Configure Okta as a claims provider in SharePoint (On-Premises)

After you add SharePoint (On-Premises) to your org, configure it to use Okta as a claims provider.

Before you begin

  • Ensure that the user account that has permissions to modify the SharePoint farm.

  • Ensure that you have the SharePoint Management Shell or SharePoint PowerShell snap-in so that you can run PowerShell commands on your SharePoint Server. Add the required snap-in to an existing PowerShell prompt by entering the following command:

    Add-PSSnapIn Microsoft.Sharepoint.Powershell

Start this procedure

This procedure includes the following tasks:

Configure mappings

Validate Okta added as a claims provider

Configure mappings

You can configure four attributes (Username, First Name, Last Name, and Email) for SharePoint. Wildcard matches are allowed for any prefix match of First Name, Last Name, and Email. This includes both the Okta user profile attributes and the App user profile attributes.

To configure mappings, go to DirectoryProfile EditorSharePoint (On-Premises)Mappings.

  • If you set the search scope level as OKTA and the identifier claim as userName, don't customize the mapping for the app user's username.
  • If you set the search scope level as APP, don't customize the mappings for an app user’s firstName/lastName/email attributes, and don't leave those fields empty.

Validate Okta added as a claims provider

After you complete the installation procedure, Okta should appear in the Trusted Identity Provider list on the SharePoint Central Administration console.

  1. Go to SharePoint Central AdministrationSecuritySpecify Authentication ProvidersDefault zoneTrusted Identity Provider list.

  2. Verify that Okta appears as a Trusted Identity Provider.

Make sure that you disable the Okta Identity Provider whenever you install, uninstall, or update the Okta People Picker. See Uninstall Okta People Picker and Okta authentication.

Next steps

Deploy Okta People Picker for SharePoint agent