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Deprecation of Basic Authentication for Point-to-Point Employee Central Payroll
Deprecated Required Automatically On Impact: High AI Enriched
Description

Basic Authentication for point-to-point Employee Central Payroll replication reached end of maintenance on June 2, 2023 and will be deleted on November 20, 2026.See More

Detailed Description

Basic Authentication for point-to-point Employee Central Payroll replication is being deprecated to ensure more secure authentication methods. The feature reached end of maintenance on June 2, 2023 and will be completely deleted on November 20, 2026. Organizations are encouraged to adopt more secure authentication methods such as certificate authentication as an alternative.

Impact Assessment

This deprecation requires organizations using Basic Authentication for point-to-point Employee Central Payroll replication to migrate to alternative authentication methods before November 20, 2026. After the end of maintenance date (June 2, 2023), SAP no longer fixes bugs or delivers patches for this authentication method. Organizations must plan and implement certificate authentication or other secure authentication methods to maintain their payroll integration functionality.

Test Recommendations
• Verify current implementations using Basic Authentication for point-to-point Employee Central Payroll replication • Test migration to certificate authentication or alternative secure authentication methods • Validate that payroll data replication continues to function correctly after authentication method change • Confirm API access works with the new authentication method
Product: Employee Central Payroll
Modules: Integration and Extension
Feature: API
Reference: PAY-33785
Version: 1H 2023; 1H 2024; 1H 2025; 1H 2026; 2H 2022; 2H 2023; 2H 2024; 2H 2025; 2H 2026
Valid as Of: Nov 20, 2026
Latest Revision: Dec 12, 2025
Affected Areas:
Employee Central Payroll Integration and Extension API Point-to-Point Replication Authentication