SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Gen2 VM

You get SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 or 16.0 on an Azure Generation 2 VM, built from SUSE's own image for that release and fully patched when the image was built. Each plan is one release. At first boot your VM registers itself with SUSE's public-cloud update servers, so zypper (SUSE's package manager) can install updates right away. No SAP software, such as SAP HANA or SAP NetWeaver, is included.

Who it's for

• SAP Basis and infrastructure teams that run SAP on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
• Teams that need the 15 SP7 and 16 releases side by side, one plan per release
• Administrators who install and configure their SAP software themselves

What's included

• SLES for SAP 15 SP7 with kernel 6.4 (6.4.0-150700.53.81). When your VM registers, it also gets SUSE's SAP Applications Module and High Availability Extension (SUSE's clustering add-on) repositories.
• SLES for SAP 16.0 with kernel 6.12 (6.12.0-160000.38). Networking is managed by NetworkManager, and Cockpit (SUSE's browser-based server console) listens on port 9090.
• Azure Linux Agent (the service Azure uses to set up and manage the VM) and cloud-init (the tool that applies your first-boot settings)

After deployment

• Sign in over SSH (port 22) as the admin user with the key you set when you deploy. When you deploy with a key, password sign-in over SSH is refused.
• Nothing shared ships in the image: root has no usable password, the build account and the build's SUSE registration are removed, and SSH host keys and the machine ID are created fresh on your VM.
• On 15 SP7, SSH is the only port listening publicly. On 16, keep port 9090 closed in your network security group (NSG, the firewall rules Azure applies to the VM) unless you use Cockpit.
• The image does not install updates automatically, so schedule your own patching with zypper.
• Install your SAP software yourself, on a VM size that SAP supports for that product.

Why this image

• Patched at build: on 12 October 2026 every available SUSE update was applied in two passes with a reboot between them, and the build fails if any security update is still pending at capture.
• Your own registration: the build removes its own SUSE registration before capture and checks that none is left, so each VM registers as itself.
• Tested on a real VM: a weekly test deploys each release as a Trusted Launch VM (Secure Boot plus a virtual TPM, Azure's boot-integrity protections) and checks SSH, provisioning, first-boot cleanup and open ports.
• Support: email support@dcassociatesgroup.com, with a response within 1 business day.

How it runs on Azure

The VM runs in your own Azure subscription and virtual network, on any VM size that supports Generation 2, and its usage is billed on your Azure invoice; the Plans + Pricing tab shows each plan's terms. This offer is provided by Derek Coleman & Associates Inc, not by SUSE.