Is LDAP typically used in conjunction with SAP?

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Published on 2012-09-28T01:33:38Z Indexed on 2012/09/28 15:40 UTC
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I have potential clients that all use SAP. To avoid silent push back from IT, we want to make sure we don't add extra complexity to their job if the client (our client internal to the company is not IT) wants to adopt our SaaS. One way to avoid headaches is to add support for LDAP in our SaaS (a bit of work, but nothing major) ahead of time and make sure to mention that to IT.

I really know nothing about SAP. Does SAP use an internal or external LDAP server usually?

Updated question: A Company relies on an Asset management product from SAP. If I wanted to provide a SaaS that shares space in their workflow, is it advisable to use the SAP product authentication service (if it exists), and if so, do they provide an API?

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