In this course, you learn the technical fundamentals and key architectural patterns for running SAP on AWS. You learn how to size SAP on AWS to meet performance targets; perform basic system operations for SAP on AWS including backups, monitoring, and automated deployments; and make architectural decisions based on AWS-recommended best practices.

• Course level: Fundamental
• Duration: 4 hours

Activities

This course includes several videos and knowledge checks.

Course objectives

In this course, you will learn to:

• Describe the unique value of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and of running SAP on AWS.
• Design, implement, and manage SAP solutions on AWS.
• Identify and configure core AWS services in support of SAP solutions.
• Understand key architecture patterns for SAP on AWS, with emphasis on those supporting high availability and disaster recovery.
• Set up AWS resources, correctly sizing systems to meet performance targets, and using automation tools and migration techniques.
• Understand the Beyond Infrastructure initiative.

Intended audience

This course is intended for:

• Technical professionals
• Solutions architects

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

• Taken AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials and AWS Technical Essentials courses
• Working knowledge of SAP solutions
• Familiarity with cloud computing concepts

Course outline

Module 1: Introduction to AWS and SAP

• Introduction to Amazon Web Services
• Understanding the AWS Cloud
• SAP and AWS relationship and value proposition

Module 2: Network Services

• Networking for SAP on AWS
• VPC patterns for SAP on AWS

Module 3: Compute Services

• Introduction to Amazon EC2 for SAP on AWS
• Amazon EC2 skills practice for SAP on AWS

Module 4: Storage Services

• SAP on AWS storage overview
• Amazon Elastic Block Store
• Amazon EBS skills practice
• File system storage services
• File system storage examples and practices
• Amazon Simple Storage Service for SAP
• Using Amazon S3 in practice for SAP workloads

Module 5: Designing Your Architecture

• Architecture overview
• Deployment patterns for SAP on AWS
• Disaster-recovery architecture patterns

Module 6: SAP HANA on AWS

• Introduction to SAP HANA on AWS
• SAP HANA architecture patterns
• AWS Launch Wizard for SAP
• SAP HANA dynamic tiering on AWS

Module 7: Capstone Project

• Design a sample SAP system on AWS

Module 8: Operations

• SAP operations and maintenance on AWS
• Leveraging automation tools for SAP on AWS
• Support for SAP on AWS

Module 9: Migration

• Designing your migration plan
• Migration methodologies

Module 10: Beyond Infrastructure

• Data and analytics on AWS for SAP
• DevOps on AWS for SAP

Module 11: Conclusion

• Course summary
• Course assessment
• Final course message