Episode #173
Introduction
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
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- Robert Boban: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rboban/
- Goran Condric: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gorancondric/
- Holger Bruchelt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/holger-bruchelt/
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Summary created by AI
- SAP on Azure podcast: Holger, Robert, Goran and Juergen celebrated the success of the podcast and its 6000 subscribers. They also welcomed Juergen as a recurring guest.
- Azure improvements in 2023: Juergen shared some of the highlights and challenges of Azure in 2023, such as the outages, the Mv3 series, the live migration, the premium storage v2, the automated test framework and the Azure Center for SAP Solutions.
- SAP workload and integration: Juergen emphasized the importance of testing and optimizing the SAP workload on Azure, especially for S/4HANA and HANA. He also mentioned the need to support the integration of SAP with other Azure services and tools, such as AI, Teams, Sentinel and backup.
- Outlook for 2024: Juergen expressed his excitement and optimism for the next year, where he expects more customer feedback, new scenarios, new technologies and new architectures. He also reminded the audience of the looming deadline for S/4HANA migration in 2027.
Video index
- 0:00 Intro
- 1:30 Introducing Jürgen Thomas
- 6:00 Looking back at 2023 - Hard start with outages
- 10:00 Improvements in Mv3
- 13:30 VMs with 832 vCPU and 24 TB
- 20:00 Live migration with new hypervisor for M-Series
- 23:30 Replacing older hardware
- 25:20 Automated Test Framework
- 31:30 Reliable performance
- 34:10 SAP Deployment Automation Framework
- 37:30 working with SAP HANA Development and Linux
- 39:50 Improvements in storage with Premium v2
- 42:00 Azure Premium Files & Azure NetApp Files
- 48:40 Testing like back in the days with SQL Server
- 53:00 Operating and running SAP - Backup & Restore
- 56:00 ACSS, SDAF and Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions
- 59:30 Quick outlook to 2024