Okta Administration Up and Running - Second Edition

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Using Single Sign-On for a Great End User Experience

Single sign-on (SSO) is a very end user friendly feature. But it also has great security benefits that will make any IT administrator happy. Bringing all authentication into one place doesn’t only make it easier for end users; it also delivers a single pane of glass for administrators with ease.

In this chapter, we will look at Okta’s SSO functionalities and how they will help your end users. We will look at how you can utilize the Okta Integration Network (OIN), but before that, we will look into the different connections you can make with various applications. We will also look at the difference between Okta and application-initiated sign-on flows, as well as IdP discovery.

We will look ...