by Avantra Team | Aug 5, 2026 | SAP
An SAP system is an installed instance of SAP’s business software that runs an organization’s core processes, like finance, supply chain, and HR, on a single, shared database. If you’re new to a company that runs on SAP, this guide explains what that...
by Avantra Team | Aug 5, 2026 | SAP
A system refresh in SAP is the process of copying data, most often from Production, into a QA or test system so that testing happens against realistic, current data. Manually, it’s one of the most time-consuming recurring tasks a Basis team owns. Before...
by Avantra Team | Aug 5, 2026 | SAP
SAP on Azure means running SAP software, most commonly SAP Cloud ERP Private, S/4HANA, or an existing ECC estate, on Microsoft’s Azure cloud infrastructure using SAP-certified virtual machines, storage, and networking instead of on-premises hardware. This guide...
by Avantra Team | Oct 6, 2026 | SAP
SAP Solution Manager’s mainstream maintenance ends December 31, 2027, with extended maintenance available through 2030 for an additional fee, though not covering every function, per SAP Note 3255311. For Basis engineers and IT operations leaders who’ve run...
by Avantra Team | Aug 5, 2026 | SAP
Your enterprise APM tool shows SAP is using 90% CPU. The dashboard turns red. An alert fires. Now what? You open Dynatrace. You see the Java Virtual Machine metrics for your NetWeaver stack. You see HTTP response times for your Fiori apps. You see a spike in database...
by Avantra Team | Oct 7, 2026 | SAP
The 2027 end of support for ECC may consume the oxygen in the room lately, but a less covered topic might be more critical: the end of support for Solution Manager has the potential for a larger-near term impact on large enterprises and SAP migration projects. This...
