Portal Content Integration in MOSS

[Former Member]

Hi,

Have a question on portal content federation between MOSS and EP.

- Is it possible to federate any portal content in MOSS? ( WD Java , Java/JSP , VC , Adobe Forms , CAF applications , UWL , Business Package content in EP )

Any documentation link which talks about integrating portal content in MOSS , please let me know.

Thanks,

Uma.

[Former Member]

Thanks William. Once the Identity Management solution is in place, we will be planning to check more details on the User Management. On the content integration , we might pull the EP into Sharepoint so that we can leverage the roles management in EP itself.

[Former Member]

Hi Uma,

yes, it is possible to embed "external" content / views within MOSS context.

For the particular case of integration SAP and MOSS, the following whitepapers contain information about this:

1) Integrating Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 and SAP

2) An Overview of Microsoft Office based UI Strategies for SAP - Office Business Applications and Micro...

3) Interoperability between SAP NetWeaver Portal and Microsoft SharePoint Technologies

4) SAP IView Integration with Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007

5) Evaluating Microsoft and SAP Portal Interoperability using WSRP

6) Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 Interoperability with WSRP

Best regards, William.

[Former Member]

Thanks William for the response. Another point of concern is the roles management.

For a scenario like ~

WDABAP application developed from SAP side/

Business package implemented for CRM Webclient UI/

we will be having CRM/ECC roles mapped in CUA.How will these be transferred/linked in MOSS?

Thanks,

Uma

[Former Member]

Hi Uma,

You'll want/need to apply Single Sign-On / SSO; so that the credential with which your user is known/logged-on into MOSS, is mapped to SAP credential. This is a whole topic on itself.

For referral to some documentation on this subject, see my blog [Studying Single Sign-On approaches for SAP and Microsoft|http://williamvanstrien.blogspot.com/2009/07/studying-single-sign-on-approaches-for_17.html]

If you cannot apply SSO, you'll have to come up with an approach to access and map within MOSS runtime context the MOSS credentials to the roles administered in CUA. This will require custom development. Outline of such an appraoch is to apply the ASP.NET membership/role provider functionality.

Best regards, William.

[Former Member]

Thanks William. I have tried out the first approach as mentioned in most of the help docs.

The only concern I have is , Iam mapping the MOSS credentials and SAP credentials with user id and password. This is not feasible because of the SAP password I need to enter so that the MOSS SSO Store holds the value. Isnt it ?

Connecting the CUA is a good approach always good. Right?

Thanks,

Uma.A

[Former Member]

Hi Uma,

I'm afraid that in case of 1-on-1 individual user mapping, you have no other option as to administer ALL required SAP credentials in the SSO store. Dependent on the size of your user population this may be either acceptable in case of smaller set, but result in an extra management burden in case of a larger user population.

Since you apparently require knowledge of assigned SAP roles on individual user account, you cannot resort to using a group or service account.

Best regards, William.