This appendix lists documents that describe the use of Oracle Application Server with an Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 environment.
Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 utilizes Oracle Application Server 10g as a core part of the technology stack. In addition, you can optionally deploy Oracle Discoverer, Oracle Internet Directory, Oracle Portal, and Oracle Single Sign-On with E-Business Suite Release 12.
Benefits of utilizing optional Application Server components include:
Performance, scalability and high-availability via distributed architectures
The ability to connect a single Enterprise Portal to web providers running on multiple Release 12 instances
Uniform Single Sign-On support for all Release 12 applications
Bidirectional Oracle Internet Directory-to-FND_USER synchronization, with selective cardinality of synchronization for individual user attributes
"Link-on-the-fly" support - for environments where the Single Sign-On user IDs in Oracle Internet Directory differ from the Release 12 user IDs
"One-to-many" support - for environments where a Single Sign-On user ID may be associated with one or more Release 12 user IDs
Integration with third-party single sign-on services (e.g. Netegrity, Entrust) and LDAP V.3 directories (e.g. SunONE/iPlanet, Microsoft Active Directory)
Integration with third-party and legacy applications via Oracle Integration
A detailed description of Oracle Single Sign-On integration options with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 can be found in the Oracle E-Business Suite System Administrator's Guide - Security.
For information on using OracleAS 10g with Oracle E-Business Suite, refer to the following knowledge documents on My Oracle Support:
Knowledge Document 376811.1 - Integrating Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 with Oracle Internet Directory and Oracle Single Sign-On
Knowledge Document 380483.1 - Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 Additional Configuration and Deployment Options
Knowledge Document 380484.1 - Using Oracle Portal 10g with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12
Knowledge Document 380486.1 - Installing and Configuring Web Cache 10g and Oracle E-Business Suite 12
Knowledge Document 373634.1 - Using Discoverer 10.1.2 with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12