SAP Landscape Management uses the user management and authentication mechanisms provided with the SAP NetWeaver platform, in particular SAP NetWeaver Application Server for Java (SAP NetWeaver AS for Java). Therefore, the security recommendations and guidelines for user administration and authentication as described in the SAP NetWeaver AS for Java Security Guide also apply to SAP Landscape Management.

In addition to these guidelines, we include information about user administration and authentication that specifically applies to SAP Landscape Management.