Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2019 Developer Associate — Question 34

A company currently uses Microsoft Active Directory as its identity provider. The company recently purchased Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to leverage the cloud platform for its test and development operations. As the administrator, you are now tasked with giving access only to developers so that they can start creating resources in their OCI accounts.
Which step will you perform to achieve this requirement?

Answer options

• A. Create a group for developers on OCI and map the group to a similar group in Microsoft Active Directory during the federation process.
• B. Federate all Microsoft Active Directory groups with OCI to allow users to use their existing credentials.
• C. Create a new user account for each user, and then create policies to provide access to developers.
• D. Create a group for developers on OCI, export all the developers from Microsoft Active Directory, and then import them into the Identity and Access Management (IAM) group.

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is B because federating all Microsoft Active Directory groups with OCI allows developers to use their existing credentials, which simplifies access management. Option A is incorrect as it does not provide access to all developers without additional steps. Option C is not efficient as it requires creating multiple accounts instead of utilizing existing ones. Option D involves unnecessary steps of exporting and importing users, which is more complex than simply federating the existing groups.