Unofficial SAP on Azure podcast

In episode 146 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Optimizing Microsoft’s SAP environment with Microsoft Azure, Virtual Machine Scale Sets for SAP workload, How to easily migrate an existing SAP system VMs to Flexible Virtual Machine Scale Set and SAP on Azure High Availability Setup of Content Server 7.53 with MaxDB database in Linux Environment. Then Steffen Müller joins us to talk a...

In episode 145 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Microsoft Build and SAP Sapphire:SAP Sapphire and Microsoft Build just finished this week. From SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud, SAP Business AI, Green ledger, Copilot plugins, Copilot for Windows, Edge, ... so much new topics were presented. However, in this episode we focus on Azure Center for SAP solutions, which went just GA. Aron Stern a...

In episode 144 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we recap SAP Sapphire 2023 in Orlando with lots of announcements around Azure Center for SAP Solutions and other topics. Then we have Sujay Jain and Akarsh Prabhu joining us talk about the general availability of Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions, or AMS. Sujya and Akarsh walk us through the motivation and main features and then show us how it looks l...

In episode 143 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Advanced Settings with the SAP CDC Connector and SLT and the upcoming Sapphire. Then we welcome Martin Fischer and Abesh Bhattacharjee from Neptune Software. In previous episodes we have often talked about low-code and SAP. In most cases that meant Power Platform and SAP. However, there are obviously lots of other solutions out there....

In episode 142 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about the DSAG Investment Report 2023, Zone Redundant Storage for Azure Disks, Power your business with AI, Microsoft AI SDK for SAP and Power Platform being more than just a toy. Then we focus on Power Platform and SAP. One of my recommendation to customers is always to use Single Sign-On when using Power Platform and SAP. With the new SAP...

In episode 141 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about  Enabling SAP CAP with Azure services without OData APIs using SAP Private Link, SAP on Azure DNS Integration whitepaper, UIcon & re>≡CAP, Microsoft and SAP quarterly numbers and focus on AI / OpenAI, Sapphire and finally the new Microsoft AI SDK for SAP. Then we look at single point of failures. Running an SAP system still mean...

In episode 140 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Azure Automation support for PowerShell 7.2, Support for Linux clients to use identity-based access to Azure file shares over SMB, SAP Cloud Identity Services offered as Trial Version, Demystify Single Sign-On on Server Side for SAP RISE Customers and Azure Logic Apps' New Data Mapper for Visual Studio Code (Preview). Then we talk...

In episode 139 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about DR scenario for SAP Windows application servers, SAP Private Link in Action at FrieslandCampina and Part 3 of the SAP CDC Connector and SLT. Then we switch over to low-code. Low-code and SAP are top of mind in a lot of my discussions with customers and partners at the moment. One reason might be the Power Platform and SAP roadshow that...

In episode 138 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Azure Firewall enhancements, sector size of Azure Premium SSD v2, Microsoft Business Applications Launch Event, DSAG Working-group Open AI & SAP, Logic Apps Aviators Newsletter, SAP Developer Insights Survey 2023 and GitHub Codespaces for Students and Educators. Then we talk about a very hot topic: OpenAI, ChatGPT, Copilot, Dalee,...

In episode 137 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about an upcoming CAP and Cosmos DB Hackathon, news of Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Security Copilot, Reference architecture of an SAP BTP CAP application using GPT Models of OpenAI, 30 Days Of Azure AI and SAP CDC Connector and SLT - Part 2 - Initial Configuration by Bartosz. Then we welcome Manish Shah with us. One of the most popular top...

In episode 136 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Microsoft 365 Copilot, DSAG and Reference Architectures from SAP on OpenAI, BTP and Azure, GROW with SAP, Building a bot using Microsoft’s Power Virtual Agent on S/4 HANA on-premise… using SAP BTP, Microsoft Power Apps at the Microsoft Business Applications Launch Event and then Design Considerations when Integrating IBP Tasks into Mic...

In episode 135 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Protecting your Rise and S/4HANA application layer with MS Sentinel today and the certified Microsoft Sentinel 1.0 connector for SAP, Microsoft Azure Applications for Neptune DXP, a new ebook on modernizing SAP on the Microsoft Cloud, updates to the SAP Collaborative ERP with Share to Microsoft Teams, and an upcoming reCAP event which...

In episode 134 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about using Azure NetApp Files AVG for SAP HANA to deploy HANA with multiple partitions, Secure Communication to Fetch SAP NetWeaver SAP Control and SAP RFC Metric Data in Azure Monitor for SAP, ChatGPT Integration with SAP S/4HANA, Build solutions faster with Microsoft Power Platform and next-generation AI and Introducing Microsoft Dynamics...

In episode 134 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about using Azure NetApp Files AVG for SAP HANA to deploy HANA with multiple partitions, Secure Communication to Fetch SAP NetWeaver SAP Control and SAP RFC Metric Data in Azure Monitor for SAP, ChatGPT Integration with SAP S/4HANA, Build solutions faster with Microsoft Power Platform and next-generation AI and Introducing Microsoft Dynamics...

In episode 133 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about  DNS integration with SAP RISE, Public Preview announcements of Azure NetApp Files, SAP SuccessFactors and AAD integration, Pulse oft he SAP Customer Research by ASUG, SAP IBP integration with Teams, the Power Platform + SAP Roadshow and the upcoming DSAG Technologietage 2023. Then we have Christian Drumm with us who is a professo...

In episode 132 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about  how customers and partners can develop integration. Recently we had a great workshop with DSAG, the German Speaking SAP Usergroup, and 50 customers and partners. Based on an S/4HANA 2022 system we developed an integration using events in Microsoft Teams, showed how to load data in Excel, create a simple Bot and also build a small...

In episode 131 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Power Platform and SAP. Lots of customers are currently looking at leveraging Low-code with SAP and obviously Power Platform and SAP is top of the list. Ronald Knienieder joins us to talk about several use-cases where SAP processes are integrated and visualized with Power App and Power Automate. https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode...

In episode 130 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about  SAP ASE on Azure NetApp Files, SAP on Azure Oracle Performance scripts, Identity federation between Azure AD B2C and SAP Cloud, Reinventing search with a new AI-powered Microsoft Bing and Edge, Microsoft Roadshow about SAP & Power Platform and Events-to-Business Actions. Then we have Karsten Strothmann from SAP joining. A few...

In episode 129 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about ANF Backup, DB2 Installations on ANF, HA deployment with File Share running on Windows failover to DR region using ASR, a new blog post series on Event Drive Architectures between SAP and Microsoft, OpenAI and Microsoft Extending their Partnership, Interviews in Davos with Satya Nadella and Christian Klein, Garnter Magic Quadrants for...

This episode is a little different. Ideally you watch the video as well.  Some time ago Cameron Gardiner joined us to talk about best practices with SAP on Oracle on Azure. We got several questions on how to actually do an installation and configuration of Oracle ASM. Cameron published a blog post with all the required steps and in this episode we will walk through the full setup. https://www...

In episode 127 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about  creating Maintenance Request in SAP S/4HANA using SAP Build Apps(aka AppGyver) and Azure Anomaly Detector. Then we talk about Backup. Last week we talked about Disaster Recovery and we had a very good session on how to recover your system in case of a disaster. One option is to do backup & restore. In the area of SAP we often...

In episode 126 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about using the SAP CDC Connector for ADF, Implementing an Event-Forwarding Mechanism using SAP Business One B1iF and Microsoft Azure, SAP Oracle 19c System Refresh Guide on Azure VMs and SAP Applications and Microsoft Defender for Linux. Then we welcome Dennis Padia to talk about Disaster Recovery Guidelines for SAP Workload. Azure provides...

In episode 125 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Looking back on 2022, Azure Backup for SAP HANA, Shortage of Security experts, ABAP Cloud, SAP Business One and Microsoft Azure and how the Power Platform can help you modernize your mainframe application. Then we take another deep dive on SAP and security. Bad actors are getting more aggressive and it is easier to attack a company usi...

In episode 124 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we are wrapping up the year 2022 and are really happy to have Jürgen Thomas back with us. Looking back at our episodes in this year and we had lots of things to cover: From an infrastructure perspective with (almost) 24 TB VMs, amazingly many RISE on Azure projects, updates with Azure Monitor for SAP, improvements with Azure Backup for SAP, the Qual...

In episode 123 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Cross Zonal Restore of Azure Virtual Machines from Azure Backup, Azure NetApp Files cross-zone replication, Optimize HANA deployments with Azure NetApp Files application volume group for SAP HANA and Coca-Cola United automating over 50,000 orders in complex SAP invoicing process with Microsoft Power Platform. "Partners make more possib...