Understanding SAP NetWeaver Identity Management
1st Edition
Published on 25. April 2010
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-1-59229-338-4 (ISBN)
Description
Whether you're thinking about an identity management solution for your company, are currently implementing one, or are already working with SAP NetWeaver Identity Management, this book covers all important aspects for the selection, implementation, and operation of the solution. Take advantage of proven concepts and tips from the authors, and learn SAP NetWeaver IdM from A to Z.
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Author
Loren Heilig is the founder of IBSolution GmbH and has been its managing director since 2003. IBSolution GmbH is an innovative SAP NetWeaver service provider that has made a name for itself as a specialist in complex SAP NetWeaver projects. With predefined packages, IBSolution also proves that SAP projects don't always have to be expensive.
Before founding IBSolution GmbH, Loren was a project lead at SAP Systems Integration AG and SAP AG. There he was responsible for setting up a BW consultancy team that focused on HR, and he coordinated the BW/HR projects at Saudi Aramco (in Saudi Arabia). In addition to more than twelve years of experience with the BW system (he implemented his first BW project with BW 1.2a), he has also conducted BW system training at SAP Germany and Switzerland for many years. Before beginning his professional career, Loren Heilig received a degree in industrial engineering from Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Germany.
At IBSolution, he is responsible for the Sales and Marketing area. He also compiles the overall strategy of IBSolution and develops new business fields, such as master data processes and SAP NetWeaver Identity Management.
Dr. Peter Gergen has been a presales specialist for SAP NetWeaver IdM at SAP since 2008. SAP had just expanded the IdM field by acquiring MaxWare six months prior. As a senior consultant and project lead for LDAP technologies at Netscape, Peter managed customer projects, including the implementation of a directory that was the largest in the world at that time. As a project manager at Sun Microsystems, he worked in IdM for the first time, before joining SAP six years later. In 1996, Peter Gergen completed his doctorate in experimental solid-state physics, and he also published a book in 2002.
Content
1 ... Introduction ... 13
... 1.1 ... Overview and Classification ... 14
... 1.2 ... Project Procedure Methods and Case Scenarios ... 16
2 ... IdM in Enterprises ... 19
... 2.1 ... Reasons for Implementing IdM ... 21
... 2.2 ... Lifecycle of an Identity in the Enterprise ... 27
... 2.3 ... Collective Accounts and Prioritized Accounts ... 31
... 2.4 ... Assigning System Authorizations ... 32
... 2.5 ... IdM Solutions ... 37
... 2.6 ... Aspects of Project Planning ... 52
... 2.7 ... Summary ... 59
3 ... SAP NetWeaver IdM in the Context of SAP NetWeaver ... 61
... 3.1 ... From SAP Basis to SAP NetWeaver ... 62
... 3.2 ... Managing Identities in SAP NetWeaver ... 65
... 3.3 ... SAP NetWeaver AS Java ... 65
... 3.4 ... UME ... 66
... 3.5 ... SAP NetWeaver Administrator ... 67
... 3.6 ... SAP NetWeaver Portal ... 69
... 3.7 ... CUA ... 70
... 3.8 ... SAP NetWeaver PI ... 71
... 3.9 ... SAP ERP HCM ... 73
... 3.10 ... Summary ... 74
4 ... Overview of SAP NetWeaver IdM ... 75
... 4.1 ... History ... 75
... 4.2 ... Architecture ... 78
... 4.3 ... Data and Role Model ... 87
... 4.4 ... Data Synchronization and Provisioning ... 94
... 4.5 ... Additional Integration Topics ... 103
... 4.6 ... Monitoring ... 109
... 4.7 ... Reporting ... 111
5 ... Tips and Tricks in IdM Projects ... 113
... 5.1 ... Organizational Pitfalls ... 115
... 5.2 ... Complexity Risks ... 129
... 5.3 ... Summary ... 138
6 ... IdM at Industry Inc ... 139
... 6.1 ... Initial Situation ... 140
... 6.2 ... System Landscape ... 144
... 6.3 ... Requirements ... 148
... 6.4 ... Challenges ... 152
... 6.5 ... Integrated Project Approach ... 154
... 6.6 ... Implementing the IdM Solution ... 165
... 6.7 ... Summary and Outlook ... 184
... 6.8 ... Evaluation of the Implementation of SAP NetWeaver IdM ... 188
7 ... IdM at Mechatronic ... 191
... 7.1 ... Development of IT at Mechatronic ... 193
... 7.2 ... Project Initiation ... 198
... 7.3 ... Project Preparations ... 201
... 7.4 ... Getting Started -- Milestone 1.0 ... 205
... 7.5 ... Further Integrations -- Milestone 2.0 ... 213
... 7.6 ... Intermediate Phase -- Milestone 2.1 ... 221
... 7.7 ... Intermediate Phase -- Milestone 2.2 ... 231
... 7.8 ... Project End with Milestone 3 ... 239
... 7.9 ... Summary ... 240
8 ... Basic Concepts of SAP NetWeaver IdM ... 243
... 8.1 ... Data Storage ... 243
... 8.2 ... Roles and Privileges ... 253
... 8.3 ... Rule-Based Role Assignment ... 261
... 8.4 ... Tasks and Processes ... 264
... 8.5 ... Summary ... 275
9 ... Summary and Outlook ... 277
... 9.1 ... Current Status ... 277
... 9.2 ... Outlook and Wish List for Future Product Versions ... 281
... 9.3 ... Organizational Challenges ... 283
... 9.4 ... Final Considerations ... 284
... Appendices ... 285
... A ... Additional Literature ... 285
... B ... The Authors ... 289
... Index ... 293