SAP HANA is an SAP In-Memory database that currently supports a selected set of SAP analytics and ERP applications. Its solution architecture although has some resemblance to the classic NW applications but has noticeable differences in HA/DR implementation. This session discusses planning and design considerations specific to the SAP HANA database below:

• Gather customer’s requirements in terms of system sizes, authentication, availability, disaster recovery, on-premises SAP landscape, and network
• SAP HANA on Azure deployment options
• Authentication for SAP HANA/SUSE OS on Azure
• Compute capacity sizing
• Storage accounts and drive volumes planning for SAP HANA
• HA and DR strategy for SAP HANA as a database server
• Backup 

Presenter Name: Takayuki HoshinoPresenter Title: Technology Specialist - SAPPresenter Company: Microsoft