For our second edition of The Production Line, we’re going back to the future with Automations. Introduced in February of 2019, this Early Availability (EA) feature is currently the most popular EA selection since we added self-enablement options for super admins, so let’s dig in! What are Automations? The Automations feature impacts three areas that make the lives of admins and IT teams easier: security issues, audit and compliance requirements, and IT productivity. How does it work? It’s a rules-based framework that automates (often manual) lifecycle tasks, and is composed of two parts: conditions and actions. You define the condition, as well as the elements that trigger the action Okta performs. A common problem Automations can solve is ending the lifecycle of a contractor’s account. Unlike employee accounts, which IT generally has more control of, and visibility into, contractor accounts are often handled in.