{"id":11610,"date":"2020-08-24T17:13:04","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T14:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/?p=11610"},"modified":"2020-09-23T10:31:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T07:31:07","slug":"navigate-sap-on-azure-waves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/2020\/08\/24\/navigate-sap-on-azure-waves\/","title":{"rendered":"Nav\u00adi\u00adgate SAP on Azure&nbsp;waves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_\u200bpb_\u200bsection fb_built=\u201c1\u201d _builder_version=\u201c3.22\u201d collapsed=\u201coff\u201d][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u201c3.25\u201d][et_pb_column type=\u201c4_4\u201d _builder_version=\u201c3.25\u201d custom_\u200bpadding=\u201d|||\u201d custom_padding__hover=\u201d|||\u201d][et_pb_text admin_label=\u201cText\u201d _builder_version=\u201c4.5.3\u201d link_text_color=\u201c#a1bfe2\u201d text_orientation=\u201cjustified\u201d]<\/p>\n<p><strong>SAP and Microsoft announced in Octo\u00adber 2019 <\/strong><strong>to <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/2019\/10\/sap-microsoft-partnership-cloud-migration-offerings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expand the Embrace col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion<\/a>, which began ear\u00adli\u00ader that year. It is a&nbsp;cloud col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion where <\/strong><strong>the tech hous\u00ades work more close\u00adly togeth\u00ader to enable seam\u00adless deploy\u00adment of SAP S\/4HANA ERP solu\u00adtions to Microsoft Azure and lever\u00adage SAP Cloud Plat\u00adform capa\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties in Azure. <\/strong><strong>The col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion between SAP and Microsoft <\/strong><strong>enables ref\u00ader\u00adence archi\u00adtec\u00adtures, project plans, and best prac\u00adtices <\/strong><strong>that accel\u00ader\u00adate projects and sup\u00adport smooth tran\u00adsi\u00adtion<\/strong><strong>s.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The goal of the col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion is to facil\u00adi\u00adtate and sup\u00adport the tran\u00adsi\u00adtion of enter\u00adprise ERP sys\u00adtems to the Azure cloud envi\u00adron\u00adment. Sev\u00ader\u00adal com\u00adpa\u00adnies have either already moved their SAP plat\u00adform to the cloud, or are plan\u00adning to move there. The trend to move to the cloud is on the rise. Cloud envi\u00adron\u00adments are already being used to a&nbsp;sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant extent glob\u00adal\u00adly in var\u00adi\u00adous indus\u00adtries, and as a&nbsp;result, com\u00adpa\u00adnies have accu\u00admu\u00adlat\u00aded expe\u00adri\u00adence in exploit\u00ading it, includ\u00ading for busi\u00adness-crit\u00adi\u00adcal entities.<\/p>\n<p>SAP cus\u00adtomers can choose to ini\u00adtial\u00adize a&nbsp;pub\u00adlic, pri\u00advate, or hybrid cloud ser\u00advice, or oper\u00adate their sys\u00adtem in an on-premise envi\u00adron\u00adment. Although cloud ser\u00advices are often more cost-effec\u00adtive, the main moti\u00adva\u00adtors for the tran\u00adsi\u00adtion are usu\u00adal\u00adly the avail\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty of infor\u00adma\u00adtion, the improve\u00adment of ser\u00advice qual\u00adi\u00adty and the deep\u00ader exploita\u00adtion of tech\u00adno\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal ecosys\u00adtems togeth\u00ader. The cloud allows for scal\u00ada\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty, flex\u00adi\u00adble exper\u00adi\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion, and a&nbsp;glob\u00adal dimen\u00adsion that is very rel\u00ade\u00advant to all busi\u00adness in an ever-chang\u00ading world and now with remote work\u00ading becom\u00ading more common.<\/p>\n<p>SAP\u2019s deci\u00adsion to select Microsoft as its pri\u00adma\u00adry part\u00adner for the plat\u00adform reflects the shared com\u00admit\u00adment of these tech giants to dri\u00adve the growth of cloud ecosys\u00adtems, fur\u00adther strength\u00aden\u00ading the joint offer\u00ading. The col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion aims to sim\u00adpli\u00adfy and stream\u00adline the migra\u00adtion of SAP ERP and S\/4HANA to the cloud, but it will also lay the foun\u00adda\u00adtion for smooth project imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtions for new SAP cus\u00adtomers. Of course, the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties cre\u00adat\u00aded by dig\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adsa\u00adtion and cloud ser\u00advices for com\u00adpa\u00adnies are also at the center.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Islet car\u00adried out an <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/2019\/06\/28\/transmeri-islet-s4hana-to-azure\/\">SAP S\/4HANA inno\u00adva\u00adtion project<\/a><\/strong> for Trans\u00admeri Group, in which the com\u00adpa\u00adny\u2019s SAP ERP sys\u00adtem was trans\u00adferred to SAP\u2019s lat\u00adest ERP tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy, S\/4HANA, in a \u201cProof of Con\u00adcept\u201d project, and the con\u00adver\u00adsion was done on Microsoft\u00ad\u2019s cloud plat\u00adform, Azure. Trans\u00admeri and Islet were among the first to car\u00adry out an inno\u00adva\u00adtion project in Europe. The POC project was a&nbsp;suc\u00adcess and this year Trans\u00admeri took the first step in the S\/4HANA migra\u00adtion when its cur\u00adrent SAP ERP was migrat\u00aded to the Azure cloud plat\u00adform and its con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion is now the migra\u00adtion to S\/4HANA on Azure. The expe\u00adri\u00adences of the project are very positive.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to dis\u00adcuss migrat\u00ading your SAP envi\u00adron\u00adment to Azure or dif\u00adfer\u00adent paths to SAP S\/4HANA on Azure, please get in touch! Also lis\u00adten to our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/2020\/03\/26\/webinaari-sap-on-azure\/\">\u201cSAP on Azure\u201d webi\u00adnar<\/a><\/strong> on the sub\u00adject (in Finnish).<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/2018\/09\/06\/tommi_luoto\/\"><strong>Tom\u00admi Luo\u00adto<\/strong><\/a><br>CTO, Islet\u00adter<br><a href=\"mailto:tommi.luoto@isletgroup.fi\">tommi.\u200bluoto@\u200bisletgroup.\u200bfi<\/a><br>+358 40 574&nbsp;1261<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=\u201c1_4,3_4\u201d _builder_version=\u201c3.25\u201d background_size=\u201cinitial\u201d background_position=\u201ctop_left\u201d background_repeat=\u201crepeat\u201d][et_pb_column type=\u201c1_4\u201d _builder_version=\u201c3.25\u201d custom_\u200bpadding=\u201d|||\u201d custom_padding__hover=\u201d|||\u201d][et_pb_image src=\u201chttps:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Tommi_Luoto_Beanie_Round.png\u201d align_tablet=\u201ccenter\u201d align_\u200bphone=\u201d\u201d align_last_edited=\u201con|desktop\u201d _builder_version=\u201c3.23\u201d max_width=\u201c80%\u201d][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u201c3_4\u201d _builder_version=\u201c3.25\u201d custom_\u200bpadding=\u201d|||\u201d custom_padding__hover=\u201d|||\u201d][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u201c4.5.3\u201d]<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Blog author Tom\u00admi Luo\u00adto leads the tech devel\u00adop\u00adment on our island. He is very famil\u00adiar with the ecosys\u00adtems of tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy oceans while search\u00ading for new hori\u00adzons with our customers.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u201c3.25\u201d background_size=\u201cinitial\u201d background_position=\u201ctop_left\u201d background_repeat=\u201crepeat\u201d][et_pb_column type=\u201c4_4\u201d _builder_version=\u201c3.25\u201d custom_\u200bpadding=\u201d|||\u201d custom_padding__hover=\u201d|||\u201d][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u201c4.5.3\u201d]<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>#SAP #Microsoft #SAPon\u00adAzure #Azure #S4HANA #Embrace #Cloud #Pub\u00adlic\u00adCloud #Plat\u00adform #SAP\u00adCloud\u00adPlat\u00adform<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAP and Microsoft announced in Octo\u00adber 2019 to expand the Embrace col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion, which began ear\u00adli\u00ader that year. 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The col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion between SAP&nbsp;and&nbsp;[\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":12066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=\"1\"][et_pb_row][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[453,449,441],"tags":[675,790],"class_list":["post-11610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-story","category-breaking-news","category-all-news","tag-azure-en","tag-blog-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isletgroup.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}