SAP NetWeaver Identity Management helps companies manage users' access to applications securely and efficiently, while meeting audit and compliance requirements. The software provides a central mechanism for provisioning users in accordance with their current business roles, and it supports related processes such as password management, self-service, and approvals workflow.

SAP NetWeaver Identity Management is designed to work not only with your SAP applications but with all systems, instances, and applications in a heterogeneous global IT environment. It is also designed to work as an integrated component of your strategic application platform and delivers identity services to support a service-oriented architecture (SOA) landscape. Integration with SAP Business Suite applications and SAP BusinessObjects governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions results in a true business-driven, compliant identity management solution.

With SAP NetWeaver Identity Management you can:

• Increase efficiency and reduce operational costs with:
  • Central management of user identities across multiple, heterogeneous applications
  • User self-service capabilities and a rules-driven workflow and approvals process
• Improve flexibility and respond to changing business needs with:
  • Standards-based technology platform and integration framework
  • Identity services that enable access in an SOA environment
• Deliver greater insight and fulfill compliance requirements with:
  • Extensive audit trail, logging, and reporting capabilities
  • Integration with SAP BusinessObjects GRC solutions for end-to-end compliant, role-based control

SAP NetWeaver Identity Management is role-based, so it knows what systems to which each user requires access to do his or her work. If a user changes positions, SAP NetWeaver Identity Management can change access rights accordingly. Administrators set up the roles, and the software synchronizes permissions across different systems and directories.

Self-service is another important feature of SAP NetWeaver Identity Management. Not only can it reduce the administrative and support costs associated with IT support, but it can also help improve user productivity. Self-service provides users with one place to go to manage their information and take care of tasks such as resetting a password.

All SAP NetWeaver Identity Management functionality is delivered as a component of an integrated, open platform – so access and identity information can be correctly linked with systems, Web services, and business processes. And whether the systems are SAP systems or not, SAP NetWeaver Identity Management enables an uninterrupted flow for your business processes across a heterogeneous landscape.