SAP GUI SSO with Global Secure Access

Introduction

In episode 219 of our SAP on Azure video podcast we talk about about SSO to the SAP GUI using Global Secure Access. In a previous episode we already talked about using MFA with SAP GUI leveraging the SAP Secure Login Service. Today we look again at providing a seucre access from your SAP GUI to your SAP system, but this time using Microsoft Global Secure Access. For this we have Martin Raepple joining!

Find all the links mentioned here: https://www.saponazurepodcast.de/episode219

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• Holger Bruchelt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/holger-bruchelt/

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Summary created by AI

• Holger welcomed everyone to episode 219 of the SAP on Azure Video podcast, introducing the main topic of secure access from SAP GUI to SAP backend systems, and welcomed Martin Rappler as the guest speaker.
• Martin Rapple’s Background:
• Martin Rapple introduced himself, mentioning his role at Microsoft as a technical program manager for SAP, focusing on security, identity, and access management scenarios.
• Recap of Episode 183:
• Martin provided a recap of episode 183, where they demonstrated integrating multi-factor authentication (MFA) for SAP GUI access using the SAP Secure Login service and Microsoft Entra ID.
• New Approach with Global Secure Access:
• Martin introduced a new approach using Microsoft’s Global Secure Access service, which includes Entra Internet Access and Entra Private Access, to implement MFA for SAP GUI access.
• • Technical Details of Global Secure Access:
• Martin explained the technical details of the Global Secure Access service, highlighting its components and how it intercepts network traffic to enforce MFA and secure access to internal resources.
• Demo of the New Approach:
• Martin conducted a live demo showing how the Global Secure Access client intercepts traffic and enforces MFA for SAP GUI access, demonstrating the process and the technical setup involved.

• Global Secure Access
• #183 - The one with SAP GUI MFA mit Entra ID (Martin Raepple & Christan Cohrs) | SAP on Azure Video

• 0:00 Intro
• 1:05 Introducing Martin Raepple
• 3:25 Looking back at 183 - SAP GUI MFA with Entra ID
• 8:10 Same scenario, different solution architecture
• 14:15 Microsfot Global Secure Access (GSA)
• 17:55 Microsoft Entra Private Access
• 19:45 Demo Flow
• 26:10 Demo - SAP GUI MFA with Entra Private Access
• 30:10 Wrap-up