Max Katz

Staff Developer Advocate, Okta Workflows

Max Katz is a Staff Developer Advocate for Okta Workflows. Max loves the no-code automation space and creating educational content. Before Okta, Max led the North America Developer Advocacy team at IBM. Before IBM, Max led developer advocacy for a cloud-based mobile app platform, Appery, helping it grow from zero to over 400,000 developers. Max regularly writes on his http://maxkatz.net blog.

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Okta Workflows Tutorial: Send an Email Notification for a New Okta Event

This tutorial is part of Okta Workflows with Microsoft series: Send an Email Notification for a New Okta Event Send a Notification to Microsoft Teams for a New Okta Event Send a Rich Message to Microsoft Teams for a New Okta Event Using Microsoft API In this step-by-step tutorial, you will build a flow to send an email notification using the…

Okta Workflows Tutorial: Import Users from Google Sheets and Create Users in Okta

In this step-by-step tutorial, you will build a flow that imports users from Google Sheets spreadsheet and creates new users in Okta. Things you will learn: How to connect and import data from Google Sheets. How to use a helper flow to create for-each logic. How to create users in Okta. How to test individual cards and the flow. How to set up a…

Workflows for Customer Identity Cloud (CIC): Automating and customizing Identity processes with no-code

Developers often face the challenge of personalizing Customer Identity flows, which typically involves writing custom code or scripts. However, this approach can be complex, time-consuming, and resource-intensive, limiting the ability to implement personalized campaigns that drive a strong customer experience and promote retention. To empower…

New in Okta Workflows: 30-day Trial, Cancel Flow, monday.com and SFTP Connectors, and New Templates

The Okta Workflows released several new capabilities to help you build identity automation. In this blog post: 30-day Trial Cancelling a flow New connectors New templates Workflows resources 30-day Trial Workflows is now included in the WIC (Workforce Identity Cloud) 30-day Free Trial. Workforce Identity Cloud sign-up page Learn more about the…

New in Workflows: Organize Your Flows in Folders and Subfolders

The Workflows team released a new capability to help you build and organize flows. This blog post will teach you about the new subfolders’ capability. Organizing flows into folders and subfolders As you create flows, helper flows, and tables, you can create folders and subfolders to keep automation organized. Create new subfolder With folders…

Okta Workflows How-To: Determine User Sign-In Location

Okta Workflows is a no-code platform for automating identity processes. This blog post is based on a question asked during office hours or the #okta-workflows channel in MacAdmins Slack: How to determine user sign-in location information? This how-to is based on WorkflowsTip #8, from Ashwin Ramnarayanan, Solutions Engineer at Okta. Determining…

Okta Workflows Tutorial: Notify When A User Is Suspended

Okta Workflows is a no-code platform for automating identity processes. Suspend user flow This step-by-step tutorial will show you how to build a no-code workflow that sends a notification when a user is suspended in Okta. You will learn: How to build your first flow How to trigger a flow when a user is suspended How to send an email when a user…

Okta Workflows How-To: Build a Custom Connector in Okta Workflows, a 7-Part Video Series

Okta Workflows is a no-code platform for automating identity processes. Getting started The Okta Workflows team created a 7-part educational video series on how to build a custom connector with the Workflows Connector Builder. Watch the Connector Builder video series: Introduction Overview Settings Authentication overview Basic authentication…

Okta Workflows How-To: Find the JSON Object Passed From a Streaming Action to a Helper Flow

Okta Workflows is a no-code platform for automating identity processes. This blog post is based on a question asked during office hours or the #okta-workflows channel in MacAdmins Slack: How to find the JSON object passed from a streaming action to a helper flow? Getting started Watch this video to learn how to find the JSON object passed from a…

Okta Workflows How-To: Set Up a Streaming Action Card for Search Results

Okta Workflows is a no-code platform for automating identity processes. This blog post is based on a question asked during office hours or the #okta-workflows channel in MacAdmins Slack: How to set up a streaming action card for search results? Getting started Watch this video to learn how to set up a streaming action card for search results in…