Active Directory

If you use Windows Server, you’re familiar with Active Directory (AD). From authentication and authorization to certificate services, it underscores a broad swath of the business IT world—indeed, 95 percent of Fortune 1000 companies utilize it. Here you’ll find information on Active Directory and how Okta’s tools integrate with its services.

Five Reasons Why ADFS Isn’t Dead Yet

For over a decade, Microsoft has offered ADFS as the answer to extending enterprise identity beyond the firewall. And thousands of organizations still deploy and use it – a fact that's left many puzzled (ourselves included). In the age of cloud services, massive innovation cycles and more choices than ever, why aren't ADFS' days numbered? We took…

Forest City on #Oktane15: The Perfect Place to Connect and Learn

Next up on our Oktane15 customer series, Kim Fuhrer, IT security analyst at real estate management and development company Forest City Enterprises, gives us some tips and tricks for navigating Oktane and what she's most looking forward to at this year's event. I have been working with Okta since my first week as an IT security analyst at Forest…

A Day in the Life of David Horvath: Learning How to Embrace (And Avoid) Clouds in San Francisco

As a bike commuter, David Horvath is one to be wary of clouds overhead, not to mention Karl the Fog. But as a business development manager at Okta, David doesn’t dread the presence of clouds; he embraces them. He collaborates with Okta’s ISV partners, helping them to integrate their applications into the Okta Application Network (OAN) and to…

Enabling Open Communication: Okta Connects Twilio Employees with Applications Anywhere, Anytime

Whether you’re waiting for an Uber driver at the curb, you’ve set up a call with a match on eHarmony or you’re receiving an authentication code to access a Box account, Twilio, the software and cloud-based communications platform, is there to make the process a seamless one. So seamless that you likely had no idea they were involved in the process…

How to Get Strong Office 365 User Adoption From the Start

Microsoft is cranking with Office 365. It is the most commonly used application within Okta and the second most commonly deployed in our network of 4,000+. No matter if you’re a small business, large enterprise, or somewhere in between, organizations are choosing Office 365 for email, collaboration, calendaring and more. Once that decision is made…

Office 365 Adoption Goes Through the Roof

We’ve noticed something quite extraordinary happening on the Okta Application Network over the last few months: Microsoft Office 365 is quickly working its way to #1 – meaning the most commonly deployed application in our network of 4,000+. It’s also already the most used application (measured by raw number of authentications) across our 2,000+…

Securing Your Home and Your Data: National Gypsum Meets Its Cloud-Software Counterpart

For more than 100 years, National Gypsum has built its brand around dependability and security -- they don’t call one of their best-selling products Gold Bond for nothing. But with the advent of cloud computing, the Charlotte-based company also needed to manage their applications safely and securely. We sat down with Michael Brannon, National…

Microsoft When You Need It: Office 365 Rollout Recommendations

From writing a high school essay to creating a sales pitch deck, it feels like we’ve come of age with Microsoft Office. It’s that trusted friend you can always count on when you need to create a detailed chart or engaging presentation, and now with Microsoft’s productivity suite available in the cloud through Microsoft Office 365, it’s become even…

National Geographic: Investigating Digital Worlds with Okta

From studying the mighty Inca to researching emperor penguins, National Geographic’s team of journalists, researchers and photographers have traveled the world to document the beauty and eccentricities of our planet. A 125-year-old company with employees all over the globe, National Geographic needed an identity solution that went beyond…

Oktane13 Session Spotlight with Post Holdings: “The Bad Place,” Passwords and Identity Management

Guest post by Brian Hofmeister, director of enterprise infrastructure for Post Holdings, Inc. Brian Hofmeister, director of enterprise infrastructure for Post Holdings, Inc. If you've been involved with information technology for any amount of time, chances are you've dipped your toe into the vast sea of ambiguity we call the "cloud," where…

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