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Identity Provider

Okta

Vendor neutral identity platform for workforce and customer SSO, MFA and lifecycle management.

CloudCommercialIdentity & access

Entry record

Supplier
Okta
Function
Identity Provider
Deployment model
Cloud
Licensing
Commercial
Security function
Identity & access

Where the function is explained

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Single Sign On

One authentication event, evaluated by a central identity provider, granting access to many applications through issued tokens or assertions.

Topics that reference this platform

Microsoft Entra ID

Microsoft's cloud identity and access management service, the identity control plane for Microsoft 365, Azure and thousands of federated applications.

Other platforms in Identity Provider

Listed together because they perform the same function, not because one is better.

Microsoft Entra IDPing Identity

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