Review the Microsoft Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty (AZ-120) scope, SAP migration, certified infrastructure, high availability, disaster recovery, monitoring, security, and operations traps before practicing.
AZ-120 is a specialty exam for SAP landscapes on Azure. Use this cheat sheet to keep SAP workload decisions tied to sizing, certified infrastructure, migration risk, availability, recovery, security, and operations.
Use this with practice. Review the SAP-on-Azure checkpoints, then return to the AZ-120 exam page for sample questions and update tracking.
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Issuer | Microsoft |
| Certification lane | Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty |
| Exam code | AZ-120 |
| Main scope | SAP migration, Azure infrastructure, high availability, disaster recovery, security, monitoring, and operations |
| IT Mastery status | Sample questions available |
| Area | What to know | Common trap |
|---|---|---|
| Migration planning | SAP landscape inventory, dependencies, sizing, downtime, sequencing, and cutover constraints | Moving systems before validating dependencies and business-critical windows |
| Certified infrastructure | SAP-certified VM families, storage performance, HANA requirements, and network latency | Choosing generic VM sizes without SAP certification or sizing evidence |
| High availability | Availability zones, clustering, load balancing, shared storage, and platform limits | Designing HA without testing failover behavior |
| Disaster recovery | RPO, RTO, replication, backup, restore, and regional strategy | Confusing HA with DR |
| Security and identity | Access control, network isolation, encryption, monitoring, and privileged operations | Treating SAP security as only an Azure network problem |
| Operations | Monitoring, patching, performance, backup validation, and change management | Ignoring operational runbooks after migration |
| Distinction | How to decide |
|---|---|
| HA vs DR | HA keeps service available during local failures; DR restores service after a larger outage. |
| Certified VM vs any VM | SAP workloads require validated infrastructure choices for supportable performance. |
| Migration wave vs cutover | Waves group systems; cutover is the controlled transition to production use. |
| Backup vs replication | Backup supports restore; replication supports continuity and lower recovery times. |
| Azure admin skill vs SAP workload skill | Azure knowledge is necessary, but SAP workload sizing and dependency judgment are exam-specific. |
For AZ-120 misses, classify the issue as migration, sizing, networking, HA, DR, security, or operations. If you cannot name the SAP-specific constraint, drill SAP landscape planning before mixed Azure questions.