Max Katz

Staff Developer Advocate, Okta Workflows

Max Katz is a Staff Developer Advocate for Okta Workflows. Max loves the no-code automation space and creating educational content. Before Okta, Max led the North America Developer Advocacy team at IBM. Before IBM, Max led developer advocacy for a cloud-based mobile app platform, Appery, helping it grow from zero to over 400,000 developers. Max regularly writes on his http://maxkatz.net blog.

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Okta Workflows Tutorial: Build a Connector for the OpenWeather API

This tutorial will teach you how to build a connector for the OpenWeather API using the Okta Workflows Connector Builder. Connector for OpenWeather API What is the Connector Builder Build a connector for OpenWeather API Resources Connector for OpenWeather API You have several email notification flows you built in Okta Workflows. When you activate…

Okta Workflows Educational Resources – March 2024

This blog post shares all the Workflows educational content from March 2024. 🆕 Introduction to Okta Workflows If you are new to Okta Workflows, start with the following educational resources: Tutorials Notify When A User Is Suspended. Import Users from Google Sheets and Create Users in Okta. Send an Email Notification for a New Okta Event. Send a…

New in Okta Workflows: Duplicate Cards, New Connectors and Templates

The Okta Workflows team released several new capabilities to help you build identity automation. In this blog post: Duplicate a card New connectors New templates Okta Workflows resources Duplicate a card The duplicate card option creates an exact replica of an existing card in your flow. This is helpful when creating flows that require multiple…

Understanding Okta Workflows Connectors

This blog post will teach you about Okta Workflows connectors: Use a pre-built connector Use the pre-built API Connector Use a connector built with the Connector Builder Which connector option to use Okta Workflows Resources Use a pre-built connector When you start building with Okta Workflows, use one of the 60+ pre-built connectors. Pre-built…

Okta Workflows Tutorial: Send a Rich Message to Microsoft Teams for a New Okta Event Using Microsoft API

This tutorial is part of Okta Workflows with Microsoft series: Send an Email Notification for a New Okta Event Send a Notification to Microsoft Teams for a New Okta Event Send a Rich Message to Microsoft Teams for a New Okta Event Using Microsoft API This step-by-step tutorial will teach you how to send a rich message to Microsoft Teams. This…

Introduction to Okta Workflows

Okta Workflows is a no-code platform for building identity automation. For example, you can create the following workflows without asking IT or developers for help: Reset password and end-user sessions when suspicious activity is detected. Add or remove user access to applications. Send notifications (Teams, Slack, email) when events occur in your…

Okta Workflows Tutorial: Send a Microsoft Teams Notification for a New Okta Event

Okta Workflows Tutorial: Send an Email Notification for a New Okta Event

This tutorial is part of Okta Workflows with Microsoft series: Send an Email Notification for a New Okta Event Send a Notification to Microsoft Teams for a New Okta Event Send a Rich Message to Microsoft Teams for a New Okta Event Using Microsoft API In this step-by-step tutorial, you will build a flow to send an email notification using the…

Okta Workflows Tutorial: Import Users from Google Sheets and Create Users in Okta

In this step-by-step tutorial, you will build a flow that imports users from Google Sheets spreadsheet and creates new users in Okta. Things you will learn: How to connect and import data from Google Sheets. How to use a helper flow to create for-each logic. How to create users in Okta. How to test individual cards and the flow. How to set up a…

Workflows for Customer Identity Cloud (CIC): Automating and customizing Identity processes with no-code

Developers often face the challenge of personalizing Customer Identity flows, which typically involves writing custom code or scripts. However, this approach can be complex, time-consuming, and resource-intensive, limiting the ability to implement personalized campaigns that drive a strong customer experience and promote retention. To empower…