Micro Focus Access Manager

OpenText (formerly Micro Focus/NetIQ) Access Manager is a self-hosted web access management and federation gateway designed to protect web applications, enforce policies, and federate identities across protocols. It functions as both an Identity Provider (IdP) and Service Provider (SP) for modern and legacy federation standards, while adding adaptive access controls and MFA through OpenText Advanced Authentication. OpenText completed its acquisition of Micro Focus on January 31, 2023, and the product continues under the OpenText Access Manager brand.

Key Capabilities

  • Standards-based federation: Supports SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect, and legacy WS-Federation / WS-Trust protocols for broad interoperability.

  • Authorization server (OIDC/OAuth): The built-in Identity Server issues access tokens and ID tokens to registered OAuth/OIDC clients for secure API and web access.

  • Reverse proxy & web SSO: The Access Gateway provides reverse-proxy–based single sign-on, header and cookie injection, form-fill alternatives, and junction-based session enforcement.

  • Risk-based access: Includes contextual risk evaluation and analytics to enforce step-up authentication or dynamic access decisions based on user, device, or network behavior.

Limitations

  • Kerberos constrained delegation (KCD): As of version 5.0+, Access Manager does not support KCD, which may affect SSO implementations involving Windows-backed applications.

  • SCIM provisioning: Documentation focuses on access and federation; there is no public confirmation of a native SCIM 2.0 provider endpoint.

  • Advanced OAuth profiles: Current materials cover standard OAuth/OIDC capabilities but do not confirm support for PAR, DPoP, or mTLS-bound token profiles.

  • Self-hosted administration: Customers are responsible for managing certificates, patching, high availability, and scaling—unlike SaaS-hosted identity providers.

  • Branding and lifecycle: Following the OpenText–Micro Focus acquisition, the solution is branded as OpenText Access Manager. Users should ensure documentation, licensing, and contracts reference the updated name.

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