AWS for SAP

This post was jointly authored with Dynatrace and SoftwareOne PowerConnect. We thank Krzysztof Ziemianowicz, Director of Extension Services at Dynatrace, and Stephen Bangs, SAP Solution Architect at SoftwareOne PowerConnect, for their contributions and support. Modern SAP environments demand sophisticated monitoring capabilities as business processes extend beyond single systems. Organizations now manage interconnected platforms including SAP […]

The enterprise resource planning (ERP) landscape is undergoing a major shift toward cloud-native solutions and marketplace-driven procurement. At the forefront of this transformation, SAP and Amazon Web Services (AWS) continue to strengthen our strategic partnership, to help organizations of all sizes accelerate innovation and run mission-critical processes in the cloud. At SAP Sapphire 2025, Amazon […]

Today, we are announcing AWS Systems Manager for SAP Configuration Management, a new AWS System Manager for SAP feature that lets you validate your SAP HANA database configurations against the SAP Lens of AWS Well-Architected Framework and AWS for SAP Technical Documentation. This feature enables customers to identify potential misconfiguration and ensure optimal performance, security, […]

Introduction SAP systems are the backbone of many enterprises, managing critical business processes and generating vast amounts of valuable data. These critical business processes and data usually extend beyond Enterprise SAP Systems, requiring customers to interact with external systems as well. As organizations seek to leverage this data for deeper insights and improved decision-making, there’s […]

Introduction In today’s data-driven enterprise landscape, organizations require secure, high-performance database solutions that can handle both transactional and analytical workloads while maintaining security and compliance requirements. SAP HANA Cloud on AWS, a cornerstone of SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP), addresses these needs as a fully managed, cloud-native database-as-a-service offering. Common use cases for SAP […]

Introduction Keeping your SAP HANA database up to date with the latest patches is crucial for maintaining security, performance, and reliability. However, traditional database patching often requires significant downtime, impacting business operations. While previous AWS guidance covered various automation approaches, this post introduces a new solution that achieves near-zero downtime for High Availability SAP HANA […]

The enterprise resource planning (ERP) landscape is experiencing a revolutionary shift toward cloud-native solutions and a simplified approach to buy, implement, and manage these solutions with greater speed and security. At the forefront of this transformation, SAP and Amazon Web Services (AWS) continue to strengthen our strategic partnership, to help organizations of all sizes innovate […]

Introduction Optimizing SAP operations on AWS requires efficient monitoring, troubleshooting, and maintenance capabilities. Building on our previous discussion of Amazon CloudWatch Application Insight in part 1, How we use CloudWatch Application Insight to monitor SAP High Availability in part 2, and Amazon CloudWatch Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server and Amazon Q for command line (Q […]

Introduction In today’s complex SAP environments, efficient operations and rapid troubleshooting are critical for business continuity. Building on our previous discussions of SAP observability (part-1) and Amazon CloudWatch Application Insights capabilites (part-2), this third installment introduces a powerful combination of tools that revolutionizes how teams manage SAP landscapes: Amazon CloudWatch Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server […]

Introduction Conducting adequate load testing of SAP systems is a major factor in ensuring the systems can meet the performance and reliability expectations of the business when under peak usage. Typical scenarios which require load testing are new company/country rollouts, software release upgrades from ECC to S/4HANA, application patching (e.g., support packages), S/4HANA transformation projects […]