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Okta Administrator Maintenance Exam Study Guide
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: Okta Certification has migrated from Examity to ProctorU by Meazure Learning for exam proctoring services. Please review the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) ~ProctorU by Meazure Learning before scheduling an exam. The Okta Certified Administrator Maintenance Exam is an on-demand, unproctored exam. During the exam, test takers can access https://help-okta.login.adsbillinghub.com/ and https://developer-okta.login.adsbillinghub.com/. This exam is intended for individuals who hold the Okta Certified Administrator certification, do not intend and have no need to pursue the Okta Certified Consultant certification, but must ensure their Okta Certified Administrator certification remains current. In order for you to keep your certification(s) current, you need to either take and pass the appropriate maintenance exam or earn a new, higher-level certification while your existing certification(s) are still active.
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Topics Covered on the Exam
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Exam Section
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| Identity and Access Management | Single Sign-On (SSO) Federation | Explain how Okta supports non-OIN applications (SAML, OIDC, OPP, SWA) | 16% | Create custom app integrations |
| Active Directory Integration | Demonstrate understanding of Okta AD and LDAP agent architecture and best practices | Manage your LDAP integration | ||
| Okta Expression Language | Demonstrate ability to use Okta expression language for attribute statements, mappings, and policies in Okta |
Modify attributes with expressions |
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| LDAP Interface | Demonstrate an understanding of the difference between the LDAP interface and an LDAP integration | Set up and manage the LDAP Interface | ||
| User Lifecycle Management | Manage profiles | Create profile mappings | 16% | Provision apps |
| Provisioning | Demonstrate knowledge of the different ways that Okta can perform lifecycle management against Apps (e.g., APIs, SCIM, SAML JIT, Password Sync, Org2Org) | SAML app integrations | ||
| Okta Workflows | Demonstrate understanding of Okta Workflows for advanced lifecycle management use cases | Provision and deprovision | ||
| Profile Master | Demonstrate understanding of profile mastering, including source priority and attribute-level mastering when multiple sources manage the same user | Manage profile and attribute sourcing | ||
| Security | Authentication | Manage authenticators and profiles | 68% | |
| Administrator roles | Demonstrate knowledge of custom admin roles and their use cases | Use custom admin roles | ||
| Behavioral Detection | Demonstrate understanding of Okta behavioral detection (signals evaluated, how it factors into risk-based policies, and its effect on authentication) | About Behavior Detection | ||
| Behavior-Based Risk Scoring | Demonstrate understanding of behavior-based risk scoring and how to configure authentication policies to step up MFA based on risk level | Risk scoring | ||
| Okta Identity Governance | Demonstrate knowledge of basic Access Certification and Access Request capabilities with Okta Identity Governance | Access Requests | ||
| Devices and Passwordless Authentication Trust | Demonstrate understanding of Passkeys as a factor | Configure the PassKeys (FIDO2 WebAuthn) authenticator | ||
| Devices and Signals | Demonstrate knowledge of device assurance policies and how they are enforced through authentication policies | |||
| Continuous Access Evaluation Protocol | Understand post-authentication session protection, such as session hijacking detection and remediation | Enforce session protection policy | ||
| Network Zones | Demonstrate understanding of network zones usage in Okta policy rules | Manage network zones | ||
| Single and Universal Logout | Demonstrate understanding of Single and Universal Logout functionality |
Configure Single Logout in app integrations Key Aspects and Constraints of Single Logout (SLO) With Okta |
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| Okta for AI Agents | Demonstrate advanced understanding of Okta for AI Agents, including Cross App Access (XAA) and the governance tools used to manage agent access over time | Govern access to AI agents | ||
| Okta ThreatInsight | Understand the benefits of Okta ThreatInsight | About Okta ThreatInsight | ||
| Security against Authentication Attacks | Demonstrate understanding of how Okta secures Office 365 against legacy authentication attacks using app sign-on policies | Best security practices for Office 365 sign-on policies | ||
| Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM) | Describe the purpose and core capabilities of Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM) | Identity Security Posture Management overview |
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Troubleshooting Your Unproctored Certification Maintenance Exam
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In the very rare event that your exam freezes or stops loading, please refresh your Browser Window to correct the problem and resume your exam. Please note that refreshing your exam browser window will take you back to the Introductions Screen of the exam. However, all of your answers are retained, so once you click the Take Exam button again, your exam will resume where you left off. You will not lose any of your previous responses.
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Subject matter experts for the Okta Certified Professional Maintenance Exam
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Okta certification exams are designed and built by subject-matter experts with extensive real-world experience implementing and administering Okta services and products. Here are the subject matter experts who made significant contributions in designing and building this exam:
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