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Simplify identity management with Universal Directory

Centralize your user, group, and device management in a single control panel, so you can adopt any technology at scale.

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Multiple identity sources, one view at a time. See how you can effortlessly break down identity silos and reduce fragmentation.

Up to 5x

faster IT integration of acquired businesses*

0

help desk calls for AD password resets*

$50K

average customer savings by eliminating on-premises LDAP or ADFS maintenance*

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Centralize your identity management

Integrate across your technology stack for unified user management to control all your identities in one place and keep your security policies consistent.

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Create a source of truth for identity

Manage all your identities in a universal cloud directory, keep them in sync across identity sources, and enable holistic governance across users—simplifying your workforce management. However your organization is structured, we’ve got you covered.

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Accelerate your technology adoption

Modernize your identity approach and allow your admins to focus on adopting the technology your enterprise needs, all while reducing your dependency on on-premises infrastructure like AD and LDAP. 

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“We chose Okta predominantly because of its flexibility, agility, and risk management. The other reason was because the Okta leadership team shares our ethos in terms of always striving to be better. A high level of trust was always there with Okta.”

Steve Williams

Enterprise Chief Information Security Officer, NTT Data

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“Okta’s Universal Directory was really the key for me. Taking the traditional Microsoft AD environment, moving it to the cloud, and then managing down — it’s just a great idea.”

Willie Clemons

Director of Identity and Access Management

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“Okta makes it easier for us to roll out capabilities consistently to all our business units, so that we can get brands working together globally wherever we need them to.”

Dominic Shine

Chief Information Officer

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Manage the user lifecycle

Streamline onboarding, role changes, and offboarding by automating app provisioning.

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Okta Developer

Deploy auth that protects your users, apps, APIs, and infrastructure.

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Featured integrations

Discover thousands of pre-built integrations that make it easier and faster to address your top business challenges.

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User management

Learn more about managing your user profiles—including profile type, attribute mappings, expressions, and more.

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Scale securely and establish policies

See how Universal Directory enables companies to manage data from multiple sources.

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Enhancements that scale with you

Control the sprawl of user attributes and entitlements. Learn how Universal Directory can help you structure and manage user identities from a single control panel.

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Move away from Active Directory

See why organizations are trading Active Directory for Universal Directory to easily keep up with their companies’ evolving directory and access management needs.

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Why Okta

The World’s Identity Company™

Okta’s solutions are extensive, secure, easy-to-use, reliable, and work with your existing technology. So no matter your stack, we’ve got your back. More than 19,000 customers rely on our 7,000+ pre-built integrations, extensibility, and flexibility.

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*Savings are estimates based on customer reporting. Savings may vary and are not guaranteed.