SAP on Microsoft Azure
With Microsoft Azure cloud, you can run SAP applications in an "Infrastructure as a Service" environment, which is part of a public cloud offering. Microsoft and SAP collaborate in support of specified SAP applications in a selected matrix of VM instance types, operating system and database versions.
For more information on the prerequisites for the operation of your SAP applications in a public cloud (IaaS) environment, check Support of SAP Applications, Operating Systems, and Databases in Public Cloud (IaaS) Environments.
Recent News
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux supported with Microsoft Azure (09/23/2016)
- New SAP Note on Use of Azure Premium SSD Storage for SAP DBMS Instance (09/21/2016)
- IBM DB2 for Linux, Unix and Windows now supported with Microsoft Azure (12/17/2015)
- More offers in SAP Cloud Appliance Library for Azure (08/03/2016)
- SAP HANA supported on Microsoft Azure S Series (05/17/2016)
- SAP supports SUSE Linux with Microsoft Azure (05/17/2016)
- IBM DB2 for Linux, Unix and Windows now supported with Microsoft Azure (12/17/2015)
- New White Paper on Sizing SAP Solutions on Azure Public Cloud (12/01/2015)
- SAP MaxDB for SAP NetWeaver, SAP liveCache and SAP Content Server are Certified to run in Microsoft Azure Cloud (10/23/2015)
- World Record SD Benchmark for SAP deployments using Azure IaaS VMs (10/05/2015)
- Performance Best Practices for SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machines (09/01/2015)
- New blogs about Customers Migrating their SAP Application to Azure (08/12/2015)
- Guidelines for Sizing SAP Applications on Azure (06/19/2015)
- New SAP Note on Key Monitoring Metrics for SAP on Microsoft Azure (06/11/2015)
- Top 10 Key Considerations for Deploying SAP Applications on Azure (05/25/2015)
Documents regarding Microsoft Azure
- For the "must-read" whitepapers regarding operation of SAP NetWeaver based software and DBMS with Microsoft Azure, see http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-sap-getting-started.
- For customer case studies with SAP on Microsoft Azure, see http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/campaigns/sap.
- For further documentation related to the operation of SAP software with Microsoft Azure, see Information Related to SAP on Microsoft Azure.
SAP Notes Related to Microsoft Azure
For a list of SAP Notes that are related to the use of SAP applications on Windows with Microsoft Azure, see SAP Notes for Windows in Public Cloud (IaaS) Environments.
Supported SAP Applications
With Microsoft Azure, SAP supports all applications that are listed in SAP Note 1928533.
These are specified versions of:
- Applications running on Application Server(s) ABAP and/or Java as part of SAP NetWeaver
- SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation on NetWeaver (BPCNW)
- SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence (SAP BI): see also SAP Note 2145537
- TREX
- SAP Content Server
Supported VM Instance Types
With Microsoft Azure, SAP supports its applications only on the VM types that are listed in SAP Note 1928533.
Supported Guest Operating Systems by SAP
The table below provides a short overview on supported guest operating systems. For detailed information on your SAP product, check the Product Availability Matrix and SAP Note 1928533.
| SAP Application Guest OS | Applications based on SAP NetWeaver AS, BPCNW, TREX | SAP BI |
|---|---|---|
| Windows Server 2003 | not supported | |
| Windows Server 2008 | not supported | |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 | supported | supported (*1) |
| Windows Server 2012 | supported | supported (*1) |
| Windows Server 2012 R2 | supported | supported (*1) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) | supported (*2) | |
| SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 | supported (*3) |
(*1) for versions and constraints, see SAP Note 2145537
(*2) currently only applications based on SAP NetWeaver AS with RHEL 7, see SAP Note 1928533
(*3) currently only applications based on SAP NetWeaver AS with SLES 12, see SAP Note 1928533
Supported Databases
The table below provides a short overview on supported databases. For detailed information on your SAP product, check the Product Availability Matrix and SAP Note 1928533.
| SAP Application Database | Applications based on SAP NetWeaver AS, BPCNW, TREX | SAP BI |
|---|---|---|
| IBM DB2 | supported (*1) | supported (*7) |
| MaxDB, liveCache | supported (*2) | supported (*7) |
| Microsoft SQL Server | supported (*3) | supported (*7) |
| Oracle Database | supported (*4) | supported (*7) |
| SAP ASE | supported (*5) | supported (*7) |
| SAP HANA | supported cond. (*6) |
(*1) only for specified IBM DB2 for Linux, Unix and Windows versions, see SAP Note 1928533
(*2) only for specified MaxDB and liveCache versions, see SAP Note 1928533
(*3) released as of MS SQL Server 2008 R2 or higher, see SAP Note 1928533. Please consider the new Microsoft SQL Server Use Terms as outlined in SAP Note 2139358.
(*4) only for specified Oracle Database and guest OS versions, see SAP Note 2039619
(*5) released as of SAP ASE 16.0 PL02 or higher, see SAP Note 1928533
(*6) for HANA support with Microsoft Azure, see SAP HANA on Microsoft Azure S Series
(*7) for more information, see SAP Note 2145537
Frequently Asked Questions
For a list of frequently asked questions for the operation on SAP applications with Azure, check Frequently Asked Questions: Azure.
