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Increasing performance with SAP on Azure

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Migrating SAP to SAP S/4HANA on Azure for improved performance and resilience

This leading fertilizer producer wanted to get the most out of its SAP system. Having faced multiple private cloud issues, the customer requested that SoftwareOne orchestrate its SAP to Azure migration for improved performance and resilience. With the support of SoftwareOne’s SAP on Hyperscaler Cloud Services the move transitioned SAP to SAP S/4HANA to take advantage of Azure features, flexibility, resiliency and increased performance.

Client
Global fertilizer producer
Industry
Manufacturing
Platform
Azure Cloud
Services
SoftwareOne SAP on Hyperscaler Cloud

About the client

The customer is a leading fertilizer producer. Key to operating successfully is its ability to get the most out of its SAP system, support its global financial, commercial, and supply-chain systems, and manage business operations.

The challenge

Having implemented its SAP Analytics systems in a co-located private cloud, the business experienced numerous problems with performance, resiliency, stability, and missed service levels. Since it had other SAP systems already in Microsoft Azure, the decision was made to migrate from the private cloud to Azure.

The solution

SoftwareOne began the project in coordination with the client and the current private cloud provider. SoftwareOne planned and managed the build of the SAP S/4HANA landscape and obtained backups of the existing systems. The cohesive migration plan was designed to include both functional and technical testing. The move began first with the Dev and Test systems. After demonstrating the process and testing to ensure all systems were performing as expected, it was finalized and documented. All production systems were then migrated within the negotiated downtime window.

To ensure a successful outcome, SoftwareOne and the customer teamed up to co-manage the project throughout.

Benefits and outcome

  • All SAP Analytics systems have been successfully migrated from the private cloud to Microsoft Azure.
  • With the Azure transition, the customer enjoys substantially improved performance and resiliency over the previous private cloud environment.
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