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    Microsoft Entra ID

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Entra ID (formerly Microsoft Azure Active Directory or Azure AD) is a cloud-based identity and access management (IAM) solution supporting restricted access to applications with Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) built-in, single sign-on (SSO), B2B collaboration controls, self-service password, and integration with Microsoft productivity and cloud storage (Office 365, OneDrive, etc) as well as 3rd party services.

    $6

    per user/per month

    Okta

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AOkta is an enterprise grade identity management service, built in the cloud. IT can manage access across any application, person or device. Whether the people are employees, partners or customers or whether the applications are in the cloud, on premises or on a mobile device, Okta helps IT become more secure and maintain compliance. The Okta service provides directory services, single sign-on, authentication, provisioning, workflow, and built in reporting. ment systems.

    $6

    per month per user

    Visa Secure

    N/AN/AVisa developed the original 3-D Secure protocol more than 15 years ago to protect eCommerce transactions by providing an additional layer of identity verification before authorization. 3-D Secure (3DS) enables the exchange of data between the merchant, card issuer and, when necessary, the consumer, to validate that the transaction is being initiated by the rightful owner of the account.N/A
    Pricing
    Microsoft Entra IDOktaVisa Secure
    Editions & Modules
    Premium P1
    $6.00
    per user/per month
    Premium P2
    $9.00
    per user/per month
    Starter
    $6.00
    per month per user
    Essentials
    $17.00
    per month per user
    Professional
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    Enterprise
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    Microsoft Entra IDOktaVisa Secure
    Free Trial
    YesYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Considered Multiple Products
    Microsoft
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    I try to get rid of Okta, and I'm trying to put everything into Microsoft Entra ID.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    We've done stuff with Okta for Identity and Duo. Those would probably be the two big ones that I would say that people would recognize and stuff. There's some other smaller players we've talked to, but those are the two big ones that we play with. We're still using it. So, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    Microsoft Entra ID is not as stand-alone product as competitors like Okta. It may lack some of the features that competing products have but on the other hand it integrates both technically and license wise with other Microsoft cloud services and is easy to deploy. It is also …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    Okta One. Log on. Hint, this was the best because we're mainly a Microsoft shop.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    We use DUO as another IDP solution and we also evaluated Okta as a solution. We didn't have a choice to be honest, because Microsoft products, you can't get away with it, but it's built in and a bunch of other providers have it as authentication, so it's great.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    Google Directory. We've evaluated Okta as well for SO. Those are the two. I mean, we selected this one because we want it to be a Microsoft shop.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    We're a Microsoft Native shop, so we're looking at Okta's identity tool, SailPoint and a few other competitors of Venture id. And we decided to go with this one because we're already using Active Directory, so just using the native Microsoft Suites kind of just they integrate …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    Previously we had worked with Okta, which was kind of using our replacement for active directory server, and I know that has integrations, but we ended up just going with Entra ID just for the ease of access and without having to stack on an additional third party application …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    EntraID performs better than Okta for digital workload IAM and endpoint security, in particular we went with EntraID due to the CloudSync feature.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    We looked at Okta. There was another Sammo product. Okta was one of the big-name ones and I forget the other smaller one off end. It's a little less robust, but that's not necessarily a bad thing because it just needs to work and it does that.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    We are using Microsoft Entra ID for the 200 licenses we have and we use okta for 400 user and the rest is in Keycloak. From user's perspective, the Microsoft Entra ID is mile ahead of the other two as it is built for that purpose, from the Support perspective, it is also much …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    We integrate with all the other identity providers. For me, as a consultant and engineer, it's very important to embrace the modern features and functionalities being made available in 2026, especially when it comes to platform SSO. And I've been working with Microsoft on that …
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    It's already implemented at most of our customers, so it's already there.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    Microsoft Entra ID provides best-in-class security features.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    Microsoft Entra ID offers the same or very similar services to the other products but in a package that is familiar and recognizable to everyone. It enjoys better community support and world-class security and reliability.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    We find that this is more integrated into various apps, which provides an almost single pane of control for access to our device and user estate.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    More people are already using it, so makes sense of using this one.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    Because we use a lot of other Microsoft products, so my inclination is more towards Entra ID because it's a Microsoft system. And we'll find support for Microsoft more than any other software. So that's why I lean more towards Microsoft.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    The use the flexibility and the easiness of it. We don't need any maintenance or management cost on top of it.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    Our company ecosystem is microsoft based and using Microsoft Entra ID is very easy, The integration is much easier for microsoft environment as compared to other.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    Microsoft Entra ID provided better services at an affordable cost.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    We use DUO on some things and then we use some of Microsoft's endpoint security stuff.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    Okta has no chance to compete with Microsoft Entra ID's features. Also the usability of microsoft products and user management is easier when you have one product that does almost everything.
    Incentivized
    Chose Microsoft Entra ID
    Selecting Microsoft Entra ID is a good choice over Okta if you already utilize parts of the Microsoft Suite. It is a solid competitor and if your business is already paying for Microsoft products, why not use it? Okta is a great competitor, but simply already using Microsoft …
    Incentivized
    Okta
    Chose Okta
    We previously looked at Azure AD (now known as Microsoft Entra ID) for our IDP (Identity Provider). Okta has an interface that seems easier to navigate and configure than that of Entra ID. Additionally, the wide range of vendors/software that Okta supports made it an easy …
    Incentivized
    Chose Okta
    We have used Azure Entra ID which sometimes lacks compatibility with new SAAS apps and also not so easy to manage user access provisioning and deprovisioning like Okta. Also I believe managing sign-on policies are easy in Okta as comparison to Azure AD.
    Incentivized
    Chose Okta
    Okta is far superior in terms of integrations, user interface, automation, and connectivity. Additionally, Okta offers better support and availability, and a more robust solution across every capacity Entra competes in. Okta simply works, whereas Microsoft Entra has a large …
    Incentivized
    Chose Okta
    Internal expertise was with Okta, we also considered total cost of ownership, admin overhead, and deployment/setup time.
    Incentivized
    Chose Okta
    Okta provides a better user experience and a portal to make things simple not only for the admins but also the customers. Compared to Entra and Duo Okta is light years ahead in innovation and user experience.
    Incentivized
    Chose Okta
    At the time when we moved from ADFS to Okta, Okta was the superior product for are use case. There was no ADFS/SAML connection available for for Citrix Cloud. Now, Entra ID has progressed and is supported by almost every application, we might be moving back to Entra ID.
    Incentivized
    Chose Okta
    They had same functionality as them for mobiles and we were moving to Intune anyway.
    Incentivized
    Chose Okta
    I had the opportunity to use Citrix but it was an "heavy" tool. I prefer Okta here.
    Regarding MS Active Directory I think is a good too with good features and not hard to use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Okta
    With respective to user interface and license cost, we thought The Okta Identity Cloud was better than other tools for use. Their customization of license was another reason for us to go with The Okta Identity Cloud over other tools.
    Incentivized
    Chose Okta
    I feel Okta is more advanced over the other providers who branch into too many facets
    Incentivized
    Chose Okta
    Okta was the most expensive choise between than, but still our best bet. This was caused because they were able to integrate with 90% of our software without any headache and 10% with some studies - this work would be higher and requires more working hours from our engineers if …
    Incentivized
    Chose Okta
    I didn't select Okta - it was in place before my arrival. However, I have used Microsoft's SSO product, and I find Okta is easier to use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Okta
    While I wasn't involved in the official purchasing process of Okta, I would imagine that the scalability that Okta provides and usability would be a big differentiator in whether you were to utilize Okta over Azure AD for SSO purposes across a your user base.
    Incentivized
    Chose Okta
    Azure AD had better developer library support and documentation, but we weren't with Okta because it had more flexibility in how user tokens for OIDC could be generated. At the time, a few years ago (2017), Azure only allowed so many AD groups into the token but Okta didn't …
    Incentivized
    Chose Okta
    Okta is the best out of its competitors due to its ease of use, out of the box functionality, and opportunities for customization. It is a good company to work with and strives to be there for its customers. Administration is a breeze and the documentation is quite extensive.
    Incentivized
    Chose Okta
    Our main points of consideration in choosing an identity provider were simplicity of integration into our existing enterprise application suite and cost. Okta Identity Cloud proved to be on par with other contenders in the field in terms of integration capability, and was more …
    Incentivized
    Chose Okta
    Okta is more flexible, easier to use, and continuously gets better. The organization listens well to its users, and enhances the product frequently with what the users are looking for.
    Incentivized
    Chose Okta
    Siteminder---It is an on-premise application which is difficult to integrate with cloud-based applications. As Okta is a cloud application we can integrate both on-premise and cloud applications.
    Ping--It doesn't provide the applications templates which [are] provided by Okta. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Okta
    This is subjective to your own experience, but I do find Okta is far simpler to setup, connect with apps and use. Okta is the front runner in gartner for a reason, Microsoft is improving but [is] still complicated. When choosing apps for your business, consider the ease of use …
    Incentivized
    Chose Okta
    Okta has the best dashboard for navigation and is very end-user friendly. Easy to navigate and configure applications and SSO and a very effective way of managing end-user issues.
    SSO-wise it is the best product in terms of end-user experience; [it's a] seamless process for the …
    Incentivized
    Visa
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    227 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    129 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    206 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    103 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    225 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    129 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    155 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    74 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    183 Answers
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    85 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Microsoft Entra IDOktaVisa Secure
    Identity Management
    Comparison of Identity Management features of Microsoft Entra ID and Okta and Visa Secure with EMV 3-D Secure
    Feature
    Microsoft Entra ID
    8.6
    123 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Okta
    8.8
    159 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Visa Secure with EMV 3-D Secure
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    Ratings
    ID-Management Access Control9.1122 Ratings9.3146 Ratings00 Ratings
    ID Management Single-Sign On (SSO)9.5119 Ratings9.3158 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Factor Authentication9.2121 Ratings9.2154 Ratings00 Ratings
    Password Management8.2113 Ratings7.9147 Ratings00 Ratings
    Account Provisioning and De-provisioning8.5114 Ratings8.7133 Ratings00 Ratings
    ID Management Workflow Automation8.290 Ratings8.5123 Ratings00 Ratings
    ID Risk Management7.797 Ratings8.6116 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Entra IDOktaVisa Secure
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (241 ratings)
    8.9
    (200 ratings)
    -
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    Likelihood to Renew
    9.8
    (16 ratings)
    8.0
    (18 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (57 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.1
    (21 ratings)
    10.0
    (12 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.7
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    7.4
    (2 ratings)
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    -
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    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
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    Professional Services
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
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    6.4
    (1 ratings)
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    6.4
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Entra IDOktaVisa Secure
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    Overall, the Microsoft Entra ID platform is best utilized by people looking to have one platform that manages all interactions between other platforms. The Microsoft Entra ID platform allows for a seemless SSO integration, and can also integrate with Intune for MDM. Additionally, and probably the most easy to understand integration, is the integration with Active Directory, and controls associated with that.
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    Okta
    Should be well-suited for a SaaS business organisation as they have a lot of internal applications and need a role-based authentication system between the various teams, improving security and audit log system to account for any breaches. It integrates well with internal applications such as Salesforce and Oracle. Best when need of SSO.
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    Visa
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Application integration is really good for single sign-on and managing identity overall. The correlation with Active Directory on-prem is really good, so we can manage it in a single place. It's easy to manage the users and integrate other Microsoft products. It is the base of everything else.
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    Okta
    • Centralized control of enterprise passwords
    • Extensive customization of acceptable password criteria
    • One system for Identity and Access Management to learn
    • Scalable throughout the university for all central services
    • Uniform login experience for students, faculty, and staff
    • Single point of response to address termination of access
    • Ability to use FastPass for lower priority systems
    • Excellent support of multi-factor requirements
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    Visa
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • I would like more risk policy suggestions. I guess that situation where we had outsourced employees in a country where somehow their location was changing too often, that we would have room to go, “Hey, this needs to be a lower risk.” Or maybe having easier options to let people log in when they're deemed high risk. It’s tricky because I feel like it’s really easy to do that wrong, but it’s the main area that I think could be improved. I guess also a little bit tighter administrative integration with other Microsoft products.
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    Okta
    • I do have to reset my password quite frequently. However, I don't think there is really a way to improve this, as it's a good security measure.
    • It makes me re-sign in a couple of times a day, sometimes if I haven't used my laptop for a couple of hours, and sometimes just randomly throughout the day.
    • It doesn't remember my devices, either my laptop or phone. so it always calls that out.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Microsoft
    MSFT Entra ID has been essential for managing our geographically dispersed team. We're confident that it will scale with us as grow, and we'll be able to take advantage of additional security and ID management features as they become necessary. Being able to centrally manage our user access from anywhere with a small support team is such a relief.
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    Okta
    Okta has a passion to provide secure and scalable identity solution. Their passion has come across as advocacy in a way that has deepened my knowledge of the field of authentication. I took identity for granted before but after seeing features such as external authentication I know that Okta can enable my business to reach new heights
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    Visa
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Microsoft
    From a user perspective, 10. From an admin perspective, 7 or 8. From the user perspective, it's very easy to use, but from the admin perspective, there's a lot of things that are not easily clear, testable, or verifiable without just trying a whole bunch of scenarios.
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    Okta
    Some of its features are great and some are slightly complex and not easy without vendor support.
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    Visa
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    Reliability and Availability
    Microsoft
    There has been a handful of outages but they have been either minimal or rarely severe
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    Okta
    The Okta Identity Cloud advertises 4 9's of reliability and I would go as far to say that it may even do better than that. As a true Global organization that operates in just about every region of the world, we have yet to have an issue with The Okta Identity Cloud that has impacted our business operations.
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    Visa
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    Performance
    Microsoft
    I could probably rate this a 10 but I'm always conservative on giving out perfect scored bt performance has not been a problem for us using Entra ID.
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    Okta
    From my perspective, for the things that my group uses it for, Okta is very fast. It is as least as fast as the local password database methods that it replaces on our campus enterprise services. I do not believe that it slows anything down at all. In fact, not having to think too much about the login, because they all look the same, probably speeds things up somewhat.
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    Visa
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    I have not needed to engage support for anything at this time. I have been able to find the answers either online or in a knowledgebase. I tried to skip the question but it would not let me, so I rated a 9 based on other interactions with Microsoft support I have had
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    Okta
    We've had a few support cases over the years and every case has been handled by the Okta support team beautifully. We received clear answers to questions we had regarding setup and even were provided simple to follow guides on how to setup their product to use with custom applications.
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    Visa
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    Online Training
    Microsoft
    Most training was internally produced
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    Okta
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    Visa
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    Implementation Rating
    Microsoft
    Make sure you use a good partner. Our implementation was a bit longer and more problematic than we expected. Our partner got it done, but, in my opinion, some of their inexperience and staffing issues were evident.
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    Okta
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    Visa
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    We've done stuff with Okta for Identity and Duo. Those would probably be the two big ones that I would say that people would recognize and stuff. There's some other smaller players we've talked to, but those are the two big ones that we play with. We're still using it. So, because it was integrated into everything we've already done, it just made it almost indispensable.
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    Okta
    Okta is far superior in terms of integrations, user interface, automation, and connectivity. Additionally, Okta offers better support and availability, and a more robust solution across every capacity Entra competes in. Okta simply works, whereas Microsoft Entra has a large overhead that is difficult to use when configuring things.
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    Visa
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Microsoft
    The features are getting addresses per requirements and their value for Money. The proposed ROI and actual ROI build confidence.
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    Okta
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    Visa
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    Scalability
    Microsoft
    Scalability is pretty trival for Entra ID. It's not difficult to manage a few or many accounts.
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    Okta
    Being a cloud native application, The Okta Identity Cloud is extremely scalable and easy to setup. By integrating into existing directories and applications via standard techniques and protocols, it is very easy to both initially setup and add additional users as required. Once all the necessary integrations are setup, it's a simple rinse and repeat process to onboard additional users (which can be automated with imports as well)
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    Visa
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    Professional Services
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Professional Services' technical knowledge is appreciable as consultants design the solution as per customer requirements. Mapping of features per user specifications and assisting Customer IT engineers to implement so they can manage and administer the services.
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    Okta
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    Visa
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • We are doing a lot of sign-ins and working on it, and it worked quite well. We do have Microsoft support, so yes, we can handle all of the small issues we are sometimes having. But if you want to define it, I would say yes, we like it. Overall positive.
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    Okta
    • Increased user productivity - not fighting with IT all the time!
    • Though there could be a bit more on the 'lost/broken phone' front, the self-service eliminates time that would typically be spent waiting for IT support/admins.
    • An Okta account under a certain domain allows proper access from the get-go, and under certain apps (such as our HRIS), adding members is easy.
    • Improved security - deactivating Okta removes all account access across multiple platforms instantly for leavers.
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    Visa
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