AZ-120: Microsoft Azure for SAP Workloads Exam Preparation

Name: AZ-120: Microsoft Azure for SAP Workloads Exam Preparation
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The most complete AZ-120 video course: get certified and also learn everything about SAP Workloads on Azure!

Created byReTeam Labs

Last updated 9/2021

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What you'll learn

Design and Implement an Infrastructure to Support SAP Workloads
Design and Implement High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HA/DR)
Migrate SAP Workloads to Azure
Maintain SAP Workloads on Azure

Course content

6 sections • 90 lectures • 5h 42m total length

Introduction1:25
This lectures serves as the introduction to this course and to its first section.
Partnership2:22
The close partnership between Microsoft and SAP is explored as part of this lecture.
Overview2:03
This lecture sets the context for the course at an overall level and reiterates the advantages of Azure as a service provider.
Microsoft Services2:31
This lecture brings some general context to the advantages brought by using Microsoft services.
Technical Terms Explained6:35
As part of this lecture, we take some time to ensure that you are familiar with terms that are needed in this course.
Deployment Options1:39
Using a top-down methodology, we look at the high-level SAP deployment options available on Azure.
Azure Compute (Part One)4:15
This lecture explores Azure Compute in the context that is relevant to this course.
Azure Compute (Part Two)8:36
This lecture continues to explore Azure Compute.
Azure Compute (Part Three)4:06
This lecture continues to explore Azure Compute.
Azure Storage (Part One)4:51
This lecture explores Azure Storage in the context that is relevant to this course.
Azure Storage (Part Two)8:26
This lecture continues to explore Azure Storage.
Azure Storage (Part Three)1:45
This lecture continues to explore Azure Storage.
Azure Networking (Part One)4:39
This lecture explores Azure Networking in the context that is relevant to this course.
Azure Networking (Part Two)5:01
This lecture continues to explore Azure Networking.
HLI2:56
This lecture takes you through the high-level architecture for the SAP HANA Large Instance data center implementation.
Security and Identity8:44
One of the important pillars of SAP and Azure is how to provide authentication and authorization, in addition to data and infrastructure security. This lecture will explore some of the technologies used in SAP on Azure designs and implementations.
Business Continuity3:26
This lecture covers Backup and DR.
Monitoring1:54
This lecture will cover Azure Monitoring: using data and insights to make intelligent decisions around your infrastructure.
Demo: Clustering on Azure VMs @ SUSE Linux: Creating Resources9:48
Welcome to your first hands-on demonstration!

This series of related demonstrations will explore the process of implementing clustering on Azure VMs running SUSE Linux.

After completing the series of these related hands-on demonstration, you will know how to perform the following:
Provision the Azure compute resources that are necessary to support highly available SAP HANA deployments
Configure the OS Azure VMs running Linux in order to support a highly available SAP HANA installation
Provision the Azure network resources necessary to support highly available SAP HANA deployments

This particular demo lecture will focus on the deployment of the Azure infrastructure components that are necessary in order to configure Linux clustering.
Demo: Clustering on Azure VMs @ SUSE Linux: OS and Storage Configuration8:13
This hands-on demo will configure the OS and storage of Azure VMS running SUSE LINUX in order to accommodate the clustered installation of SAP HANA. We will configure the OS and map all physical disks to the right directories, ensuring those volumes are persisted.

After completing the series of these related hands-on demonstration, you will know how to perform the following:
Provision the Azure compute resources that are necessary to support highly available SAP HANA deployments
Configure the OS Azure VMs running Linux in order to support a highly available SAP HANA installation
Provision the Azure network resources necessary to support highly available SAP HANA deployments
Demo: Clustering on Azure VMs @ SUSE Linux: OS and Storage Configuration cont'd.6:33
Following on from the previous hands-on demonstration, we are now in a position where we have mounted all the volumes, created all the disks, and formatted them. Your task form the previous demo was to do the same steps on the second VM as well.
This part of the demo will look at creating a password-less SSH session. You'll learn how to implement a cross-node password-less SSH access.

After completing the series of these related hands-on demonstration, you will know how to perform the following:
Provision the Azure compute resources that are necessary to support highly available SAP HANA deployments
Configure the OS Azure VMs running Linux in order to support a highly available SAP HANA installation
Provision the Azure network resources necessary to support highly available SAP HANA deployments
Demo: Clustering on Azure VMs @ SUSE Linux: Load Balancers8:05
This part of the hands-on demonstrations will teach you how to provision and configure Azure load balancers, in order to be able to accommodate the clustered installation of SAP HANA.

After completing the series of these related hands-on demonstration, you will know how to perform the following:
Provision the Azure compute resources that are necessary to support highly available SAP HANA deployments
Configure the OS Azure VMs running Linux in order to support a highly available SAP HANA installation
Provision the Azure network resources necessary to support highly available SAP HANA deployments
Demo: Clustering on Azure VMs @ SUSE Linux: Load Balancers cont'd.4:26
This part of the hands-on demonstrations will teach you how to create a jumpbox.

After completing the series of these related hands-on demonstration, you will know how to perform the following:
Provision the Azure compute resources that are necessary to support highly available SAP HANA deployments
Configure the OS Azure VMs running Linux in order to support a highly available SAP HANA installation
Provision the Azure network resources necessary to support highly available SAP HANA deployments
Demo: Clustering on Azure VMs @ Windows Server 2019: Introduction1:37
We are now starting a new series of related demo lectures. After completing this series of related hands-on demonstrations, you will be able to:
Provision the Azure compute resources necessary to support highly-available SAP NetWeaver deployments
Configure the OS of Azure VMs running Windows Server 2019 to support highly-available SAP NetWeaver deployments
Provision Azure network resources necessary to support highly-available SAP NetWeaver deployments

In this particular lecture, we are just setting the context of this series of demonstrations.
Demo: Clustering on Azure VMs @ Windows Server 2019: Configure Failover2:33
We will now start to deploy the Azure Compute components that are necessary to configure failover clustering. This will involve a pair of Active Directory domain controllers, followed by a pair of Azure VMs (Windows Server 2019).

This particular demo lecture focuses on teaching you how to automate the deployment of Active Directory domain controllers via using Azure Resource Manager Quickstart Templates.

After completing this series of related hands-on demonstrations, you will be able to:
Provision the Azure compute resources necessary to support highly-available SAP NetWeaver deployments
Configure the OS of Azure VMs running Windows Server 2019 to support highly-available SAP NetWeaver deployments
Provision Azure network resources necessary to support highly-available SAP NetWeaver deployments
Demo: Clustering on Azure VMs @ Windows Server 2019: Deploy a Pair of Azure VMs9:10
This demo lecture will focus on teaching you how deploy a pair of Azure VMs (Windows Server 2019) in a new availability set.

After completing this series of related hands-on demonstrations, you will be able to:
Provision the Azure compute resources necessary to support highly-available SAP NetWeaver deployments
Configure the OS of Azure VMs running Windows Server 2019 to support highly-available SAP NetWeaver deployments
Provision Azure network resources necessary to support highly-available SAP NetWeaver deployments
Demo: Clustering on Azure VMs @ Windows Server 2019: OS Configuration7:19
This particular demo will configure the OS of Azure VMs (Windows Server 2019).

After completing this series of related hands-on demonstrations, you will be able to:
Provision the Azure compute resources necessary to support highly-available SAP NetWeaver deployments
Configure the OS of Azure VMs running Windows Server 2019 to support highly-available SAP NetWeaver deployments
Provision Azure network resources necessary to support highly-available SAP NetWeaver deployments
Demo: Clustering on Azure VMs @ Windows Server 2019: Failover Clustering Prep.9:38
This part of the demo sequence will prepare for the configuration of failover clustering on Azure VMs running Windows Server 2019.

After completing this series of related hands-on demonstrations, you will be able to:
Provision the Azure compute resources necessary to support highly-available SAP NetWeaver deployments
Configure the OS of Azure VMs running Windows Server 2019 to support highly-available SAP NetWeaver deployments
Provision Azure network resources necessary to support highly-available SAP NetWeaver deployments
Demo: Clustering on Azure VMs @ Windows Server 2019: Azure Network Provisioning11:51
This part of the demo sequence will teach you how to provision the Azure Network resources that are necessary.

After completing this series of related hands-on demonstrations, you will be able to:
Provision the Azure compute resources necessary to support highly-available SAP NetWeaver deployments
Configure the OS of Azure VMs running Windows Server 2019 to support highly-available SAP NetWeaver deployments
Provision Azure network resources necessary to support highly-available SAP NetWeaver deployment

Introduction2:15
This lecture serves as the introduction for this section.
NetWeaver Architecture2:57
This lecture focuses on the architecture behind NetWeaver.
SAP HANA Architecture (VM)2:59
This lecture focuses on the architecture behind SAP HANA (VM).
SAP HANA Architecture (HLI)2:04
This lecture focuses on the architecture behind SAP HANA (HLI).
Network Recommendations2:44
During this lecture, we provide you with our network-related design recommendations.
Security Recommendations3:30
During this lecture, we provide you with our security-related design recommendations.
Compare and Contrast: VM vs. bare-metal3:38
This lecture looks at a comparison between the VM and bare-metal options.
Further Networking Considerations1:29
This lecture covers further networking-related design considerations.
Scaling and Versions2:56
Scaling and SAP versioning details are covered in this lecture.
Storage Considerations (VM)2:53
This lecture is all about storage-related design considerations.
NFS Storage1:16
This lecture explores the various types of NFS storage that are available.
Recommendations for Both SQL Server and Oracle1:33
As part of this lecture, we provide you with our recommendations for both SQL Server and for Oracle.
HLI HA1:22
As part of this lecture, we cover the details for HANA Large Instance HA capabilities.
Azure VM Security2:03
We provide further Azure VM security recommendations throughout this lecture.
Licensing1:28
Licensing details are covered as part of this lecture.
SAP Integrations and Dependencies2:10
This lecture is focused on exploring SAP integrations and dependencies.
Supported HA and DR Options4:04
We look at supported HA and DR options as part of this lecture.

Introduction2:04
This lecture is the introduction to this section.
Tools for Provisioning Azure Infrastructure3:40
This lecture is focused on teaching you about tools that you can use for provisioning infrastructure on Azure.
Automation with Azure3:59
During this lecture, we will take you through some of the ways you can automate with Azure.
VNET Security3:07
This lecture looks into the necessary Virtual Network security aspects.
Managing Identity4:25
This lecture teaches you how to manage identity across on-premise, the cloud, and SAP.
Managing Identity (Part Two)3:23
This lecture continues to teach you how to manage identity across on-premise, the cloud, and SAP.
Managing Identity (Part Three)4:24
This lecture continues to teach you how to manage identity across on-premise, the cloud, and SAP.
Monitoring2:39
This lecture covers some of the concrete tools that can be used for monitoring your SAP environments.
Azure Enhanced Monitoring2:33
This lecture describes troubleshooting activities for Azure Enhanced Monitoring,
Troubleshooting6:03
This lecture covers more tooling for troubleshooting and monitoring.

Introduction1:32
This lecture is the introduction to this section.
SAP Sizing3:17
This lecture kicks off the part of this section that deals with the concept of inventories, in the context of migrating existing SAP landscapes to Azure.

The focus of this particular lecture is the sizing an SAP landscape in the context of a migration to Azure.
Network Inventory2:41
This lecture teaches you the importance of coming up with a networking inventory and how you should carry it out in the context of a migration to Azure.
HLI Validation3:33
This lecture teaches you how to validate an HLI configuration in the context of migrating it to Azure.
Network Security and OS Validation4:49
During this lecture, we teach you how to validate both the network security and the operating systems of an existing landscape, in the context of a migration to Azure.
HA & DR Inventory3:55
Keeping the context of a migration, we take this opportunity to cover HA & DR inventory activities.
Horizontal and Vertical Migration Strategies5:56
This lecture kicks off the part of this section that focuses on migration strategies.

This particular lecture is concentrated on teaching you how to carry out both the horizontal and the vertical types of migration.
Planning and Deployment Checklist: Project Preparation and Planning (Part One)6:57
In general, any project to deploy SAP workloads to Azure is divided into the following phases:

Project preparation and planning
Pilot
Non-production
Production preparation
Go Live
Post production
This lecture focuses on the 'Project preparation and planning' phase.
Planning and Deployment Checklist: Project Preparation and Planning (Part Two)1:50
In general, any project to deploy SAP workloads to Azure is divided into the following phases:

Project preparation and planning
Pilot
Non-production
Production preparation
Go Live
Post production
This lecture continues to focus on the 'Project preparation and planning' phase.
Planning and Deployment Checklist: Pilot (Part One)4:22
In general, any project to deploy SAP workloads to Azure is divided into the following phases:

Project preparation and planning
Pilot
Non-production
Production preparation
Go Live
Post production
This lecture focuses on the 'Pilot' phase.
Planning and Deployment Checklist: Pilot (Part Two)6:19
In general, any project to deploy SAP workloads to Azure is divided into the following phases:

Project preparation and planning
Pilot
Non-production
Production preparation
Go Live
Post production
This lecture continues to focus on the 'Pilot' phase.
Planning and Deployment Checklist: Pilot (Part Three)2:12
In general, any project to deploy SAP workloads to Azure is divided into the following phases:

Project preparation and planning
Pilot
Non-production
Production preparation
Go Live
Post production
This lecture continues to focus on the 'Pilot' phase.
Planning and Deployment Checklist: Non-Prod, Prod Prep, Go Live, and Post Prod3:59
In general, any project to deploy SAP workloads to Azure is divided into the following phases:

Project preparation and planning
Pilot
Non-production
Production preparation
Go Live
Post production
This lecture focuses on the final 4 phases.
Azure Databox4:03
This lecture describes the usage context of Azure Databox.
SAP HANA System Replication2:49
This lecture describes the options available with SAP HANA System Replication for the replication of the redo log.
Azure Site Recovery (ASR)4:35
ASR has been tested and integrated with SAP applications. This lecture teaches what you can achieve with ASR.
SAP Database Migration Option (DMO)4:14
This lecture starts by conducting a comparison of classical migrations versus SAP DMO migrations, and then goes into detail within SAP DMO.
One-Step Migrations vs. Two-Step Migrations3:32
Optimizations5:51
The final lecture of this section is all about how to optimize the infrastructure for the migration.

Introduction and Load Testing Tooling4:28
This lecture is both the introduction to this section and an overview of the tools you may use for performing load testing.
Verifying Network Performance1:05
This concise lecture is all about the tools you may use to verify the network performance.
Verifying Hardware Performance1:32
This lecture focuses on the official tool used for verifying SAP hardware performance.
Verifying AnyDB Disk Performance0:50
This concise lecture covers the tools you may use for verifying the disk performance of AnyDB.
Performing Operational Readiness Checks (Part One)3:39
In this final part of this section, we will cover how we can run our operational checks, by looking at backup and restore.
Performing Operational Readiness Checks (Part Two)5:31
In this final lecture of this section, we continue to cover how we can run our operational checks, by looking at backup and restore.

Introduction1:15
This lecture represents the introduction to this section.
SAP Performance Tools and Azure VM Resizing2:32
While it is certainly true that we have already covered a variety of optimisations already, this part serves as an opportunity to further enhance, and solidify, your optimisation knowledge, so that you may answer all exam questions in this area correctly.

This particular lecture is focused on SAP performance tools and on the activity of resizing Azure VMs.
Scaling SAP HANA on HLI1:55
Maintenance and Planned Outages1:42
We will now teach you how to manage scheduled maintenance for SAP systems on Azure.
Remote Management3:12
This lecture kicks off the part of this section that looks at housekeeping tasks.

This lecture is particularly focused on the area of remote management.
Remote Management for HLI1:57
This lecture focuses on a particular area of remote management: for HLI.
Remote Management for HLI cont'd.1:18
This lecture continues to focus on a particular area of remote management: for HLI.
OS Updates, Express Route, and IPtables2:36
External Credits0:02

Requirements

Linux
SAP HANA
Azure Administrator Associate or Architect level certifications/skills

Description

This course is for you if you are looking to prepare for your AZ-120 certification exam. In addition to covering all of the AZ-120 learning objectives, this video course is packed with relevant extra knowledge, gained by us by actually using Azure for SAP workloads in commercial setups. This means that you'll be preparing for your exam while also gaining a wider, and more complete perspective, on SAP workloads on Azure.

The course is brought to you by a team of two technical experts, backed by decades of combined commercial experience:

Sam Khanjar, Senior Azure Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft. Sam is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, and the certifications held by Sam include the following: AZ-120, AZ-300, AZ-301, AZ-303, AZ-304, and AI-900.
Nicolae Caprarescu, Full-stack Software Engineer and Founder of ReTeam Labs. Nicolae is a published author, with a current following of more than 20,000 individual students.

Microsoft Azure is an enterprise-grade and highly-scalable platform, bringing over 1000 services and capabilities together under the same umbrella. Microsoft Azure has the largest amount of global regions out of all the cloud service providers worldwide and the integration between Azure and SAP is seamless! This makes Azure a very in-demand skill, as demonstrated by the following statistics:

According to Microsoft, Azure is used by over 95% of the Fortune 500 companies
Azure revenues grew 50% in the second quarter of 2021, when compared to last year
Glassdoor reports, with a very high confidence indicator, that the average Azure Architect in the United States earns more than 100,000$ per year, and you can certainly expect that, for more focused areas, such as SAP on Azure, this figure is considerably higher

How you'll learn:

Easy-to-watch presentatinon-style lectures
Step-by-step, hands-on demonstrations using Azure
You also have the option, although it is not required, to further increase your knowledge by carrying out your own individual learning, using our directions for which SAP notes to explore in more detail

In addition to being ready for the exam by having covered the formal AZ-120 learning objectives, here are some of the things you'll gain by the end of this course:

you will understand the core Azure services that are necessary to efficiently run SAP HANA workloads on Microsoft Azure
you will understand the core requirements for SAP HANA, and how Azure has become the most trusted cloud platform to run your SAP workloads on.
and, of course, you'll be in a position to schedule and take the AZ-120 certification exam!

Enroll today to gain access to the only AZ-120 Udemy video course!

Who this course is for:

Azure Solution Architects
SAP Architects and Engineers

AZ-120: Microsoft Azure for SAP Workloads Exam Preparation

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Course content

Azure IaaS for SAP29 lectures • 2hr 34min

Design an Azure Solution to Support SAP Workloads17 lectures • 41min

Build and Deploy Azure for SAP Workloads10 lectures • 36min

Migrate SAP Workloads to Azure19 lectures • 1hr 16min

Validate Azure Infrastructure for SAP Workloads6 lectures • 17min

Operationalize Azure SAP Architecture9 lectures • 16min

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