{"id":267,"date":"2023-01-29T17:52:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T17:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xamai.com\/sap-id\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T12:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T18:33:08","slug":"sap-id","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xamai.com\/en\/blog\/sap-id","title":{"rendered":"What is SAP ID and what is the difference with SAP Universal ID?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the main features of SAP ID is that it is a centralized system, which means that users can access all SAP services and applications through a single SAP ID account that has a username and password. This simplifies the authentication and login process in the Account Selector, as users do not have to remember multiple accounts and passwords.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"color: #544492;\"><strong>Differences between the SAP Universal ID application and SAP ID<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>SAP Universal ID is a unified identification system that allows a person to access SAP and SAP partner services through a single account and obtain all permissions.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike SAP ID, which is only used to access SAP services, SAP Universal ID can be used to access a wide variety of services from different providers and a large amount of information and content.<\/p>\n<p>Another important difference between SAP ID and SAP Universal ID is that the latter uses more advanced authentication and authorization technologies, such as biometric authentication and two-factor authentication. These technologies make the authentication process more secure and easier to use for users.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"color: #ee7812;\"><strong>Which SAP sites can be accessed through SAP Universal ID?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>SAP Universal ID grants access to various SAP sites, including SAP Partner Portal, SAP for Me, SAP ONE Support Launchpad, SAP Support Portal, SAP Community, and AP Learning Hub.<\/p>\n<p>In summary, SAP ID is a user identification system that is used to access SAP services and applications, while SAP Universal ID is a unified identification system that is used to access data and a wide variety of services from different providers achieving custom integration.<\/p>\n<p>SAP Universal ID uses more advanced authentication and authorization technologies and is easier to configure and secure to use for users.<\/p>\n<p>If you require support or need to know how to create your SAP Universal ID, contact us and we will help you with the experience we gain from being a Gold Partner of SAP in Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>For more general information about SAP, we recommend reviewing the article <a href=\"\/en\/blog\/que-es-sap-para-que-sirve\" rel=\"noopener\">What is SAP? What is it used for?<\/a><\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the main features of SAP ID is that it is a centralized system, which means that users can access all SAP services and applications through a single SAP ID account that has a username and password. This simplifies the authentication and login process in the Account Selector, as users do not have to remember multiple accounts and passwords.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":349916,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-base-conocimientos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xamai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xamai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xamai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xamai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xamai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.xamai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353832,"href":"https:\/\/www.xamai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions\/353832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xamai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xamai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xamai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xamai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}