SAP Cloud Migration


What is SAP Cloud Migration?

Moving to the cloud has become increasingly critical for SAPinsiders today as they look to replace existing hardware and infrastructure that no longer delivers the required performance. Initial moves to the cloud were largely focused on putting in place infrastructure that provided more flexibility and scalability while being able to deploy systems more quickly. Today’s SAP Cloud Migration involves integrating SAP and non-SAP systems, architecture redesign, hybrid cloud environments, and multiple cloud providers. Today’s cloud migration focus is also on increasing security while managing cost. These two requirements were the most important in 2021 research conducted by SAPinsider on moving SAP workloads to the cloud and continue to be crucial for organizations planning for long-term cloud success.

What is SAP Cloud Migration?

Moving to the cloud has become increasingly critical for SAPinsiders today as they look to replace existing hardware and infrastructure that no longer delivers the required performance. Initial moves to the cloud were largely focused on putting in place infrastructure that provided more flexibility and scalability while being able to deploy systems more quickly. Today’s SAP Cloud Migration involves integrating SAP and non-SAP systems, architecture redesign, hybrid cloud environments, and multiple cloud providers. Today’s cloud migration focus is also on increasing security while managing cost. These two requirements were the most important in 2021 research conducted by SAPinsider on moving SAP workloads to the cloud and continue to be crucial for organizations planning for long-term cloud success.

Key Considerations for SAPinsiders:

  • Spend time understanding whether your SAP Cloud Migration concerns are valid. Many organizations have concerns about challenges with moving to the cloud. These include topics such as cost, security, availability, performance, and the complexity of integration. But some of the concerns may be misconceptions. Taking the time to educate teams on topics around cloud migration is an important part of the process. Just as important is understanding what your concerns are and determining how valid those concerns may be. This article by Axel Streichardt discusses some of these challenges and how SAP customers can address them to ensure cloud success.
  • SAP workloads are increasingly moving to cloud environments. In research that SAPinsider conducted in the second half of 2021, 88% of respondents indicated that they are running at least some SAP workloads in the cloud. More workloads are being moved to the cloud over the next two years, particularly solutions like procurement, customer relationship management, analytics, travel and expense, and finance. The biggest factors that are part of those decisions to move are greater flexibility, the deployment mode, increased scalability, and distributed data scenarios.
  • Understand what type of cloud you need to meet your organization’s requirements and what will best support them in the future. An SAP Cloud Migration can involve private cloud, public cloud, managed service providers, or some sort of hybrid landscape. Some may offer the best benefits today, while others may be needed if planning for the future. Spending the time to look at what your organization needs today and what is important for the future is a critical step in any cloud migration. This may also involve learning from what other organizations have done and why those choices were the right ones for them. In this article multiple executives were asked about their cloud choices, why they worked then, and what they have planned for the future.

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  1. Moving to the Cloud? Follow This Migration Model

    Published: 07/September/2012

    Reading time: 20 mins

    ManagementSee how to successfully migrate your existing enterprise class SAP application servers to a commodity-based or cloud computing infrastructure. Understand the prerequisites of virtualized servers, the build process, and the steps required to transform a traditional SAP infrastructure into a virtualized environment. Key Concept Virtualization is the key technology that enables cloud computing. A virtual...…

  2. Configure a Custom Identity Provider with SAP HANA Cloud Platform

    Published: 26/May/2015

    Reading time: 12 mins

    See how to configure SAP HANA Cloud Platform to switch from the standard identity provider (IDP) or SAP ID Service to instead authenticate users using your own custom identity provider. Learn how to configure a local IDP that you can create on the fly within Eclipse. You can create temporary users within Eclipse so that...…

  3. Adapt SAP S/4HANA Business Functionality to Meet Your Company’s Requirements

    Published: 18/January/2016

    Reading time: 21 mins

    Discover how to apply two extensibility options to modify SAP S/4HANA business functionality. Key Concept SAP S/4HANA is the next generation of business applications that can be installed locally in a data center or in a public or managed cloud. One of the central issues users have is how to extend the business functionality delivered...…

  4. A New Era In Analytics: SAP BusinessObjects and Journey to the Cloud

    Published: 30/July/2021

    Reading time: 10 mins

    Over the last three decades, SAP BusinessObjects Enterprise has amassed an immense userbase. As a leading solution for enterprise and ad hoc reporting, users continue to rely on the software to compile large amounts of data into universes for analytical modeling and report against it. However, as changes in the market occurred and the needs…

  5. Migrating Custom ABAP Code to SAP S/4HANA

    Published: 12/August/2019

    Reading time: 18 mins

    Ever since SAP first introduced SAP S/4HANA back in early 2015, there’s been a lot of confusion in the SAP community about what SAP S/4HANA really is and how it will affect the SAP development landscape going forward. With so much misinformation out there, these mysteries can be hard to unravel — especially for customers…

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  7. SAP and SuccessFactors – An Overview

    Published: 07/November/2014

    Reading time: 70 mins

    In this exclusive in-depth report, learn about SuccessFactors and what the acquisition means for SAP ERP HCM and your business. Get a detailed, comprehensive overview of SuccessFactors, SAP’s strategy, the future of SAP ERP HCM, and how the acquisition of SuccessFactors affects your business. It aims to dispel any myths or confusion around SuccessFactors and...…

  8. Bridging the Gap: How a Hybrid Cloud Scenario Leverages the Agility of the Cloud and the Security of On Premise

    Published: 21/April/2017

    Reading time: 5 mins

    While the advantages of the cloud are widely recognized in today’s business landscape, moving your entire business to the cloud can still seem like a risky proposition. For that reason, many organizations are opting for a hybrid cloud approach. So how do you go about developing a hybrid cloud strategy? This article explores that question,…

  9. Cloud Computing for SAP CRM

    Published: 17/May/2010

    Reading time: 11 mins

    Learn background information on cloud computing deployment models and see how to select a cloud service to meet your on-demand service requirements. Key Concept Cloud computing is a technology that enables the delivery of on-demand services over the Web on or off premise. Cloud computing can improve your SAP CRM operations at three service levels...…

  10. Deploy SAP Solutions in Minutes in the Cloud

    Deploy SAP Solutions in Minutes in the Cloud

    Published: 14/September/2018

    Reading time: 8 mins

    Many companies are looking to the latest digital technologies to remain competitive and open up new business opportunities. At the same time, IT organizations are under increasing pressure to save time and resources when it comes to technology deployments. So how can you take advantage of the latest technology without the time-consuming setup and configuration…