SAP Single Sign-On
Simple and secure access to business applications
The SAP Single Sign-On application enables users to log in once to gain secure access to all the software they require throughout the day with no need to log in again.

Give users a better experience while keeping your data secure
Simple and secure user access
Secure data communication
Advanced security capabilities
Key benefits
Increased user productivity
Simplify your users’ everyday work and boost employee productivity by eliminating the need to perform separate log in procedures for each business application.
Higher profits from increased cost efficiency
Lower your help desk costs with a significant reduction in support calls focused on recovering passwords and unlocking accounts.
Greater security
Implement powerful security measures for your business-critical applications by using risk-based and two-factor authentication.
Key features
Simple and secure access
- Support single sign-on (SSO) for SAP Web applications and desktop clients, such as SAP GUI
- Reuse existing infrastructure, such as Microsoft Active Directory, hardware security tokens, or smart cards
- Benefit from simple software rollout, configuration, and operations
Various authentication technologies
- Achieve fast implementation by means of Kerberos technology based on the corporate Windows domain
- Provide SSO in a heterogeneous environment by using X.509 certificates
- Use identity federation for cross-company scenarios with Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) technology
Advanced security capabilities
- Implement two-factor and risk-based authentication for critical systems and to secure access from outside the company
- Use authentication with smart cards or radio-frequency identification (RFID) tokens
- Profit from simplified lifecycle management of server-side certificates
Technical and security resources
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