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Background documentation User Management and Authentication  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

SAP ERP Central Component uses the user management and authentication mechanisms of the SAP NetWeaver platform, and in particular, SAP NetWeaver Application Server. Therefore, the security recommendations and guidelines for user management and authentication that are described in the security guide for SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAPalso apply to SAP ERP Central Component.

In addition to these guidelines, SAP also supplies information on user management and authentication that is especially applicable to the subcomponents of SAP ERP Central Component in the following sections:

·        User Management
This section details the user management tools, the required user types, and the standard users supplied by SAP.

·        Synchronization of User Data
The components of SAP ERP Central Component can use user data together with other components. This section describes how the user data is synchronized with these other sources.

·        Integration in Single Sign-On Environments
This section describes how SAP ERP Central Component supports single sign-on-mechanisms.

 

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