Product Description
This practical guide offers you a detailed introduction to all the essential aspects of SAP Authorization management, as well as the necessary organizational and technical structures and tools. Take advantage of a proven Phase Model to help you navigate through all of the stages leading up to the implementation and deployment of an authorization concept, from the procedural steps required to design the concept, to the production phase, and lastly, to the supervision… More >>
#1 by Anonymous on April 14, 2010 - 12:17 am
This is far and away the best text I’ve seen on sap authorization. The portals concepts are very well explained. highly recommended
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by Susan K-H on April 14, 2010 - 1:21 am
This is an essential book to help with “conceptualizing” what’s going on with authorizations…the criticism by the other reviewer of this book on this web site is (in my opinion) mostly misplaced, as the details of how to actually click-n-use Authorizations transactions such as PFCG or SU01 or PPOM needs to be learned in the SAP class (was CA 940), or you can use the Made Easy Guide.
I highly recommend before going to the SAP class on Authorizations that you read this book and crash around in a test SAP client a bit… Note that the SAP class, which cost thousands of dollars, didn’t provide a free copy of this book (or even mention it’s existance…typical SAP)
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by Juan Carlos Garcia on April 14, 2010 - 2:45 am
You put together a team of 8 people from IBM, 1 Doctor among them, to produce a book with no specific details that explain in detail, as expected, and after reading the table of contents, how to do the work with sufficient screen shots, step by step actions, etc.
This is an IBM best practives generic guideline, not an SAP in detail book.
An article from the SAP Professional Journal about the matter, has more contents than this book.
I do not recommend it, unless you are a project manager, and want to have a brush up of what SAP security is all about.
I apologize for the comment, but I expected more from IBM and SAP, as well.
Rating: 1 / 5
#4 by Wannabe SAP Admin on April 14, 2010 - 3:06 am
This book is simply superb. I am somewhat experienced in SAP Authorizations. I learnt the basics of authorizations from the book “Authorizations made easy” by SAP Press. But after that I bought this book, and I cant emphasize how much this book has helped me to get the bigger picture of Authorizations. A must book for wannabe SAP Authorization Administrators. First book is AMEZ, next comes this book. I found it very helpful to understand how the SAP Authorization system is designed in an actual implementation. I am sure this book will be very helpful to people who are already experienced, but for beginners this is a book that cant be missed !!!
Rating: 5 / 5