SAP has seen tremendous growth with the play of technologies such as Containerization, automation, hybrid cloud, playbooks and many more over the past 10 years; it has become important to go with the trend. Owning a SAP Basis Team, we have listed some top technologies and trends every SAP Basis professional should be aware of.
Daily Checks and Reactivity
Many SAP customers still expect the SAP Basis Team to perform daily checks and reactivity. At SAP Basis Solution Service, we do manual daily checks which a bot can do hundreds of times a day. We also create an incident or notification when something happens out of the normal – Reactivity. Although this system is not automated yet, we focus on building considerable practices in lower-cost locations. However, building teams of humans to perform daily checks is not a good idea of using their time and creativity. Still, we believe that all SAP daily checks will be completely automated within a span of next ten years.
Basis Deployment Automation
SAP Basis and infrastructure operations are done manually which requires human labor and its associated costs. However, SAP DevOps automation reduces costs by minimizing human labor. We have also simplified SAP administration activities by automating several deployment activities such as SAP systems backup, systems refresh, systems copy and OS patching. Automating critical components during deployment helps the basis team to focus more on value-added activities.
Containerization
Containerization in SAP Basis helps building Docker images and running them as software instances in a different environment. In short, it helps to ensure that software could be migrated between different hardware or environments or even virtual machines and make it work perfectly. Containerization helps to deploy a desired instance of your system without compatibility issues in a local environment. As Containers will rule the world soon, it is crucial for SAP basis professionals to be experts in operating containers.
Hybrid Cloud
Hybrid Cloud is now present everywhere as most organizations have purchased and integrated several SAP variants. A hybrid cloud combines resources in your own data centre or in a private cloud with a public cloud providing optimal basis for two-speed IT. Through hybrid deployment models, integration of new group companies or branches can also be made straightforward. A business can achieve several benefits through hybrid cloud which includes: security, data protection and compliance requirements. Hybrid cloud is an excellent opportunity for Basis consultants to learn various integrated tools on how to integrate and how to troubleshoot issues that span multiple clouds.
End-to-End Root Cause Analysis
End-to-End Root Cause Analysis in SAP basis isolates a problem causing component as soon as identified and eliminates it by involving right experts for problem resolution. SAP Basis experts spent most of their time checking the system and working on project installations. With above mentioned automated environments such as containers and multiple clouds, the role requires more Root Cause Analysis.
With a team of experts in SAP Basis, SAP BASIS Solution Services strive towards the transition to an SRE-centric environment over the next ten years where the future of SAP is lying, and it’s going to be a really exciting place to be.