Add the power of cloud to your SAP estate
Reliably run your mission critical SAP and other workloads on a scalable, compliant, and enterprise-proven platform. Get the scalability, flexibility, and cost savings of Azure. With the expanded partnership between Microsoft and SAP, you can run SAP applications across dev/test and production scenarios in Azure—and be fully supported. From SAP NetWeaver to SAP S4/HANA, Linux to Windows, SAP HANA to SQL, we have you covered.
Unparalleled performance for SAP HANA
Get the broadest choice and industry-leading performance when running your SAP workloads on Azure. With Azure Virtual Machines, you can scale your HANA applications to 0.5 TB of RAM. And, with purpose-built hardware that is specifically tuned for SAP HANA, you are capable of scaling your SAP HANA workloads up to 32 TB on multimode configurations.
Scenarios
AZURE SUPPORTS
(OLTP)
(OLAP)
| SAP Solution | CPU | RAM | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimized for OLAP: SAP BW, BW/4HANA or SAP HANA for generic OLAP workload | SAP HANA on Azure S72 - 2 x Intel® Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v3 | 768 GB | 3 TB |
| SAP HANA on Azure S192 - 4 x Intel® Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v3 | 2.0 TB | 8 TB | |
| Optimized for OLTP: SAP Business Suite on SAP HANA or S/4HANA (OLTP), generic OLTP | SAP HANA on Azure S72m - 2 x Intel® Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v3 | 1.5 TB | 6 TB |
| SAP HANA on Azure S192m - 4 x Intel® Xeon® Processor E7-8890 v3 | 4.0 TB | 16 TB |
SAP HANA certifications
| SAP Product | Supported OS | Azure Offerings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAP HANA Developer Edition (including the HANA client software comprised of SQLODBC, ODBO-Windows only, ODBC, JDBC drivers, HANA studio, and HANA database)1 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux SUSE Linux Enterprise | A7, A8 | |
| HANA One | Red Hat Enterprise Linux SUSE Linux Enterprise | DS14_v2 (upon general availability) | |
| SAP S/4HANA | Red Hat Enterprise Linux SUSE Linux Enterprise | Controlled Availability for GS5 SAP HANA on Azure (Large instances) | |
| Suite on HANA, OLTP | Red Hat Enterprise Linux SUSE Linux Enterprise | SAP HANA on Azure (Large instances) | |
| HANA Enterprise for BW, OLAP | Red Hat Enterprise Linux SUSE Linux Enterprise | GS5 for single node deployments SAP HANA on Azure (Large instances) | |
| SAP BW/4HANA | Red Hat Enterprise Linux SUSE Linux Enterprise | GS5 for single node deployments SAP HANA on Azure (Large instances) | |
Try SAP HANA on Microsoft Azure
Get the power to develop in-memory apps that analyze massive volumes of data in real time with SAP HANA. Customers interested in using SAP HANA on Azure can get started on GS5 virtual machines (for workloads under 0.5 TB)—all you need is an Azure subscription and a license for SAP HANA. For SAP HANA workloads requiring nodes larger than 0.5 TB, please fill out the information request form to have a Microsoft representative contact you. For more details on our SAP offerings on Azure, please check out the Getting Started with SAP on Linux or Windows Virtual Machines in Azure documentation.
FAQ
- What are the key aspects of this partnership?
Microsoft and SAP have worked together to certify SAP on Microsoft Azure, ensuring performance and reliability.
SAP and Microsoft have had a 20-year long partnership and have jointly served enterprise customers around the world. This collaboration deepens our commitment to our customers.
- When will these new capabilities be available to customers?
Effectively immediately, customers can bring their SAP licenses for use in Microsoft Azure. Learn more about running SAP applications on the Microsoft platform.
- How will support for SAP products be delivered?
SAP will provide support for SAP products and services, and Microsoft will provide support for Microsoft products and services, including Microsoft Azure platform services. For customers with Microsoft Premier Support, SAP is able to engage Microsoft on behalf of the customer. Microsoft Premier Support does not offer assistance in the design, architecture, development, or deployment of applications or solutions on Microsoft Azure. For SAP HANA Developer Edition, support is provided through SAP community support.
- How will pricing be structured for SAP products running on Microsoft Azure?
Customers who have SAP licenses can use them to deploy SAP software in Microsoft Azure.
Customers will consume and pay for the underlying Microsoft Azure services as with any other deployment.
Standard purchase models, pricing and terms will be applicable for those underlying Microsoft Azure services.
For customers who have a volume licensing relationship with Microsoft, please contact your Microsoft account manager to learn more about available opportunities.