Reorganization of Authentication and SSO Documentation (Enhanced) 

Use

The authentication and SSO documentation was reorganized to align the configuration and administration tasks in enabling an authentication or SSO mechanism to the user interface used for authenticated access.

Effects on Existing Data

The reorganized authentication and SSO documentation contains the following major sections

Authentication Concepts

Explains the concepts involved in using and configuring the supported authentication and SSO mechanisms.

This section has the following basic pattern for structuring relevant topics:

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       1.      Access Channel (for example SAP GUI, HTTP access from a Web browser, Web Services, etc.)

                            a.      Authentication and SSO mechanism supported by the corresponding access channel

Authentication infrastructure

Provides information about common security and administration functions to support configuration and management of supported authentication and SSO mechanisms.

This section has the following basic pattern for structuring relevant topics:

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       1.      Technology stack

                            a.      Supported authentication infrastructure functions

Integration in SSO environments

Contains information about configuration and management tasks to integrate SAP NetWeaver systems in SSO environments that use a supported authentication and SSO mechanisms.

This section has the following basic pattern for structuring relevant topics:

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       1.      Access Channel

                            a.      Supported authentication and SSO mechanisms

                                                  i.       Configuration tasks for underlying technology stack

Developing Authentication Enhancements

Provides information about necessary tasks to use authentication and SSO in custom development. In addition provides information about developing custom authentication mechanisms.

This section is structured according to the underlying technology stack used for the custom development. This section also contains information about integrating third party systems in SSO environments using custom development.