First published on MSDN on Apr 22, 2015
The FAQ document attached to this blog is the cumulative knowledge gained from hundreds of customers that have moved off UNIX/Oracle and DB2 to Windows and SQL Server in recent years.
In this document a large number of recommendations, tools, tips and common errors are documented. It is recommended to read this document before performing an OS/DB migration to Windows + SQL Server.
The list below contains some recent public case studies of customers running SAP on Windows & SQL Server:
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Bekaert Textiles Group with Oxya (video, Bel), manufacturing industry
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Al Muhaidib Group (Saudi Arabia)
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Softtek (Mex), IT Services
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Alvogen with S&T (Croatia), pharmaceutical industry
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Frunze (Ukr): Manufacturing
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Kordia Group with our partner Syd (NZ), telecom industry
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SCT with BNW Consulting (Aus), SAP DR in Azure, transport industry
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Zespri with Datacom (video, NZ) using SAP production VMs in Azure, CPG industry
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El Tejar with Wezen Group (Arg): Using SAP production VMs in Azure with O365, CPG industry
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Washington Gas with HCL (click here, US)
Other recent updates since the last Blog posting on OS/DB Migration:
Standard
2 socket commodity Intel based servers are now benchmarking about 90,000 SAPS
meaning excellent performance at a reasonable cost is available to all customers
SQL Server 2014 is now
Generally Available
for almost all SAP applications
SQL Server 2014 Column Store support for SAP BW is now released providing for three broad functionalities:
a.
Column Store
support for E Fact table
b.
Column Store
support for F Fact table
c.
Flat cube
support for BW 7.40
Azure public cloud platform is now
fully supported for Production
for most SAP applications. Customers such as
Zespri have moved their entire organization including a large complex SAP landscape to Azure
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Full Disclosure of the SAP SD Benchmark showing a 2 socket commodity Intel Server demonstrating
nearly 90,000 SAPS running Windows and SQL Server
Oracle to SQL Migration FAQ -v5.3.docx
