Unofficial SAP on Azure podcast

In episode 239 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Azure NetApp Files. After focusing on AI in the last few shows, lets get back to something more deterministik: Storage! We had already talked about sophisticated storage requirements for SAP S/4HANA projects and how Azure NetApp Files provides one of the best and most performant options for the most demanding workload. However, flexibility was sometimes an issue. With the new flexible service level ANF allows you now to independently configure storage capacity and throughput, optimizing costs and performance by right-sizing based on your needs. To give us more insights on this (and covering the latest news around ANF in general) we have Geert joining us again. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode239Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #Storage #ANF #Infrastructure

In episode 238 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about next wave of AI. Last week we heard from CJ about a cool usage for the office of the CFO, combining Semantic Kernel, Azure AI Agents and Code Interpreter. This time we have also a known guest with us: Amit Lal. Amit was one of the first to publish SAP related apps to ChatGPT, he released several Agents for Microsoft Copilot and he always has amazing demos to show for our customers. There is now even a nice action figure of Amit available -- well, at least virtual. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode238Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #AI #Agentic

In episode 237 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about again about SAP and AI. When I presented at the DSAG Technologydays a few weeks I started to talk about the Joule & Copilot integration. While I think this is going to be a great integration of the UI for AIs, I can see a lot of other activities happening when it comes to SAP and AI. Week by week our colleauge CJ is publishing great articles on LinkedIn about AI can work with SAP, from Agentic AI Workflow for SAP to Leveraging Semantic Kernel + Azure AI Agents + Code Interpreter for CFO Office. I am glad to have him back on our show to talk more about this integration. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode237Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #AI #Agentic #SemanticKernel

In episode 236 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about GitHub Copilot in Eclipse. A few weeks ago, we released a blog post "Introducing ABAP Support in GitHub Copilot for Eclipse". Immediately after publsihing it, there were quite a few comments form the community. Last week I was at the DSAG technology days and there I was also asked by a lot of customers, partners, SAP Mentors and others about the status and meaning of all of it. So in todays session I am really happy to have Sandra Ahlgrimm and Hang Wang with us to talk more about the GitHub Copilot for Eclipse. If you have used GitHub Copilot in Eclipse for ABAP and want to share your feedback -- please let us know!Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode236Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #Eclipse #GitHubCopilot #Copilot #GitHub #ABAP #ABAPisNotDead

In episode 235 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about DSAG TechXChange 2025. We are recording this session on Tuesday. Next Friday (so actually one day before we publish this video), we have 5 different hands-on labs at the DSAG TechXChange 2025 event. You might ask: well, why do I care? I am not even attending? Or if you are, you might not have been able to sign-up, because all the sessions are fully booked.   Well, the cool thing is that all the sessions are document and published on GitHub now. So if you were not able to attend, you can still take a look at the tutorials, which guide you through the process. In most cases, you can easily substitute the setup that we are providing for the event, with envorinment that are available in a trial. With this we hope you can also experience the benefits of integrating SAP with Microsoft. To give you a glimpse of what we have prepared, I have some of the contributors for the sessions with us today: Martin, Martin and Michael from SAP. Before we take a look at the sessions, lets start with a quick introduction.  Link to the GitHub Repo: https://github.com/MartinPankraz/DSAGTechXChange25Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode235Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #DSAG #DSAGTT25 #HandsOn

In episode 234 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we continue our coverage of SAP and Microsoft Fabric integration. We really see a huge interest from customers on how to integrate SAP data with Fabric. Luckily the open mirroring platform functionalities make the integration quite easy. In the past few episodes we already had partners like dab and Simplement who offer out of the box solutions for this kind of integration, but also Interdobs and Powerdobs who showed how to integrate via SAP Datasphere. This time we start with the partner asapio followed by Theobald who also have worked on an out of the box integration of SAP data into Microsoft Fabric. AsapioMicrosoft Fabcris Connector - ASAPIO: https://asapio.com/fabric-connector/TheobaldTheobald Xtract Universal - https://theobald-software.com/en/microsoft-fabric/Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode234Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #Fabric #OpenMirror #Data #BW

In episode 233 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Tata Projects. Migrating a 400 TB of SAP systems to RISE with SAP on Azure alone is a huge challange. Doing this within 9 months, with only 9 days of blackout is even better. But what makes this story so special is really leveraging the benefits of this Microsoft and SAP integration by implementing Power BI, Security Copilot, Power Platform and obviously also AI. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode233Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #RISE #RISEwithAzure #CustomerStory

In episode 232 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Microsoft Fabric and SAP. Some episodes back we started to talk about SAP and the integration in Fabric using Open Mirroring. One of the key highlights there was the platform aspect. Fabric allows partners to plug into the Open Mirroring concept and bring their solutions. In following episodes we had already partners like dab and Simplement joining us, talking about their solution. Today we want to continue to look at partners who extend the integration of SAP solutions into Fabric. Interdobs and powerdobs are interesting partners in this regards, because they designed a Datasphere-based open mirroring service offering. To tell us more about their solutions, I am happy to have Ronald, Ernst, Tim and Martijn from Interdobs with us today. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode232Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #Data #Datasphere #MSFabric

In episode 231 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about GitHub Actions. Diviating little from classic SAP and Microsoft topics, we take a look at GitHub today. Millions of development projects are done on GitHub. In most cases -- when I look at my own projects -- it is just about pushing data to a GitHub repo and that's it. Our SAPonAzurePodcast website is a small exception, where we do some automation. But you can do much, much more. Christian Lechner from SAP is THE expert on this for me. He has not only done some amazing things with Terraform and BTP, but also automated almost everything in his repos on GitHub with GitHub Actions. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode231Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #GitHub #GitHubAction

In episode 230 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about  platform transformations. In the last few episode we were pretty high on the SAP and Microsoft stack. We talked about Data, AI and also security. Today we are going back more on the infrastructure level and talk about helping customer building the next platform transformation on Azure. To give us an update on these topics, I am happy to have Sid Rabindran back on our podcast. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode230Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #Availability #VMSSFlex #Zones

In episode 229 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk again about AI and SAP.The last few months have seen an amazing evolution in AI. What started as a simple Bot Framework, evolved to GPT driven Chatbots, to Copilot to users interacting with agents. The latest step -- like what we are doing together with SAP on the Joule and Copilot integration -- is multi-agent integration. Chan Jin Park, CJ, was on our show twice to talk about his scenarios and demos leveraging Azure OpenAI, Teams and Copilot integrations. I am glad to have him back to show us his latest developments. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode229Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #AI #AzureAI

In episode 228 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about  Azure vnet encryption. A few weeks back we had Evren Buyruk on our show where he started to talk about networking and security. Since we could not spend a lot of time on this topic, we decided to have a deep dive. So today Evren together with Daniel Mauser will share more insights on Azure vnet encryption and show you also an impressive demo.  Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode228Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #Networking #Security

In episode 227 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about SNC. In the past we have talked about OData services quite a lot, however, RFC communication is still used by many customers. While RFC provides a seamless and efficient integration to your SAP system, it is by default not secure. That's where SNC, the Secure Network Communications comes in. But how do you set it up? How do yet get started? Martin Pankraz recently published a blost post that outlines the required steps so that you can use RFC via SNC in your Power Platfrom, Logic Apps or Microsoft Fabric integration scenarios. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode227Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #Security #SNC

In episode 226 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we have Martin Raepple with us again -- and this means authentication, principal propagation and identity management. A few months ago Martin had published a blog post about Identity and Access Management with Microsoft Entra and how to manage access to SAP BTP. Now he published part 2 where he extends the cloud only scenario with a hybrid identity setup that requires managing the user lifecycle across Microsoft Active Directory, Microsoft Entra, SAP BTP, SAP CIS, and an SAP system on-premise.Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode226Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #SAPIDM #Identity #Authentication #MSEntra

In episode 225 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Microsoft Fabric and how partners can leverage the mirroring features with SAP. In the last episode we talked about the new mirroring capabilities in Microsoft Fabric and SAP. We also talked about the platform aspect and how partners can build integrations and offer their SAP expertise in this context. To kick this off, we have two partners today with us that will talk about this integration. - Philip Kiencke from dab- Walid Darwish & Robert B. MacLean from SimplementThey will show their solutions and how customers can leverage it to connect their SAP data with Microsoft Fabric. To kick if off we have Ulrich Christ back with us to talk about Microsof Fabric. Links to partner dab:* Solution page: https://www.dab-europe.com/en/solutions/sap-data-integration-in-microsoft-fabric/* As a more detailed blog post: https://www.dab-europe.com/en/articles/microsoft-fabric-open-mirroring-opens-up-new-possibilities-for-data-integration/* Short video available on YouTube, which explains our solution briefly and also demos the simplicity: https://youtu.be/Y0sGMAifuT4?si=_bhi9L47Nx3HfrsY* Technical Information and a quickstart guide can be found on our knowledge base: https://knowledge.dab-europe.com/l/en/article/g977ag8aq8-quickstart-guide-managed-appLinks to partner Simplement: * Solution page: https://www.simplement.us/solutions-to-extract-sap-dataFind all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode225Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #Fabric #Integration #Partners

In episode 224 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about data. The topic of data integration, especially when it comes to integrating SAP data into Microsoft Fabric is top of mind for many of our customers. Among other things, Fabric enables users not only to work easily with Power BI, but also benefit from a tight integration with Copilot. End of 2024 our colleauge Ulrich Christ published a blog post takling about the integration of SAP data into Fabric. In addition to our out of the box capabilities from Microsoft he also mentioned several partners who have worked with us to enhance their existing SAP data integration capabilities to support Microsoft Fabric. So today we will provide a quick update on Fabric and SAP focusing on the new mirroring functionalities. In following episodes we will then  take a closer look at some of these partners solutions and show how they work. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode224Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #Fabric #Data

In episode 223 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Security and Encryption and the impact on performance. With all the recent incidents and news on hackers attacking systems around the world, it is more important than ever to secure and encrypt your systems. But what is the impact of all that when it comes to performance? Cameron Gardiner​ and Evren Buyruk join us today to talk about their findings. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode223Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #Security #Performance

Episode 222 is our last episode in 2024. We will go on a short holiday break and plan to be back in the second week of January. So like in the last 4 years (#22 (2020), #73 (2021) #124 (2022), #173 (2023)) we are very honored to have Jürgen Thomas back on our show to wrap up 2024 with us. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode222Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #Wrapup #2024 #Infrastructure

In episode 221 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about a huge customer migration project. 200 TB data of Oracle were migrated to SAP on Azure. How was the migration was done? How was the migration minized?To tell us more about this project we have Anbu Govindasamy, Sathish Thirunethiram and Denny Koovakattu joining us!Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode221Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #Oracle

In episode 220 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Storage. Azure offers multiple storage options to run SAP systems. Premium SSD v2 offers a cheap, flexible and certified way to run your SAP workload on Azure. Robert Biro joins walks us through the benefits of running SAP on Azure with Premium SSD v2. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode220Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #Storage  

In episode 219 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about about SSO to the SAP GUI using Global Secure Access. In a previous episode we already talked about using MFA with SAP GUI leveraging the SAP Secure Login Service. Today we look again at providing a seucre access from your SAP GUI to your SAP system, but this time using Microsoft Global Secure Access. For this we have Martin Raepple joining!Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode219Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #SAPGUI #SSO

In episode 218 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Azure Backup for SAP. Pradeep Saran talks about the recent price reductions, and the public preview of Azure Backup for SAP for ASE. Join Pradeep to learn more what you can do today!  Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode218Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #Backup #SAPASE

In episode 217 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about the SAP on Azure Landing Zone Accelerator. Over two years ago we had already talked about the SAP Landing Zone Accelerator. The idea is to help customers get started with their SAP systems on Azure. In the meantime a lot of things have happened. The documentation is constantly evolving and a lot of new things have been added. We not only cover pure infrastrucutre, but also SAP and Data or SAP and Power Platform. In order to give us an update on what's new, I am happy to have Pankaj Meshram again with us to talk about the SAP on Azure landing zone accelerator. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode217Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #PowerPlatform #PowerSAP

In episode 216 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Virtual Machines. There is always a lot of innovation on Azure and we add new VM SKUs all the time. This also means that if you as a customer want to leverage the latest and greatest, you might want to switch from one VM to another. For this we have created some scripts that help you get started and we have Robert Biro and our own Goran Condric with us today how talk us more about this. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode216Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #Infrastructure

In episode 215 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Azure NetApp Files. WIth the new Extension 1, ANF supports availability zone volume placement as the new default method for placement. This upgrade mitigates the need for AVset pinning and eliminates the need for proximity placement groups. Using availability zone volume placement aligns with the Microsoft recommendation on how to deploy SAP HANA infrastructures to achieve best performance with high-availability, maximum flexibility, and simplified deployment. To tell us more about this, we are happy to welcome Ralf Klahr, Geert van Teylingen and Bernd Herth to our show. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode215Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #ANF

In episode 214 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk live from the DSAG Jahreskongress 2024. This time with Martin Fischer from Neptune Software we look back at the first two days of the DSAG Jaheskongress, the yearly event from the German Speaking SAP Usergroup. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode214Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #DSAG

In episode 213 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about SAP TechEd 2024 and look at SAP BTP on Azure. Last week we just wraped up SAP TechEd 2024. It was an online events with lots of announcements. One of the first things that Michael Ameling showed was the latest number of the SAP Business Technology Platform with now over 27.000 live customers clearly outlying the importance of BTP for SAP. To better understand these numbers and announcements, I am happy to be able to speak with Peter today. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode213Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #SAPTeched #BTP

In episode 212 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Copilot for Finance. We have talked a lot in the past about Power Platform, Copilot Studio and integrating all of this with SAP. Especially with Copilot Studio it is quite amazing what customers and partners can do to build Copilots connecting to SAP. But a lot of customers have similar requirements. A lot of customers -- like also Microsoft -- are using SAP for Finance. So why not have a Copilot dedicatd for Finance? Well, luckily we have Copilot for Finance and both Russel Hercules and Sandhya Palle are here to tell us more about it. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode212Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #Copilot

In episode 211 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Single Sign-On with SAP API Management and Power Platform. A few months ago we had Vinayak from SAP on the show to talk about SAP API Management on the SAP Business Technology Platform. We talked about several Single Sign-On scenarios with Entra ID (or Azure Active Directory as it was called before). Then we also had Martin with us a few weeks back where he talked about Single Sign-On to Power Platform!Well, today will be a great episode because we bring both colleagues together to talk about Single Sign-On from SAP via SAP Business Technology Platform API Management and Power Platform. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode211Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #PowerPlatform #SSO #APIManagement #SAPBTP

In episode 210 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about 32 TB Virtual machines on Azure!Recently we talked about the release of virtual machines with 32 TB of memory on Azure. This allows you to run the most high demanding SAP workload on Azure. With some innovations it takes some time to be adopoted, but apparently with the 32 TB system, that was not the case. I am really happy to have a team with us today that worked on customer projects already using these 32 TB VMs. Abbas, Ralf, Momin and Chris. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode210Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #SAPHANA #VirtualMachines

In episode 209 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we have Robert Boban back on the show. Robert joined SAP some time ago and he gives us some insights on his work in the RISE with SAP team. Not all the customers are the same and sometimes figuring out how to do the network integration can become quite challenging. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode209Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #RISEwithSAP #Networking

In episode 208 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about security!Sentinel for SAP has been around for quite some time now. It is even certified for RISE with SAP and we see a lot of interest by customers in the additional protection that Sentinel can provide for their SAP system. Speaking of SAP Systems - a lot of customers are using the SAP Business Technology Platform, to leverage Integration Suite, SAP Fiori or SAP Build services and of course also AI core services. Just a few weeks back the Microsoft Sentinel for SAP BTP solution went also General Availability, which means that now you can also detect attacks on BTP with Sentinel. To help us understand more about the features I am happy to have Will King, Yossi Hasson and Martin Pankraz with us today. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode208Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #Sentinel #BTP #SAPBTP #Security

In episode 207 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about talk with the CEO of ASUG, Geoff Scott. As you might know I am a product manager for SAP integration here at Microsoft. In this role, I always try to connect with customers, listen to them, learn from their feedback and then obviously get this back into our products. Obviously, I do this a lot with individual customers, but SAP user groups, like the Americas SAP User Group, ASUG, are the perfect place to get a consolidated few what SAP customers and partners think. So today I am again super happy to have Geoff Scott, the CEO of ASUG with us today. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode207Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #ASUG #Community

In episode 206 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we take a look behind the configuration for principal propagation with Power Automate, Azure API Management and SAP. In previous episodes we talked about the new Single Sign-On capabilities of the SAP ERP Connector and the SAP OData Connector. We talked about the benefits and also showed how this can be used in Power Automate, Copilot Studio and other applications. Talking about SSO is always a little complicated, but today we till take a closer look on how to setup principal propagation with Power Platform and SAP using the SAP OData Connector. For this I am happy to have Scott Woodall and Martin Pankraz with us today. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode206 Reach out to us for any feedback / questions: * 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #SSO #PowerPlatform #CopilotStudio #APIM #AzureAPIManagement

In episode 205 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we take a look behind the scene of the Copilot Studio and SAP integration we showed in previous episodes. This session is special for me on multiple fronts: for one our guest, Noopur Vaishnav has been on the show the first time about a year ago. At that time she was a new intern at Microsoft. In the meantime, quite a few things have changed. Noopur is now working as a full time employee at Microsoft and we were lucky to get her back in our team. The other cool thing is that Noopur has continued to work on Copilots and SAP. A few episodes back we already talked about how Copilot Studio can be used to create integration with SAP and today Noopur can give us additional insights on how you can do the very same thing. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode205Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #CopilotStudio #PowerPlatform #SSO 

In episode 204 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Single Sign-On with Power Platform and SAP. Those of you following us, know that I am a huge fan of the Power Platform and SAP integration. We talked several times about the SAP ERP Connector, the SAP OData Connector, Copilot Studio and also had customers and partners joining us to talk about their solutions with Power Platform and SAP. Quite often, the first steps in getting started with Power Platform and SAP starts with Basic Authentication. That's also the way how I would recommend to start, but at some point you need to make this integration enterprise ready. This means: Single Sign-On. Well, today is your lucky day: we just expanded our Single Sign-On options for both the SAP ERP Connector and the SAP OData Connector. For this, I am really honored to have Shailja Nair and Martin Pankraz with us on the show to give us some first insights. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode204 Reach out to us for any feedback / questions: * 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #PowerPlatform #SSO #APIManagement #APIM

In episode 203 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about  SAP IDM and Entra ID. A few months ago SAP had announced the End-of-Maintenance of the SAP Identity Management (SAP IDM) solution in 2027 or 2030 with Extended maintenance. This announcement resulted in a lot of feedback from customer and Michael Friedrich from SAP stated in a blogpost that Microsoft and SAP are actively collaborating to develop guidance that enables customers to migrate their identity management scenarios from SAP Identity Management to Microsoft Entra ID. Since then we have been very busy. We not only worked closely together, but we also reached out to DSAG and ask the IDM community for help and advice. To tell you a little about what we have been doing, where we are and what's going to happen in the next months I am gload to have Jannis Rondorf, the head of the SAP IDM working group at DSAG, Chris Radkowski from SAP and two Microsoft colleagues Mark Wahl and Martin Raepple with us. Find more information also at http://aka.ms/migratefromsapidmFind all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode203Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #IDM #EntraID

In episode 202 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about  Copilot and SAP. In our last episode we talked about the native integration of Microsoft Copilot in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition and how SAP is shipping out of the box content that customers can use right away. We had also talked about the SAP Joule and Microsoft Copilot integration that Christian Klein announced during Sapphire. Both of these scenarios are fantastic and help customers to immediately get started. However, we also know that customer often need very specific, very unique integration -- obviously also with Copilot. That's where you might want to develop your own scenarios. With the Copilot SDK for Visual Studio Code or even better with Copilot Studio creating your own Copilot integration is easier than ever. To give us an overview of the different options how customers and partners can leverage Copilot in the context of SAP, I am really glad to have Robert Hernandez with us today. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode202Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #Copilot #AI

In episode 201 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Microsoft Copilot and SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Public Edition. We are now at over 200 episodes and I actually saw that we also passed 7000 subscribers -- thank you everyone for listening in and subscribing! To celebrate this achievement I am really happy to have Christian Hoffmann from SAP joining us today. For the last few years we have worked together on the Teams integration SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud. If you attended SAP Sapphire or saw some of the videos online you might have seen the next evolution of this -- the Microsoft Copilot integration. Christian will explain this a little more and also show us how the integration looks like. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode201 Reach out to us for any feedback / questions: * 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #Copilot #S4HANA #CollaborativeERP

In episode 200 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about the partnership between SAP and Microsoft. We are at episode 200! 200 episodes ago, Robert, Goran and I started to record this weekly call. We wanted to cover the space between SAP and Microsoft and I think we have done a fairly good job. We had lots of guests from Microsoft, but also SAP and other partners here on the show that talked about the combination of SAP and Microsoft. Today I am really happy to have Silvio Bessa with us, the global Lead of our SAP Business Unit at Microsoft. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode200Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure

In episode 199 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Azure NetApp Files. A few weeks ago we already talked about the importance of high IO and throughput when it comes to storage. From an Azure side we have some really powerful storage solutions. Among them is Azure NetApp Files, a first party integration of NetApp Files in Azure. This service has been around for over 5 years and we already talked about it in the past. Now I am happy to have Geert back with us to share with us the latest news on Azure NetApp File.Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode199Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #ANF

In episode 198 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Zero Trust Security with SAP. When was the last time you thought about security? Especially in the context of your SAP system? When preparing for this podcast I did a little research on SAP and security -- and it is actually pretty horrifying how many incidents are even documented in the public. I guess there are even more incidents happening every day across the world. So securing your SAP system becomes more and more important. To talk a little more about Zero Trust Security Principles for SAP I am really glad to have a number of experts with us today: Joe Speziale, Daniel Mauser and the one and only Evren Buyruk. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode198 Reach out to us for any feedback / questions: * 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #Security #ZeroTrust

In episode 197 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about how to improve storage throughput. In our last episode we quickly mentioned how features and capabilities are constantly added to services in the cloud. We talked about this in the context of the Azure Monitor for SAP solutions, but obviously these enhancements and optimizations are also happening on a lower level. Especially in SAP Hana installations, I/O throughput is super critical. In the past SCSI was used to connect your disks to the VM. Now we can leverage NVMe (non-volatile memory express) using Azure Boost. To tell us more about this and actually show how to convert from SCSI to NVMe, I am glad to have Philipp Leitenbauer with us today. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode197 Reach out to us for any feedback / questions: * 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #Infrastructure #Performance

In episode 196 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about two topics. Since we just had Sapphire with some amazing announcements, we first want to do a quick recap from a Microsoft points of view. Then we also want to take another look at Azure Monitor for SAP Solutions. Although there are no major updates, I always find it fascinating how continues the improvements are in the cloud. That is really one of the main benefits of cloud vs. on-perm that you constantly get new features — but you need to know about them. So that‘s why I am happy to have Sujay and Akarsh joining us again to give us an update on the latest. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode196 Reach out to us for any feedback / questions: * 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #Monitor

In episode 195 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about backup. Already in previous episodes we had talked about Backup as one of the interaction points of the Azure Center for SAP Solutions. Today Pradeep and Tunde provide more details on how Azure Backup for SAP works, what features are available and how customers can use this service. Azure Backup for SAP is not only available for SAP HAHA and SQL Service, but also Sybase. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode195 Reach out to us for any feedback / questions: * 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #Backup

In episode 194 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we continue our story with SAP and AI. Last week we had Trond on the show who talked about leveraging the Azure Center for SAP Solutions with AI services. When we look at a lot of SAP customers, they are using the SAP Business Technology Platform with their SAP ECC or S/4HANA System. So today Sanjeev Kumar joins us to talk about a scenario that he has build and published on GitHub which integrates Azure OpenAI GPT-4 with SAP Business Technology Platform. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode194 Reach out to us for any feedback / questions: * 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #AI #GPT4

In episode 193 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about the Azure Center for SAP Solutions and how it helps you from the Azure Portal to create and operate SAP systems. We talked about integrating other Azure solutions like Azure Monitor or the Health Check with your SAP system. One cool thing that is availalble under the hood are APIs which allows you to fetch all this information from your SAP system. And this can actually be quite powerful. Trond Stroemme took these APIs and built a really neat Copilot scenario around it. Using the Azure AI Studio you can now build a simple Chat that allows you to interact with the Azure Center for SAP Solutions. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode193 Reach out to us for any feedback / questions: * 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #ACSS #AI

In episode 192 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about SAP SuccessFactors and Microsoft Teams integration. When we talk about how Microsoft is a huge SAP customer we mainly talk about our SAP ERP ECC system or the RISE on Azure and SAP S/4HANA conversions that we are doing at the moment. But we also talk about the different Software as a service solutions that we are using from SAP -- and one of them is SAP SuccessFactors. When you are using SAP SuccessFactors in a lot of cases, your flow of work does actually start outside of SuccessFactors. One common place -- like in our recording here -- is Microsoft Teams. Luckily SAP SuccessFactors has a great integration in Teams and I am really glad to have Vanessa Li from the SAP SuccessFactors team joining us today. Welcome Vanessa! Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode192 Reach out to us for any feedback / questions: * 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure ## Summary created by AI * SAP SuccessFactors and Microsoft Teams Integration: * Vanessa, and Holger discussed the integration of SAP SuccessFactors with Microsoft Teams, highlighting its benefits for workflow efficiency and the convenience of accessing HR processes directly within Teams. This integration aims to streamline operations and enhance productivity by keeping employees within their workflow environment. * Integration Benefits: Li, and Holger emphasized the integration's role in streamlining HR processes by allowing access to SAP SuccessFactors within Microsoft Teams, enhancing workflow efficiency and productivity. * Workflow Convenience: The integration facilitates a seamless workflow, enabling employees to manage HR tasks in Teams without switching applications, thereby maintaining their workflow environment. * Accessing HR Processes: Employees can perform HR-related actions such as managing team data, requesting feedback, and clocking time directly in Teams, thanks to the integration with SAP SuccessFactors. * Streamlined Operations: The integration supports various HR operations, including recruitment, onboarding, learning, and performance management, all accessible within the Teams platform. * Productivity Enhancement: By integrating SuccessFactors into Teams, the goal is to boost productivity through quick and efficient HR actions, contributing to a positive work culture and collaboration. * Customization and Configuration: Li, highlighted the upcoming features that allow customization of the app's name, logo, and description to better align with company branding. This customization is aimed at making the app more recognizable and user-friendly for employees. Additionally, the importance of administrators setting up the connection between SuccessFactors and Teams was emphasized. * App Customization: The upcoming release will enable customization of the app's name, logo, and description, allowing companies to align the app with their corporate branding and make it more recognizable for employees. * User-Friendly Design: Customization features are designed to enhance user-friendliness, ensuring that employees can easily identify and use the app within their Teams environment. * Administrator Setup: Administrators play a crucial role in configuring the connection between SuccessFactors and Teams, ensuring that the integration functions correctly for end-users. * Branding Alignment: Customization allows companies to maintain consistency in branding across their software tools, which is important for internal recognition and user adoption. * Configuration Importance: Proper configuration by administrators is vital for the integration's success, as it involves user mapping and permissions between SuccessFactors and Teams. * Data Protection and Privacy: Li, addressed concerns regarding data protection and privacy, clarifying that personal information is not stored in Teams but is read from SuccessFactors at runtime. The only data stored in Teams are notification cards, which are subject to Microsoft's retention policy. This ensures compliance with data protection regulations. * Data Protection: Li, assured that personal information is not stored in Teams, addressing data protection concerns and emphasizing compliance with privacy regulations. * Runtime Data Access: Personal information is accessed at runtime from SuccessFactors, ensuring that data remains secure and is not cached or stored within Teams. * Notification Cards Storage: Only notification cards are stored in Teams, and these are governed by Microsoft's retention policy, which allows for data management in line with company policies. * Compliance with Regulations: The approach to handling personal information within the Teams integration aligns with data protection regulations, maintaining user trust and legal compliance. * Retention Policy Adherence: By adhering to Microsoft's retention policy for stored data, the integration ensures that any stored notification cards can be managed appropriately. * Future Enhancements: Li, shared plans for future enhancements, including natural language processing for AI interactions and support for delegated type permissions for single sign-on. These enhancements aim to improve user experience and administrative flexibility. * Natural Language Processing: Future updates will include natural language processing, allowing users to interact with the app using conversational language, enhancing the user experience. * AI Interactions: AI capabilities will be integrated to provide intelligent interactions, such as recommending learning courses based on user roles and skills. * Delegated Permissions: Support for delegated type permissions will be introduced, offering more flexibility in single sign-on configurations and user consent processes. * User Experience Improvement: The planned enhancements are focused on improving the overall user experience by making the app more intuitive and responsive to user needs. * Administrative Flexibility: Enhancements like delegated permissions will provide administrators with more options and control over the app's setup and user access. * Multi-Language Support: Li, confirmed that the app supports multiple languages, aligning with Teams' language settings. However, customization of fixed content titles in different languages is not yet supported but is planned for future updates. This feature is crucial for global companies operating in multiple languages. * Language Support: The app supports multiple languages, allowing it to adapt to the language settings of Teams and cater to a diverse user base. * Customization Limitations: Currently, customization of fixed content titles in different languages is not available, but this feature is on the roadmap for future updates to accommodate global usage. * Global Company Needs: Multi-language support is essential for global companies with employees across different regions, ensuring that the app is accessible and usable for all. * Future Language Customization: Future updates will allow for greater language customization, enhancing the app's usability and relevance for international teams. Language Alignment: The app's language alignment with Teams settings ensures a consistent user experience, reducing language barriers within the workplace. Concerns about Multi-Instance Support: Li, acknowledged the challenge of supporting multiple SuccessFactors instances with a single Teams account, a common scenario for large, global companies. While currently only one-to-one mapping is supported, plans are in place to address this limitation in future updates. Follow-up tasks:

In episode 191 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about again about Azure Center for SAP Solutions, ACSS. When running your SAP system on Azure, ACSS is here to help you create, run and operate it. In previous episodes we already looked at this in detailed and talked about some of the features available with ACSS. While we see the number of customers and registered SAP systems steadily increasing, we are also adding new features to it. To continue with our story from February where we introduced ACSS, I am happy to have Kalyani with us again to show us some more features. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode191 Reach out to us for any feedback / questions: * 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #Operation ## Summary created by AI ACSS Introduction: Holger introduces the episode of the SAP on Azure Video podcast, focusing on the Azure Center for SAP Solutions (ACSS) and its role in aiding customers to create, run, and operate SAP systems on Azure. Podcast Introduction: Holger opens the SAP on Azure Video podcast episode, discussing the Azure Center for SAP Solutions (ACSS) and its assistance to customers in establishing and managing their SAP systems on Azure. ACSS Overview: Kalyani, a product manager at Microsoft, provides an overview of ACSS, emphasizing its comprehensive capabilities for deploying, managing, and monitoring SAP workloads on Azure. Customer Adoption: Holger mentions the increasing number of customers registering their SAP systems with ACSS, indicating growing adoption and interest in the service. Feature Enhancements: The discussion includes the continuous addition of new features to ACSS, enhancing its functionality and value for users. ACSS Features: Kalyani, representing Microsoft, discusses the end-to-end experience provided by ACSS for deploying, managing, and monitoring SAP workloads on Azure, highlighting its significance for customers. End-to-End Experience: Kalyani elaborates on the end-to-end customer experience with ACSS, detailing its deployment, management, and monitoring capabilities for SAP workloads on Azure. Customer Benefits: The conversation highlights the benefits for customers using ACSS, including recommendations for optimal configurations and system management ease. Capability Insights: Kalyani expresses excitement about sharing the capabilities of ACSS that aid customers in operating their SAP systems efficiently. Start/Stop Automation: Kalyani explains the start/stop automation feature of ACSS, which allows SAP basis admins to start and stop their systems directly from the portal or using PowerShell/CLI commands, without logging into the VM. Automation Feature: Kalyani demonstrates the start/stop automation feature in ACSS, enabling SAP basis admins to control their systems via the portal or command-line interfaces without accessing the VM directly. Operational Convenience: The feature provides convenience for admins, allowing them to execute start/stop commands easily, enhancing operational efficiency. Instance-Level Control: ACSS offers control at both the VIS level for SAP applications and at the instance level for central services, app servers, and databases, including HANA DB. API Integration: Holger appreciates the API exposure, enabling integration with existing Azure automation and control over SAP system operations through ACSS APIs. Role-Based Access: Kalyani discusses the role-based access control within ACSS, ensuring sensitive start/stop operations are restricted to authorized personnel. Snooze Capability: Kalyani introduces the snooze capability of ACSS, which enables customers to save costs on non-production systems by scheduling them to start and stop, thus avoiding unnecessary costs. Cost Optimization: Kalyani presents the snooze capability as a cost-saving feature for non-production systems, allowing scheduled start/stop operations to minimize expenses. Operational Flexibility: The snooze feature provides flexibility for scenarios like patching weekends, enabling systematic shutdown and restart of SAP systems for maintenance. Automation Setup: Kalyani showcases an ARM template from the ACSS GitHub repository, which users can deploy to automate scheduled start/stop actions for their SAP systems. Customization Options: The ARM template offers customization options for the snooze feature, including time triggers, managed identities, and resource selection for targeted action. Alert Integration: The snooze automation integrates with Azure's alert framework, allowing users to receive notifications and integrate with services like ServiceNow for ticket creation upon system stop/start events. Role-Based Access Control: Kalyani emphasizes the importance of role-based access control in ACSS, allowing customers to enforce who can start and stop SAP systems, ensuring sensitive operations are restricted to authorized personnel only. Access Control: Kalyani highlights the role-based access control feature in ACSS, which provides customers with the ability to define permissions for starting and stopping SAP systems, ensuring only authorized users can perform these actions. Permission Flexibility: The discussion includes the flexibility of permissions, allowing customers to tailor access rights to specific user needs and security requirements. Backup Configuration: Kalyani presents the backup configuration feature in ACSS, which simplifies the process of configuring backups for entire SAP systems, including VMs and databases, through the VIS experience. Backup Simplification: Kalyani introduces the backup configuration feature in ACSS, which streamlines the backup process for SAP systems, making it easier for users to secure their VMs and databases. Integrated Backup: The feature integrates with Azure backup services, providing a unified experience for users to manage backups within the ACSS VIS experience. Cost Analysis: Kalyani highlights the cost analysis feature of ACSS, which aggregates the cost of all resources making up an SAP system and presents it at the Sid level, aiding in cost management. Cost Management: Kalyani discusses the cost analysis feature, which compiles the costs of all components associated with an SAP system, offering a comprehensive view of expenses at the Sid level. Resource Aggregation: The feature aggregates costs from various resources, such as VMs, disks, and load balancers, to provide a clear cost breakdown for SAP systems.

In episode 190 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about security. SAP states, that it is mandatory to have antivirus, host intrusion, secure DNS clients and other security related software installed on Windows Server OS these days. Microsoft Defender can be used to help protect your SAP system. In this episode we have Ankit Garg, Gopalakrishnan Krishnan & Cameron Gardiner joining us to all about protecting your SAP system on Windows and Linux with Microsoft Defender. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode190Reach out to us for any feedback / questions:* 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure #Security  ## Summary created by AI* Introduction and overview of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) for SAP on Azure: Cameron, Gopal, and Ankit explained the features and benefits of MDE, a modern endpoint security solution that can protect SAP systems from advanced threats using AI and XDR capabilities.* Differences and recommendations for MDE on Windows and Linux: Cameron highlighted the documentation and best practices for deploying and configuring MDE on Windows and Linux servers running SAP, including exclusions, performance baselines, and scan schedules. * Questions and feedback from Goran and SPEAKER: Goran and SPEAKER asked about the SAP support statement, the correlation of data across domains and tenants, the special considerations for cluster environments, and the possibility of a hands-on demo.

In episode 189 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about Printing from the Cloud. A lot of companies are moving their SAP systems to the cloud. SAP on Azure, RISE with SAP on Azure, or GROW with SAP on Azure are things that we see very often with our customers. But what do you actually do with your printer? If you need to print shipping lables, invoices, product descriptions you cannot put your printer in the cloud. You still have your printer sitting on-premise. So how do we connect our SAP systems in the cloud with our printers on-premises? Martin Pankraz and Devansh Jain join us today to talk about printing from SAP with Microsoft Universal Print. Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode189 Reach out to us for any feedback / questions: * 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/ #Microsoft #SAP #Azure #SAPonAzure