Moving SAP to Azure Improves the IT Future

Flexibility and reduced cost were the business objectives in replacing an aging UNIX/Oracle platform running SAP. Without disruption, SoftwareONE’s SAP on Hyperscaler Cloud Services modernized and migrated the SAP landscape to Azure, providing the customer with a modern and flexible platform leveraging the latest Microsoft technologies.

This professional services firm operates a multinational consulting network and one of the biggest accounting firms globally.

The customer required a flexible and cost-effective solution to replace its end-of-life UNIX/Oracle landscape. Rather than merely moving SAP from HPUX/Oracle to Windows and SQL Server, the customer wanted to improve performance, leverage new technologies, and achieve a lower TCO.

SoftwareONE created a plan to address the customer’s challenges and opportunities. SoftwareONE designed and executed a solution that provides the business with a modern and flexible platform to help fuel future success. Delivering over a four-month schedule, SoftwareONE Services:

• Moved non-production SAP systems from on-premises to Microsoft Azure
• Eliminated the need to purchase new servers and storage while providing instant and elastic provisioning.
• Converted SAP BW cubes from Btree tables and indexes to SQL Server Column Store
• Delivered performance gains and storage efficiency that allowed the customer to terminate the expensive SAP Business Warehouse Accelerator and provide relief from management difficulties in cloud and hosted data centers.
• Updated SAP to run on high-performance, low cost 2 socket Intel commodity servers while virtualizing both the database servers and application servers with Windows Hyper-V.
• Deployed world-class Disaster Recovery (DR) technologies based on Azure Site Recovery to replicate the Virtual production Machines to Azure.

• The entire SAP landscape has been migrated to Azure without disruption to business operation
• The SAP solution now operates on a modern, flexible platform that takes advantage of the best of new technologies
• Elimination of the aged UNIX/Oracle platform provides a platform for the future that cuts costs and utilizes up-to-date Microsoft technologies with features and functionality that successfully advance business objectives