Enterprise Ready Workshop: Automate with no-code Okta Workflows
This tutorial is part of the on-demand workshop series. In this workshop, you’ll enhance the base Todo application by creating an automated report using Okta’s no-code Workflows platform. Table of Contents What is Okta Workflows? Provision and deprovision app accounts Sequence actions with logic and timing Send notifications for lifecycle events Log and share lifecycle events Okta Workflows flows Getting access to Okta Workflows Workflows when using other Okta products Okta Workflows as part of...
We're Living in a Passwordless World
Passwords? Bah! Who wants to remember all those letter, number, and special character combinations? Password managers and password manager browser extensions can help us, but what if we stopped using passwords entirely? What if we stopped using authentication factors, such as SMS one-time passwords (OTP), that pose risks where malicious actors can access sensitive authentication information (phishing)? What if authentication was so seamless that we could use built-in device hardware capabilities instead? Seamless, easy-to-use authentication...
July Podcast: Developing Okta's SDKs with Laura Rodriguez and Alisa Duncan
Having libraries that interact with services helps make your coding life easier when developing solutions. You may evaluate and estimate the complexity of your software development projects based on the Software Development Kit (SDK) ease of use. So what makes a great SDK? Building SDKs to delight developers Staff SDK Engineer Laura Rodriguez and Developer Advocate Alisa Duncan join us this month to discuss the SDKs that make Okta’s APIs idiomatically accessible from various languges...
Enterprise Maturity Workshop: Terraform
This workshop is part of our Enterprise-Ready Workshop series. Follow along to get familiar with managing identity as code using Okta’s Terraform provider, so you can assist enterprise customers and simplify any identity setup steps that your product might require. In this workshop, you’ll use Terraform to manage users and groups in an Okta Organization, while practicing beginner and intermediate Terraform skills. Posts in the on-demand workshop series 1. How to Get Going with the...
Enterprise-Ready Workshop: Manage users with SCIM
Hello SaaS developers! You sell your software to technologically mature enterprises, and they expect it to interface seamlessly with all their other tools. In our Enterprise-Ready Workshop on OpenID Connect, you learned how to solve part of this problem, by creating user accounts in your application for your customers’ employees whenever they log in. Posts in the on-demand workshop series 1. How to Get Going with the On-Demand SaaS Apps Workshops 2. Enterprise-Ready Workshop: Authenticate...
Enterprise-Ready Workshop: Authenticate with OpenID Connect
This workshop is part of our Enterprise Readiness Workshop series. In this workshop, you will be wearing the hat of a SaaS developer who will up-level his/her app to allow users (from your big enterprise customers) to log on using their own company credentials without providing a password directly to your app. When any enterprise customer considers buying your software to enhance their employees’ productivity, their IT and security teams want to make sure employees...
How to Get Going with the On-Demand SaaS Apps Workshops
Having an enterprise-ready SaaS application means your application supports authentication best practices, can scale across multiple customers and users, has automated means to re-create environments, and can securely add enhancements and value-adds your customers expect. Join this free virtual workshop series where we take your SaaS application on a journey of enterprise-ready identity — you’ll wear the hat of a SaaS developer preparing your Todo application to support enterprise-level customers who want to use your...
June Podcast: Approaching Automation with Jeff Taylor
Approaching automation in identity Product Manager Jeff Taylor joins us for the first time to discuss the principles behind successful automation. What’s the automation journey, and how does it relate to organizational maturity? How can you scale your work with automation while avoiding the pitfalls of premature optimization? If you’re ready to start automating Okta administration tasks, where should you start? Find the OktaDev Workforce podcast on approaching identity automation Listen to the audio version...
How to Take Your Enterprise-Ready SaaS App Beyond MVP
Ready to move beyond MVP in the journey of adding enterprise-ready identity in your SaaS app? With the must-have functionality in place, you’re ready to make your app stand out, get noticed by enterprise customers, and handle user provisioning and automation that can scale! So what might that look like? 🤔 In this installment of creating an enterprise-ready SaaS app, we’ll cover this and more! Posts in the enterprise-ready Devday23 presentation series 1. What Does...
How to Build an Enterprise-Ready MVP SaaS App
Understanding what enterprise customers look for in a SaaS app is step one, but how do you achieve it? What steps do you take to support enterprise-ready identity in your app? Posts in the enterprise-ready Devday23 presentation series 1. What Does It Mean to Be Enterprise Ready: Devday23 Keynote Enterprise Readiness 2. What Enterprises Look For: Devday23 Enterprise Customer Perspectives 3. How to Build an Enterprise-Ready MVP SaaS App Enterprise-ready identity What do enterprise customers...