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Oracle Advanced Authentication (OAA) Frequently Asked Questions On Enabling Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) (Doc ID 3069712.1)

Last updated on FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Applies to:

Oracle Advanced Authentication - Version 12.2.1.4 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Purpose

 This note summarizes the combined responses from all sessions regarding the Q&A portions of their respective presentations for the MFA Web Cast.

Questions and Answers

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In this Document
Purpose
Questions and Answers
 Q1. When was OAA microservices released?
 Q2. Does Oracle have any plans to release a non-microservice architecture setup for OAA?
 Q3. Does OAA support continuous authentication by monitoring and assessing user behavior patterns on an ongoing basis?
 Q4a. Is it possible to customize the Short Message Service (SMS) or email One Time Pin (OTP) messages sent to users in OAA?
 Q4b. Does this work with Google or Miscrosoft (MS) Authenticator?
 Q5. Is it possible to customize the OTP page prompted by OAA after an OAM login?
 Q6. Can Oracle Access Manager (OAM) be used for MFA instead of OAA?
 Q7. What is the link to the document that includes an architecture diagram, prerequisites and configuration steps?
 Q8. Which components and services are required to run on the Kubernetes cluster?
 Q9a. Is a Kubernetes cluster a pre-requisite for OAA?
 Q9b. Is OAA compatible only with Kubernetes clusters, or can it also be deployed on an OAM WebLogic cluster?
 Q10a. Please explain licensing for OAA?
 Q10b. Why is OAA a separate license as it integrates with OAM?
 Q10c. Could you please review the licensing requirements for these new products, assuming we already own OAM?
 Q10d. Please provide a brief overview of OAA and the licensing for other microservices?
 Q11. Does OAA support integration with Active Directory (AD)?
 Q12. Does this work with WNA or when federation to Azure?
 Q13. Do these messages in the OTP implementation appear in different languages?
 Q14. Is the Oracle User Messaging Service (UMS) needed to perform the Email and SMS challenge methods with OAA?
 Q15.  Is there a REST API in OAA/OARM to get user's session activity?
 Q16. Can OAA be integrated with Oracle Identity Cloud Service (IDCS)?
 Q17. OAM is configured as the Service Provider (SP) in a DMZ, integrated with EBS, in the DMZ, using a Federation Provider as an Identity Provider (IP), is it better to activate MFA on our IdP before to redirect to EBS, or is it better to activate the MFA on our external OAM?
 Q18. Is OAM's support expected to end by the end of 2025? What is the outlook for its long-term support?
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