Authentication Administration

In the third quarter of 2021, SAP plans to make a new Company Request Token self-service tool available to SAP Concur admins who have been assigned the Company Admin or Web Services Admin role.

Admins with the required permissions will see a link to the Company Request Token page on the Administration > Company > Authentication Administration page.

This change enables clients to generate Company Request Tokens without contacting SAP Concur support.

In the third quarter of 2021, SAP plans to make a new application management self-service tool available to SAP Concur clients who have SAP Concur Client Web Services. The application management self-service tool can be enabled by the Client Web Services team for SAP Concur Web Services clients who request it. When enabled, the tool will be accessible to admins through the SAP Concur web UI to admin users who have been assigned the Web Services Admin role.

For admins working with Standard entities, a user with the Can Administer permission has the Web Services Administrator role.

The application management tool enables clients to generate Client IDs (App IDs) and Client Secrets without contacting SAP Concur support.

SSAP Concur plans to decommission Concur Expense Service (CES) SSO on 29 October 2021. SAP Concur now provides a Single Sign-On self-service option that enables client admins to set up their SAML v2 connections without involving an SAP Concur admin. This change provides better security and improved support for users logging in to SAP Concur products and services.

Miscellaneous

In a future release, clients will have the ability to configure a link to their company privacy statement. The link will appear in the footer of their SAP Concur site with the text “Customer Privacy Statement”.

This change will enable clients to meet GDPR and other legal requirements to provide their privacy statement to their customers. An administrator with permission to access the Company Settings page, will enter the URL to their company’s privacy statement in the Company Privacy Policy URL field.

On 9 August 2021, SAP Concur will begin redirecting clients in the US data centre to a new homepage. The appearance of the new homepage is identical to the current SAP Concur homepage. The new homepage has enhanced functionality when services become temporarily unavailable.

The roll out of the new homepage is phased. Clients will begin being migrated to the new homepage in August and additional clients will be migrated to the new homepage over time with a target completion of October 2021. This change ensures that the SAP Concur homepage is available even when some services are unavailable and improves the consistency of the sign-in experience.

Security

RELEASE: Explicit Cookie Consent and Zero Cookie Load Expanded to More Jurisdictions (1 July) (Products: Expense, Invoice, Request, Travel)

This feature/change has been released. For information about this feature/change, refer to the applicable product release notes.

Supported Configurations

On 1 January 2022, SAP Concur plans to begin transitioning away from support for Internet Explorer 11 (IE 11). This change is in line with other SAP solutions, industry best practices and Microsoft’s lifecycle policy for IE 11.

After 1 January 2022, SAP Concur development teams will not design new features, user interface enhancements or security or bug fixes with IE 11 in mind. Over time, new functionality and existing functionality might not work properly on IE 11.

SAP Concur users will not be blocked from access when using IE 11. They will still be able to sign into their SAP Concur solutions. However, to ensure their users can continue to work successfully and securely with SAP Concur solutions, SAP recommends that clients move away from allowing use of SAP Concur solutions on IE 11 and move to a more modern, supported browser.

This change enables SAP to speed up adoption of the latest browser innovations and provide a stronger security posture.

Test Entities

This feature/change has been targeted for release. For information about this feature/change, refer to the applicable product release notes.