Bert Vanstechelman

If you’re performing a brownfield migration from an existing SAP ERP system, this is the guide for you! From planning the project and preparing your system to adjusting custom code and executing the conversion, you’ll get step-by-step instructions for all stages of your implementation. Troubleshooting tips and extensive coverage of the functional conversion will help you ensure that all your data makes it to where it needs to be. The time to move to SAP S/4HANA is here!

In this book, you’ll be introduced to operating SAP in the Cloud and learn the specifics of deploying and maintaining SAP on Azure. Explore cloud concepts and clarify the differences between on-premise, IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS. Discover Microsoft Azure Cloud key concepts and evaluate Azure for businesses on SAP ERP and for those moving to SAP S/4HANA. Learn how to translate an existing SAP landscape to Azure and walk through the size of virtual machines, selection and configuration of storage, and… Show more

In this book, you’ll be introduced to operating SAP in the Cloud and learn the specifics of deploying and maintaining SAP on Azure. Explore cloud concepts and clarify the differences between on-premise, IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS. Discover Microsoft Azure Cloud key concepts and evaluate Azure for businesses on SAP ERP and for those moving to SAP S/4HANA. Learn how to translate an existing SAP landscape to Azure and walk through the size of virtual machines, selection and configuration of storage, and network configuration. Learn about high availability and disaster recovery concepts in Microsoft Azure and explore your options. Dive into installation and configuration specifics for Windows, Linux, and all databases supported by SAP ERP, with a special focus on SAP S/4HANA. Examine the three main areas of activity for a platform migration preparation, migration, and go-live and post-migration support. Obtain guidelines for planning and executing your migration to the Cloud. Walk through a detailed customer example including a close look at how the infrastructure was mapped to the Cloud. Show less

Explore how to protect and defend your SAP S/4HANA applications, Fiori, Gateway, and the SAP HANA database platform. Learn how to create a consistent cross-system authorization concept and translate the technical specifics for each system into a comprehensive and consistent security model. Explore technical security aspects such as privileges and roles, authentication and encryption, and monitoring for S/4HANA. Compare and contrast SAP S/4HANA applications to the SAP ERP security model and… Show more

Explore how to protect and defend your SAP S/4HANA applications, Fiori, Gateway, and the SAP HANA database platform. Learn how to create a consistent cross-system authorization concept and translate the technical specifics for each system into a comprehensive and consistent security model. Explore technical security aspects such as privileges and roles, authentication and encryption, and monitoring for S/4HANA. Compare and contrast SAP S/4HANA applications to the SAP ERP security model and identify what has changed. This book is up to date for SAP HANA 2.0! Dive into SAP S/4HANA authorizations and gain an understanding of the impact on the new front-end and database security setup, and why the different levels need to be consistent. Get best practices for SAP Fiori and Gateway. Find out why it is important to secure SAP HANA from an application layer point of view, as well as a database point of view. Take an in-depth look at how to secure the SAP Application Server, database, operating system, and the network infrastructure. Show less

This book provides system architects, technical consultants, and IT management the tools to design a system architectures to deploy SAP applications on SAP HANA. Explore production and non-production systems, deployment options, backup and recovery, data replication, high-availability, and virtualization in detail. Dive into on-premise deployment options and data provisioning scenarios. Walk through scale-up and scale-out options and data partitioning considerations. Review the advantages and… Show more

This book provides system architects, technical consultants, and IT management the tools to design a system architectures to deploy SAP applications on SAP HANA. Explore production and non-production systems, deployment options, backup and recovery, data replication, high-availability, and virtualization in detail. Dive into on-premise deployment options and data provisioning scenarios. Walk through scale-up and scale-out options and data partitioning considerations. Review the advantages and disadvantages of storage and system replication options and when to use each. Clarify how to leverage HANA for single node and distributed systems. Dive into a discussion on software and hardware virtualization.

Compare the options available and guide your decision using flowcharts your organization can leverage to choose the proper technology for your environment and specific needs. This book enables readers to carefully evaluate and implement a well-considered SAP HANA scenario.
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Upgrading to SAP S/4HANA or implementing the latest Enhancement Pack? In this E-Bite, get a start-to-finish look at the Software Update Manager (SUM) to help you manage your upgrades! First, download the software and SAP Notes, and then run through step-by-step instructions for setup. Next, master standard features like alerts and help functions. Finally, get more out of SUM with specialized functionalities like setting breakpoints in ABAP or Java!

There's more to upgrading your SAP system than just pressing a button. Here's the next-best thing: a comprehensive guide to the upgrade process. You'll understand project planning and processes, how to use upgrade tools in ABAP and Java systems, and how to upgrade individual products like SAP Solution Manager, SAP BW, SAP CRM, SAP Enterprise Portal, SAP PI and SAP PO, and more. Finally, everything you need to perform successful SAP upgrades!

With release 7.0 (the basis of SAP ERP 6.0), SAP undertook a complete revision of the upgrade procedure of NetWeaver AS. Now, it is also possible to upgrade so-called "double-stack" installations; those with both an ABAP and a Java stack under the hood. This comprehensive guide covers all kinds of SAP upgrades. It describes a complete project, explains project management questions, provides technical background information (also on the upgrade of other systems like CRM, SCM, and BI), and then… Show more

With release 7.0 (the basis of SAP ERP 6.0), SAP undertook a complete revision of the upgrade procedure of NetWeaver AS. Now, it is also possible to upgrade so-called "double-stack" installations; those with both an ABAP and a Java stack under the hood. This comprehensive guide covers all kinds of SAP upgrades. It describes a complete project, explains project management questions, provides technical background information (also on the upgrade of other systems like CRM, SCM, and BI), and then walks you through the project steps – from A to Z. Show less

Although the average SAP customer tackles an SAP upgrade project every three years, it is still often very challenging to comprehend or calculate the impact of such an undertaking. Further complicating matters, the upgrade process has changed dramatically from the old releases (up to 4.6C) and the current releases (ECC 5.0/Web AS 6.40 and above). This new technical guide from the SAP PRESS Essentials series discusses the upgrade from a project management, customization, development and… Show more

Although the average SAP customer tackles an SAP upgrade project every three years, it is still often very challenging to comprehend or calculate the impact of such an undertaking. Further complicating matters, the upgrade process has changed dramatically from the old releases (up to 4.6C) and the current releases (ECC 5.0/Web AS 6.40 and above). This new technical guide from the SAP PRESS Essentials series discusses the upgrade from a project management, customization, development and technical point of view (execution of the PREPARE and R3up phases). The authors cover the entire process in detail – from first picking up the upgrade manual, to sending an e-mail to management, informing them that the system is now running the new SAP release – and every step in between. All of the bases are covered, including how to plan the upgrade project and the impact on the system landscape during your SAP upgrade. Highlights include: - Overview over SAP upgrade projects - Technical background - Upgrade tools - Preparing the upgrade - PREPARE process - Upgrade process (R3up) - Upgrade post-processing - Modification adjustment Show less

If you need to migrate your OS/DB quickly and at no cost, but don’t know where to start, or how to set up the project, then this exclusive new SAP PRESS Essentials guide is guaranteed to help you out. When it comes to planning, methods, setting up the new environment, data export and import and the application of SAP services for migration, every step is explained in detail with tips and tricks for avoiding common pitfalls. Readers benefit from the authors’ many years of experience with… Show more

If you need to migrate your OS/DB quickly and at no cost, but don’t know where to start, or how to set up the project, then this exclusive new SAP PRESS Essentials guide is guaranteed to help you out. When it comes to planning, methods, setting up the new environment, data export and import and the application of SAP services for migration, every step is explained in detail with tips and tricks for avoiding common pitfalls. Readers benefit from the authors’ many years of experience with projects of this kind and learn how to organize migration projects ensuring the maximum degree of manager and user satisfaction. Highlights include: - Planning your OS/DB migration project - Technical background information - The export process - The import process - Set-up and configuration - Live-migration - The SAP OS/DB Migration service Show less