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Use

You can implement an SAP NetWeaver Portal in your landscape to achieve various business goals. Numerous factors mean that implementations vary from organization to organization. This section provides detailed information about implementing the following portal scenarios:

Scenario

Description

Portal on Device

Lets organizations access the portal from mobile devices, such as smartphones or tablets, using mobile Web browsers. SAP NetWeaver Portal provides administration capabilities for configuring content for different devices, and for displaying different portal desktops according to the device being used to access the portal. The portal also provides a dedicated framework page for use on mobile devices.

For more information, see Implementing Portal on Device .

Federated Portal Network (FPN)

Lets organizations develop, configure, and operate a network of portals - SAP NetWeaver and WSRP-compliant portals from other vendors - that share content between them.

For more information, see Implementing a Federated Portal Network

External-Facing Portal (EFP)

Lets organizations use the SAP NetWeaver Portal to expose applications, services and information over the Internet to customers, partners and employees.

The SAP NetWeaver Portal provides tools and guidelines for implementing an external-facing portal for a variety of business scenarios for both anonymous and registered users. Organizations can create public Web portals that perform well in low-bandwidth networks and offer a familiar Web experience for anonymous users, as well as create Web portals that provide business partners, employees, and other registered users with a Web portal that fully supports SAP application functionality (business applications, KM, etc.).

By implementing an external-facing portal, companies can boost their portal project ROI by using the same platform for the company's Internet and intranet implementations.

For more information, see Implementing an External-Facing Portal .

Interoperability between SAP and Third-Party Portals

Lets organizations integrate SAP Portal content with the content on their own company server, using a central authentication and authorization engine for web access with Single Sign-On (SSO) to the SAP systems.

For more information, see Integrating SAP Portal Content onto Other Portal Servers .