If you want to enable Oracle Access Management Access Manager to work with federation providers, you define one or more authentication schemes. The defined schemes authenticate users that request access to resources protected by Access Manager.
The following topics introduce authentication schemes and policies that you can configure for Oracle Access Management Identity Federation:
Using Authentication Schemes and Modules for Identity Federation 11g Release 2 (11.1.2.2)
Using Authentication Schemes and Modules for Oracle Identity Federation 11g Release 1
Managing Access Manager Policies for Use with Identity Federation
Integrating OAM Identity Provider With Microsoft Office 365 Service Provider