▁Altern atives ▁to ▁S AP ▁Log on ▁T ick ets ▁ ▁Account ▁aggreg ation ▁via ▁S AP ▁Net We aver ▁ ▁Util ize ▁Sec ure ▁Network ▁Communic ations - based ▁single ▁sign - on ▁technology ▁from ▁independent ▁software ▁security ▁prov iders ▁ ▁Sec ure ▁Network ▁Communic ations - B ased ▁Single ▁Sign - On ▁ ▁Account ▁A ggreg ation ▁The ▁Enter prise ▁Portal ▁Server ▁maps ▁user ▁information , ▁i . e ., ▁user ▁id ▁and ▁password , ▁to ▁allow ▁users ▁to ▁access ▁external ▁systems . ▁This ▁approach ▁requires ▁that ▁to ▁maintain ▁changes ▁of ▁username ▁and / or ▁password ▁from ▁one ▁backend ▁application ▁to ▁the ▁portal . ▁This ▁approach ▁is ▁not ▁vi able ▁to ▁web - based ▁backend ▁systems ▁because ▁past ▁security ▁updates ▁from ▁Microsoft ▁no ▁longer ▁support ▁handling ▁of ▁us ern ames ▁and ▁passwords ▁in ▁HTTP , ▁with ▁or ▁without ▁Sec ure ▁So ckets ▁L ayer ▁( SSL ), ▁and ▁HTTP S ▁URLs ▁in ▁Internet ▁Explorer ▁ ▁The ▁usage ▁of ▁account ▁aggreg ation ▁has ▁several ▁draw back s . ▁First ▁of ▁all ▁it ▁requires ▁that ▁a ▁S AP ▁portal ▁user ▁has ▁to ▁maintain ▁a ▁user ▁id ▁and ▁password ▁for ▁each ▁application ▁that ▁is ▁using ▁account ▁aggreg ation . ▁If ▁the ▁password ▁in ▁one ▁backend ▁application ▁changes ▁the ▁S AP ▁portal ▁user ▁has ▁to ▁maintain ▁the ▁stored ▁credentials ▁too . ▁Though ▁account ▁aggreg ation ▁can ▁be ▁used ▁as ▁an ▁option ▁where ▁no ▁other ▁solution ▁might ▁work ▁it ▁causes ▁a ▁significant ▁administrative ▁overhead . ▁ ▁Using ▁account ▁aggreg ation ▁to ▁access ▁a ▁web ▁based ▁backend