Identity federation enables companies to provide services and share identity information across their respective security domains. The end user does not need to log in repeatedly to access a remote entity where business is conducted. Users authenticate at their local sites, and the federation mechanism enables this information to be shared with Cloud Services.
The benefits of implementing identity federation for your cloud service include:
- Users do not need to supply login credentials to access each entity where business is conducted. This also eliminates the need to remember and manage multiple logins/passwords. Users still need accounts at the sites so that the accounts can be linked.
- Local password management (for example, resetting passwords and creating password policies)
For details on enabling identity federation with Cloud Services, see one of the following articles on My Oracle Support at http://support.oracle.com:
- Enabling Federated Identity Single Sign-On (SSO) Through SAML 2.0 For Primavera Products Hosted In Oracle Cloud (Doc ID 2087067.1)
- Enabling Federated Identity Single Sign-On (SSO) Through SAML 2.0 For Primavera Products Hosted In Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) (Doc ID 2497983.1)