Okta Essentials for Administrators

This course will be retired starting in August 2026. Customers who previously purchased the course, please reach out training@Okta.com to schedule. New customers, please register for our new course Okta Foundations for Administrators.

Develop comprehensive skills in Okta Identity Cloud through hands-on experience configuring users, groups and applications. Learn how to implement Single Sign-On, manage user lifecycles, and strengthen security using Okta's policy framework. 

By attending this course, you will gain the skills to:

• Integrate Okta into your organization for easy user access to applications and data.
• Identify the features and functions of Okta to maximize the value of your Okta investment.
• Create and configure user accounts within Okta for data access and administration.
• Integrate external directories to provide secure application access.
• Create and manage groups for efficient user and application association and provisioning.
• Leverage Universal Directory to manage user profiles and attributes.
• Configure applications for secure employee access to corporate data.
• Configure authentication and session policies in Okta's policy framework.
• Implement passwordless authentication using Okta FastPass.
• Monitor application usage and analyze authentication errors to quickly resolve employee or access issues.

To be successful in this course, you should have:

• Basic familiarity with Active Directory
• Basic networking knowledge

Prerequisite:

• Before attending this course, please complete Identity Access Management: Exploration Plan

Setup Requirements:

• Install Okta Verify on your device prior to class.
• Zoom: Check your compatibility in advance at https://zoom.us/test
• Students use their own computers.
• Okta provides access to an Okta org and a virtual machine to complete hands-on lab activities.