At Xiting, we have embraced this opportunity and confidently partnered with a new strategic leader: SailPoint.
SailPoint is a global leader in Identity Security. With its Identity Security Cloud (ISC), SailPoint delivers a comprehensive platform that meets current and future requirements – extending well beyond traditional SAP systems.
The market for Identity Governance solutions is diverse: modular add-ons, service-oriented tools, and ITSM-integrated platforms. Microsoft is also present with Entra ID Governance. While these solutions address basic needs, Gartner highlights that they often fall short when it comes to managing complex enterprise landscapes.
Common limitations appear in areas such as SoD checks, role-based provisioning, recertifications, or identity analytics. While suitable for simple lifecycle scenarios, they reach their limits with multi-stage approval workflows, heterogeneous integrations (e.g., SAP ERP, HCM, BTP), or the depth required for compliance with standards like ISO 27001, BSI C5, or SOC 2.
Migration projects often expose these gaps. Critical aspects such as multi-tenancy, on-premises integration, RFC and HR connectors for SAP, or architectural scalability become key. Missing functions frequently force enterprises to add third-party tools, increasing complexity and fragmenting the IAM landscape.
SailPoint solves this with a holistic, cloud-native platform that provides comprehensive governance and the flexibility needed to handle even the most complex SAP IDM replacement scenarios. For organizations planning the migration away from SAP IDM, this means not only feature coverage, but also the foundation for a sustainable, future-proof governance architecture.
As SAP phases out IDM, Microsoft Entra ID is often mentioned as an alternative. But a closer look shows: Entra ID is primarily a directory service with authentication features, not a full-fledged identity governance system. Even with Entra ID Governance, the focus remains on the Microsoft ecosystem.
Features like access packages, approval workflows, and recertifications exist, but they are designed mainly for Microsoft environments. For SAP systems, hybrid IT, on-premises integrations, or legacy applications, Entra ID lacks the necessary depth of connectivity.
Microsoft Entra ID will remain essential for strategies tied to O365, Teams, and Azure. However, identity governance goes beyond authentication and user management – it requires consistent control across all identities, roles, and access rights, regardless of the system landscape.
A holistic identity governance approach – covering compliance, SoD checks, lifecycle management, and hybrid system integration – requires more than Microsoft Entra.
This is where SailPoint delivers key advantages for SAP-driven businesses:
SailPoint’s approach to identity security goes beyond SAP while ensuring deep SAP integration. The platform is purpose-built for complex, hybrid IT landscapes and stands out with its open architecture and capabilities:
The partnership with SailPoint is more than a product shift – it marks a new era of identity governance. Together with our customers, and in close collaboration with SailPoint, we are shaping the future of identity and access management – secure, scalable, and cloud-ready.
With SailPoint as the new strategic IAM solution, enterprises face growing requirements – especially in SAP environments with hybrid landscapes (SAP on-prem, SAP cloud, non-SAP apps, and diverse user groups). This is where the Xiting Security Platform (XSP) comes in.
XSP is a central cybersecurity and compliance solution designed for hybrid scenarios, complementing SailPoint ISC and SAP Access Control. Standardized connectors enable automated SoD checks, risk analysis, and license assessments across systems.
Xiting supports the transition with a structured migration strategy, proven best practices, and seamless technical integration into existing SAP systems.
