In modern SAP landscapes, custom web applications play a pivotal role in extending and tailoring SAP functionalities to meet specific business needs. As organizations build these bespoke solutions, ensuring secure and seamless user authentication becomes paramount. Leveraging SAP Single Sign-On (SSO) for custom web applications allows enterprises to provide users with a unified login experience while maintaining robust security standards.
This article explores how SAP SSO can be integrated into custom web applications, key benefits, and implementation considerations.
Custom web applications often require users to authenticate to access sensitive business data or perform critical operations. Using SAP SSO for these applications offers several advantages:
SAP SSO supports various authentication protocols and standards that can be leveraged in custom web app scenarios:
Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) 2.0 is a widely adopted standard for federated authentication. Custom web applications can act as SAML service providers (SP), trusting assertions from SAP Identity Authentication Service (IAS) or other corporate identity providers (IdPs).
For RESTful or API-based custom applications, OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect protocols provide token-based authentication that can be integrated with SAP IAS or other identity providers to enable SSO.
For on-premise SAP environments, SAP Logon Tickets can be used for trusted authentication across SAP systems and web applications, enabling session sharing without repeated logins.
By integrating SAP SSO into custom web applications, organizations achieve:
SAP Single Sign-On is a powerful enabler for extending secure, seamless authentication beyond standard SAP applications into custom web solutions. By leveraging protocols like SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, and SAP Logon Tickets, developers and security teams can build integrated authentication frameworks that enhance user experience and maintain enterprise security standards. Adopting SAP SSO for custom web applications ensures consistent, secure access management across the entire SAP ecosystem.