0 Down SAP On Azure Migration

0 Down SAP on AzureMigrationSeamlessly modernize your SAP landscape on MicrosoftAzure without upfront migration costs

IntroductionSupporting Business Growth on AzureCloud PlatformThe backbone of a thriving organization is its IT infrastructure. For a US based medical devicecompany experiencing unprecedented growth, this truth was self-evident. As a fast-growingcompany running SAP for its critical business processes, the medical device company facedconstant challenges provisioning new SAP landscapes and supporting various business initiatives.Rather than continue making investments in data centers that no longer supported its growth, thecompany decided to transition to Microsoft Azure for a more cost effective, scalable, and reliableway to run its SAP production landscape and other applications 24x7x365.To execute the migration to Azure, the medical device company turned to Wharfedale Technologies.Wharfedale seamlessly migrated the company’s SAP landscape consisting of ECC, BW, CRM, Trex,Portal, Fiori, and other applications to Azure with minimal downtime. All in all, 220 SAP systemswere migrated to Azure in less than 4 months. And Wharfesdale now manages 300 SAP systemson Azure for the customer. By migrating its SAP systems to Azure, the medical device companyrealized a performance increase of 52.89% in its SAP production landscape, Azure guaranteed 99.9%uptime, along with greater levels of business continuity, cost savings, and flexibility.In addition to realizing these benefits, the Medical device company was able to save tremendousproject costs thanks to Wharfedale’s 0 Down Migration offering. Read on to see the savings andvalue Wharfedale provided with this unique offering.Page 2

0 Down SAP on Azure MigrationWharfedale’s 0 Down Migration offering is a holistic solution that encompasses the “3 M’s” ofSAP cloud transformation: Migration, Modernization, and Management. Here’s the best part. Withthe 0 Down Migration offering, your organization pays no upfront cost for the migration of yourSAP workloads to Azure. The only costs you incur is the monthly subscription cost of Wharfedale’smanaged services. See how much the medical device company saved with the 0 Down Migrationoffering.Services offered at no upfront costs with 0 Down Migration solutionMarket ValueSeamless Migration from Current Hosting to New Hosting Project manager, migration planning workshops, project plan for seamless migration,migration to new hosting within 4 months, all SAP landscape and bolt-on’s, and testingand validation of migrated systems. 750,000SAP High Availability and Disaster Recovery Setup High Availability design based on BCP hosting providers, implementation of High Availability, Disaster Recovery design based on Availability Zones, seamless failover implementation 240,000SAP Infrastructure Detailed Design for New Hosting Cloud design, Server & Storage design, Networking design (VPN Tunnel to Primary &DR), File System design (SAP System Refresh), Database design (both SQL & HANA) 125,000HANA Migration & Implementation HANA Implementation, OS/DB Migration using DMO option, TDI certification andvalidation 500,000High Value Consulting – Executive Engagements Wharfedale executive practitioners involved at no cost to the client to innovate andimprove services 100,000Total avoided costs with 0 Down Migration offering 1,715,000Page 3

Run better with SAP on AzureYour SAP systems are under more pressure now more than ever before from your customers,competition, and market factors. Running your SAP systems on infrastructure that periodicallyundergoes unsatisfactory downtime, lacks flexibility and scalability, and incurs high capitalexpenditures and operating costs is no longer an option. If you’re considering a move to a cloudplatform like Microsoft Azure, you’re headed in the right direction. Companies that have alreadymoved their SAP systems to Azure have realized these benefits:Improved time-to-value of SAP applicationsRunning SAP on Azure enables companiesto deploy, launch, and test in a shorter timeframe. Every aspect of a company’s SAPoperation becomes more responsive on Azure.Improved time-to-market for new operationsCompanies running SAP solutions on Azurecan launch into new markets faster, therebyincreasing their capacity to expand.Avoided cost of SAP related on-premisesinfrastructureMoving SAP systems to Azure can drasticallyreduce or completely eliminate SAP relatedinfrastructure investments (hardware,maintenance fees, security appliances).Realized higher service levelsOrganizations can achieve higher servicelevels with their SAP landscape on Azurethanks to the superior uptime, backup, anddisaster recovery the platform offers.The Economic Impact of SAP onAzureForrester conducted a Total EconomicImpact study to examine the potential ROIenterprises may realize after migrating SAPto Azure. Six organizations running SAPsolutions on Azure were interviewed andtheir results over a period of three yearswere quantified. With this study, Forresterdetermined that migrating SAP to Azureresulted in: An ROI of 112% 15.9M in infrastructure savings An investment payback time of lessthan six months Benefits of 26.18M over three yearsversus costs of 12.36M¹ “The Total Economic Impact Of Microsoft Azure for SAP”, A Forrester study commissioned by Microsoft, April 2021.² Ibid, Forrester.Page 4

Realize the benefits of SAP on Azurewith WharfedalePartner With a Winning TeamMigrating to Microsoft Azure can maximize the performance and efficiency of your SAPworkloads. Realizing the benefits of SAP on Azure isn’t guaranteed, however. To achievedesired results, you must select a qualified migration partner who has a proven track recordof executing successful SAP on Azure migrations. Wharfedale has been helping organizationsmigrate their mission-critical SAP systems to Azure for several years. We leverage ourthorough knowledge of the SAP application, and our expertise on Azure infrastructure tofacilitate seamless, minimal downtime migrations. Read on to learn about our approach andthe results we deliver for customers. Microsoft Gold Partner 3X winner of MSUS Partnerof the Year Award for SAP onAzure SAP on Microsoft AzureAdvanced Specialization“Our experience with Wharfedale has been exceptional. Theyassumed all Basis Support from the existing provider, broughtvisibility to areas of risk and provided sound remediationby implementing cost saving measures to improve serviceavailability. They also completed a seamless migration ofour SAP infrastructure on a very aggressive time-line, with nonoticeable disruption to normal operations.”—Alex Sukennik, VP & CIO, Avid TechnologyPage 5

Phased Migration5 steps to a seamless migrationIn 2010, Wharfedale became the very first SAP-certified cloud service provider in North America.Using our expertise and experience as a pioneer in the SAP cloud migration space, we developed aphased approach that enables us to streamline the migration to Azure, avoid any loss of data, andproactively handle any issues that arises during or after the migration.01 Planning Phase02 Design PhaseWalk through Azure on-boarding, defineThe Azure infrastructure solution supportinginfrastructure solutions, review current landscape,the SAP application, as well as the migrationagree on the scope of the project, and define themethodology is undertaken and high-level designSAP to Azure migration time-line.documents are produced.03 Migration of non-production Environment04 Migration of production EnvironmentCreate base infrastructure components in Azure ifBased on non-production cutover, the migrationrequired. Migrate non-production environment.time-line and downtime requirements for productioncutover is set. Minimal downtime migration isexecuted.05 Hypercare SupportSystems put in hyper care for 2-3 weeks to monitorproduction performance, provide hyper-care supportpost-GO-Live, plan decommissioning of on-premservers, and further improve SAP environmentrunning in Azure.The Wharfedale AdvantageRealize your migration goalswith minimal business impact(weekend cutover to Azure)Improve SAP application’sproductivity and availability withWharfedale’s High Availability &Disaster Recovery solutionsRealize 30% cost reduction andup to 55% increase in performanceof SAP production landscape onAzureIncreased operational efficiencyand productivityFree up IT resources to enableinnovation and overcome keybusiness challengesBetter managed IT spend withfixed monthly 24x7 managedservices subscription, coveringAzure Infrastructure, OS and SAPapplication (Basis, Security andFunctional)Page 6

Capability / MaturityOur migration approachDesign andPlanningExecute andrefineAzure ConnectivityDesign & PlanningSandbox, Development, QA and(Mock) MigrationPhase 0 & 1Optimize andcutoverHypercare andmanagementHypercarePerformance TestingPhase 2ProductionReview LandscapeDefine Time-lineAgree ScopeEstablish ConnectivitySign OnPhase 2AQADEVPhase 3SBXtiDesign Target LandscaperagiDefine Migration MethodologyMl lanaPrerequisite CheckPitiInTest Plan teDevelopRefinePhase 4Production CutoverHypercare SupportMock Run UAT AnalysisPerformance TestingFinal Cutover PreparationProduction CutoverDevelopmentTimeline: 2-5 MonthsPage 7