Scenario: Increase the performance of SAP ECC applications by moving to SAP HANA.
References:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/rhel-sap-hana/ Design an Azure Solution to Support SAP Workloads Question Set 2

Explanation
Azure Policy enables you to set policies to conform to the GDPR. Azure Policy is generally available today at no additional cost to Azure customers. You can use Azure Policy to define and enforce policies that help your cloud environment become compliant with internal policies as well as external regulations.
Azure Policy is deeply integrated into Azure Resource Manager and applies across all resources in Azure.
Individual policies can be grouped into initiatives to quickly implement multiple rules. You can also use Azure Policy in a wide range of compliance scenarios, such as ensuring that your data is encrypted or remains in a specific region as part of GDPR compliance. Microsoft is the only hyperscale cloud provider to offer this level of policy integration built in to the platform for no additional charge.
References:
https://azure.microsoft.com/de-de/blog/new-capabilities-to-enable-robust-gdpr-compliance/

Explanation:
Box 1: No
Azure Availability Zones are physically separate locations within an Azure region protecting customers' applications and data from datacenter-level failures. It is good for applications that require low-latency synchronous replication with protection from datacenter-level failures.
Box 2: Yes
AAP application server to database server latency can be tested with ABAPMeter report /SSA/CAT.
Box 3: Yes
To analyze network issue or measure network metrics you can test the connection using SAP's NIPING program. You can use NIPING to analyze the network connection between any two machines running SAP software.
Reference:
https://azure.microsoft.com/sv-se/blog/azure-availability-zones-expand-with-new-services-and-to-new-regions-in-europe-and-united-states/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/sap-on-azure-architecture-designing-for-performance-and-scalability/
https://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=360974069

Explanation:
Box 1: standard solid-state drives (SSDs)
Standard SSD Managed Disks, a low-cost SSD offering, are optimized for test and entry-level production workloads requiring consistent latency.
Box 2: to another Azure region
Geo-redundant storage (GRS) copies your data synchronously three times within a single physical location in the primary region using LRS. It then copies your data asynchronously to a single physical location in a secondary region that is hundreds of miles away from the primary region.
References:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/managed-disks/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/common/storage-redundancy#geo-redundant-storage

Explanation
The SAP Solution Manager is a centralized robust application management and administration solution used to implement, support, operate and monitor your SAP enterprise solutions, SAP Solution Manager is a platform providing integrated content, tools, methodologies and access to SAP systems.