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Retail verified Verified Outcome TRL 9

SAP Migration to Cloud

domain Client: A global pharmacy and healthcare company handshake Provider: Microsoft Azure schedule Deploy: Q1 2021 (Milestone)
92 Impact
Enterprise Ready
Evidence Score: 5/10
Strength: High

Executive Summary

ANALYST: COI RESEARCH

In one of the largest SAP migrations in history, the entity moved its massive on-premise SAP landscape (100TB+) to Azure. This modernized their supply chain and finance systems, enabling real-time inventory visibility across thousands of stores and serving as the foundation for their digital health initiatives.

rate_review Analyst Verdict

"A definitive 'Lift and Shift' success at massive scale. Migrating core ERP is high-risk/high-reward. This case proves Azure's capability to host mission-critical, high-IOPS SAP HANA workloads for Fortune 50 enterprises."

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warning The Challenge

The legacy on-premise SAP infrastructure was aging, expensive to maintain, and lacked the agility to support new digital services (e.g., vaccine scheduling apps). Scaling for peak retail seasons required purchasing hardware that sat idle the rest of the year.

psychology The Solution

The company migrated their SAP HANA landscape to Azure Large Instances. They utilized Azure NetApp Files for high-performance storage. The migration involved moving >100TB of data with minimal business disruption.

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Integrations
POS, E-commerce
Deployment Model
Public Cloud (IaaS)
Data Classification
Financial / Inventory / PII
Estimated TCO / ROI
High
POC Summary (2019-01-01 to 2020-01-01)

"N/A (Strategic Transformation)"

shield Risk Register & Mitigation

Risk Factor Severity Mitigation Strategy
Migration Downtime Critical Detailed cutover planning; near-zero downtime replication.
Performance Tuning High Azure Large Instance rightsizing.

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Audited value realization curve

Migration of >100TB SAP landscape Verified Outcome
Primary KPISupport for >9,000 stores
Audit CycleCost savings vs on-premise refresh

policy Compliance & Gov

  • Standards: HIPAA, SOX
  • Maturity (TRL): 9
  • Evidence Score: 5/10
  • Data Class: Financial / Inventory / PII

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Technical Audit
PDF • Audited
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How we verified these outcomes for A global pharmacy and healthcare company without exposing sensitive IP or identities.

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1. Raw Evidence

Audit ID: #PRIV-843
Evidence: Direct SQL Logs
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Outcome: Verified
Ref ID: #COI-843

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