Azure, show some performance comparisions, dynamic tiering and snappshotting. Then also talk about how to migrate to premium v2. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode166 Reach out to us for...

In episode 165 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances will be retired by 30 June 2025 and the transition to Virtual Machines, Configuring Azure NetApp Files (ANF) Application Volume Group (AVG) for zonal SAP HANA deployment, Changes to the Azure reservation exchange policy, a look back at the ABAP Story, A Cool use of Open AI in Eclipse, Microsoft Busines...

In episode 164 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about SAP Master Data updates from Teams. In previous episodes we had talked about Teams, leveraging AI services for a better chatbot experience and talked about how this could be connected to an SAP system. We even showed some demos -- but it was just that: proof of concepts! Today we have a very special guest: Steve Curtis from Mars. He ha...

## Introduction In episode 163 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Excel. When Christian Klein did the keynote on the DSAG Jahreskongress two weeks back, he put up a slide on the evolution of customers running their business. And one of the starting points was Excel! I would argue that even today there are probably very few customers that are not using Excel -- in addition to their SAP...

In episode 162 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about RISE into the Future with SAP, SAP announcing new generative AI assistant Joule and chatBASF. Then we go back to the AI SDK for SAP. A few weeks ago we already had Gopal joining us where he introduced us to the AI SDK for ABAP. As promised we wanted to take a deep dive on this topic. Gopal has brought some cool examples on how you can...

In episode 161 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about the DSAG Jahreskongress 2023, SAP Business One with Power Platform and announcing Microsoft Copilot! Then we switch topics: 5 months ago we had a very interesting episode where CJ from our Team in Asia had developed a simple, but amazing scenario on how to leverage Azure OpenAI, Teams and generating SQL queries to access data from SAP....

In episode 160 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about about Manufacturing Ontologies. An ontology defines the language used to describe a system. In the manufacturing domain, these systems can represent a factory or plant but also enterprise applications or supply chains. The Digital Twin Consortium has created an open-source Manufacturing Ontologies reference architecture, where until re...

In episode 159 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about SAP Netweaver 7.5 with MaxDB 7.9 on Azure using Azure NetApp Files (ANF), Microsoft Defender Endpoint (MDE) for SAP Applications on Windows Server, HackTogether - Microsoft Power Platform AI Hack and Microsoft announcing new Copilot Copyright Commitment for customers. Then we hear from James Wood, CEO at Bowdark and Paul Modderman, Chi...

In episode 158 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk with Geoff Scott from ASUG about Microsoft and SAP. In previous episodes we often mentioned DSAG, the German Speaking SAP User Group. This is probably not only because Goran and I are both located in Germany, but am also hosting the "SAP on Microsoft Azure" working group within DSAG. However, did you know that ASUG was founded over...

In episode 157 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Interns at Microsoft. Noopur Vaishnav joins us to talk about her Summer internship at Microsoft focusing on SAP, Power Virtual Agent, Power Automate and Teams -- all together leveraging AI. The resulting demo allows anyone to chat with data from your SAP system, find the right products and then create a Sales order in the SAP system. M...

In episode 156 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about SAP on Azure NetApp Files Sizing Best Practices, SAP HANA Azure virtual machine storage configurations, NFS v4.1 volumes on Azure NetApp Files for SAP HANA, Announcing public preview of new Mv3 Medium Memory Virtual Machines, the SAP CDC Connector on Azure and Part 2 of the SAP S/4HANA Cloud ABAP Environment integration journey with Mi...

In episode 155 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about the Magic Quadrant for Robotic Process Automation, Forrester Wave for Low-Code Development Platforms, Generative AI use-cases with SAP and an Open Source Framework for uploading Excel files in UI5 made easy. Then we talk with Dennis and Ralitza about using Virtual Machine Scale Sets flex with SAP workload. Typically VMs can be deployed...

In episode 154 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Automated registration of SAP systems at scale with Azure Centre for SAP solutions, Private Preview for DR for Shared Disks with Azure Site Recovery, SAP OData APIs via Azure API Management and link it with Azure Static Web App, Manufacturing Ontologies - with SAP, availability of ABAP Platform Trial and Warmest Welcome to our new SAP...

In episode 153 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Azure Migrate Windows Server upgrade, Protect Azure workloads with VM level consistency using Agentless Crash-Consistent Restore Points, Azure API Management and how to work with OData services and Microsoft Sentinel's Impact - Investigating a SAP Breach. Then we go deep with Harutyun Ter-Minasyan from SAP and Martin Pankraz on the lat...

In episode 152 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about AzAcSnap support for DB2 on Azure NetApp Files, Microsoft Azure Boost Preview, reCAP 2023 Videos, Microsoft Inspire, Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge, Public Preview of OData API type in Azure API Management and SAP Business One - A discussion with Rainer Zinow from SAP. Then Frank Jentsch and Martin Pankraz join us to talk about St...

In episode 151 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about the SAP Community events that happend last week: reCAP and the UI5Con in St. Leon-Rot and also the hackathon on SAPs Cloud Application Programming model with Azure Cosmos DB. Volker Buzek and Martin Pankraz join us to talk about how the event was planned and the results. https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode151 Reach out to us for a...

In episode 150 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Premiums SSD v2, Azure NetApp Files double encryption at rest, Reference architectures with SAP AI Core service on SAP BTP with Azure OpenAI, Reducing your CO2 footprint using a smart Generative AI application on SAP BTP, the reCAP Hackathon - CAP & Azure Cosmos DB, Part 1 of the SAP S/4HANA Cloud ABAP Environment integration journey w...

In episode 149 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about a guide deploying SAP workloads across Azure Availability Zones, Azure Charts, From zero to hero security coverage with Microsoft Sentinel for your critical SAP security signals, Terraform provider for SAP BTP now available for non-productive use, Mercedes-Benz enhancing drivers’ experience with Azure OpenAI Service and Public Preview...

In episode 148 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Azure Premium SSD v2 Disk Storage in more regions, SQL Server 2022 is released for SAP NetWeaver, Data protection with BlueXP backup and recovery with SAP HANA on AZure NetApp Files, SAP Start/Stop Automation using Azure Center for SAP Solutions, Principal propagation in a multi-cloud solution between Microsoft Azure and SAP, Part VII...

In episode 147 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about  BTP ABAP Environment / Steampunk on Azure, additional tutorials about leveraging Steampunk on Azure with other Microsoft services, Integration 2023, new BTP Private Link services for Azure OpenAI, SAP AI Built for Business and Microsoft Copilot. Then Abbas and Momin join us to talk about HANA scale-out system and different configurati...