The SAML 1.1 Identity Assertion provider, the SAML 1.1 Credential Mapping provider, and related configuration and services for SAML 1.1 federation services, are deprecated as of WebLogic Server 14.1.2.0.0. Oracle recommends using SAML 2.0.

Shared Pooling Data Sources is deprecated as of WebLogic Server 14.1.2.0.0.

The Oracle Access Protocol (OAP) over TCP communication between OAM Servers and 14.1.2.0.0 WebGates has been deprecated in 14.1.2.0.0. Previous Webgates versions, such as 12.2.1.4.0, can continue to use all communication modes with OAM Server 14.1.2.0.0. Note that OAM Server continues to support all communication modes using OAP over TCP, as well as OAP over REST.

Support for Oracle WebLogic Server SCA is deprecated in WebLogic Server 14c (14.1.2.0.0).

ServletServlet is deprecated as of version 14.1.1.0.0.

The WebLogic Authorization provider, which is referred to as the DefaultAuthorizer, and the WebLogic Role Mapping provider, which is referred to as the DefaultRoleMapper, have been deprecated in WebLogic Server 14c (14.1.1.0.0). Beginning with WebLogic Server 9.1, the XACML Authorization provider and the XACML Role Mapping provider are the default providers. For more information, see Configuring Authorization and Role Mapping Providers in Administering Security for Oracle WebLogic Server.

WebLogic HttpProxyServlet is deprecated as of version 14.1.1.0.0.

Oracle recommends to use external load balancers such such HTTP load balancing functionality. Options include use of Oracle HTTP Server, Apache Web Server, hardware load balancers, OCI load balancer, or native Kubernetes load balancers when running in Kubernetes.

The WebLogic JMS Automatic Reconnect feature is deprecated as of version 14.1.1.0.0. The JMS Connection Factory configuration, javax.jms.extension.WLConnection API, and javax.jms.extension.JMSContext API for this feature will be removed or ignored in a future release. Oracle recommends that client applications handle connection exceptions as described in Client Resiliency Best Practices in Administering JMS Resources for Oracle WebLogic Server.

The HTTP Publish-Subscribe Server is deprecated in WebLogic Server 14c (14.1.2.0.0).

Oracle Enterprise Metadata Management (OEMM) has been deprecated. OEMM 12.2.x will be the last released version. OEMM will not be included in FMW 14.1.2.0.0.

ServletServlet has been removed from WebLogic Server as of version 14.1.2.0.0.

Node Manager properties startscriptname and startscriptenabled, which were deprecated in WebLogic Server 12.1.3.0 but remained fully supported in WebLogic Server 14.1.1.0.0, have been removed from WebLogic Server as of version 14.1.2.0.0.

The configurable WebLogic JMS Reconnect settings on JMS Connection Factories and the corresponding reconnection weblogic.jms.extension.WLConnection and weblogic.jms.extension.JMSContext APIs have been removed from WebLogic Server as of version 14.1.2.0.0.

SNMPv1 and SNMPv2 protocols have been removed from WebLogic Server. As of version 14.1.2.0.0, only SNMPv3 is supported. For more information, see Security for SNMP in Monitoring Oracle WebLogic Server with SNMP.

The WebLogic Server Administration Console has been removed from WebLogic Server as of version 14.1.2.0.0. For an overview of other WebLogic Server administration tools, see Summary of System Administration Tools and APIs in Understanding Oracle WebLogic Server.

For the most similar experience to the Administration Console, use the WebLogic Remote Console. See the Oracle WebLogic Remote Console Online Help.

The Dell BSAFE security providers, Cert-J, Crypto-J, and SSL-J, are no longer supported in WebLogic Server and have been removed from WebLogic Server as of version 14.1.2.0.0.

The nCipher JCE provider does not support JDK 17 or 21 and therefore is not compatible with WebLogic Server 14.1.2.0.0.

The Oracle Virtual Directory, iPlanet (for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition), and Novell LDAP authentication providers were removed in WebLogic Server 14.1.2.0.0.

For a list of supported, alternative LDAP providers, see LDAP Authentication Providers Included in WebLogic Server in Administering Security for Oracle WebLogic Server.

Oracle Kodo JPA has been removed in WebLogic Server 14.1.2.0.0.

The WebLogic SIP Server (weblogic_sip.jar) has been removed from WebLogic Server 14.1.2.0.0.