Elaboration of Executive Presentation of Infrastructure costs for an SAP Migration project from On-Premises to AWS
In this article, I’ll share my hands-on experience from Module 6 of my AWS training, which focused on pricing, support, and billing. I acted as a Cloud Architect in this project based on a real-world scenario. I created an executive presentation of infrastructure costs for a SAP migration project from On-Premises to AWS. SAP workloads were already deployed and actively running in a corporate Data Center with the environment divided into Production, Quality Assurance (QA), and Development/Test layers. My mission was to estimate the costs of migration to AWS, considering that this infrastructure will be running on AWS for at least the next 3 years. Here’s a summary of what I learned and how I applied.
Key Learnings
AWS Budgets, Cost Explorer, and Savings Plans
- AWS Budgets: Set custom cost and usage budgets with alerts.
- Cost Explorer: Visualize and manage AWS costs and usage.
- Savings Plans: Save costs compared to On-Demand pricing.
AWS Support
- Support Plans: From Basic to Enterprise, catering to different organizational needs.
AWS Resource Groups & Tagging
- Resource Groups: Simplify resource management by grouping based on tags.
- Tagging: Efficient resource identification and management.
AWS Organizations & Consolidated Billing
- AWS Organizations: Centralized management of multiple AWS accounts.
- Consolidated Billing: Unified view of charges across accounts.
AWS Landing Zones and Quick Start
- Landing Zones: Automate secure, scalable, multi-account AWS environments.
- Quick Start: Automated deployment using CloudFormation templates.
Project: Executive Presentation of Infrastructure Costs for SAP Migration
Project Overview
I acted as a Cloud Architect, creating an executive presentation on the infrastructure costs for migrating SAP workloads from an on-premises data center to AWS. The environment was divided into Production, QA, and Development/Test layers.
Cost Estimation Process (Itemized)
- Item 1: Current Infrastructure Assessment — Analyzed existing on-premises setup.
- Item 2: AWS Pricing Tools — Used AWS Pricing Calculator for cost estimation.
- Item 3: Savings Plans and Reserved Instances — Evaluated cost-saving options.
- Item 4: Cost Breakdown — Detailed cost estimates for each layer over three years.
- Item 5: Presentation — Created visuals and charts to communicate cost estimates and savings.
Visuals and Topology
Excel CVS delimited file format ( source used for creating PowerPoint presentation)
Presentation — AWS Cost Estimate SAP Migration to AWS
Conclusion
This project showcased my ability to use AWS pricing and billing tools effectively and to create detailed cost estimates for cloud migration projects. The executive presentation was designed to help senior management make informed decisions about migrating critical workloads to AWS.
By sharing this experience, I aim to provide valuable insights into the practical application of AWS pricing and billing tools and inspire others in their cloud projects.
