Okta Identity Governance release notes (Archive)
Release 2024.10.1
Features and enhancements
Access Requests notification updates for Microsoft Teams is now available in preview environments
The notification experience for Access Requests has been updated to streamline the process for users:
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Reduced the number of notifications throughout the process.
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Removed unnecessary information from notifications.
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Notifications are sent regardless of whether they've been viewed in the Access Requests web app.
Approval sequences change
Approval sequences that are used for granting admin role bundles now require only one approver.
Fixes
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Some information was missing or incorrect in the System Log events for creating, cancelling, and resolving requests that were managed by access request conditions. (OKTA-795862)
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Sometimes you couldn't save changes to a scheduled campaign if it had 25 entitlements or more. (OKTA-812664)
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The DebugData section in the System Log wasn't available for some access certification campaign events. (OKTA-815878)
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On the Review details panel, the Application usage, Last access date, and Last certification date fields didn't have up to date information for active campaigns. (OKTA-821859)
Release 2024.10.0
Features and enhancements
Govern Okta admin roles
As a super admin, use this feature to adopt a zero standing privilege model for your org. This feature enables users to request time-bound access to Okta admin roles directly from their End-User Dashboard. It also enables you to periodically review their admin access.
The feature helps you streamline processes around requesting, approving, and certifying access to admin roles. It also enables you to control the level of access and its duration to your org's critical resources. In addition, you can audit user's existing admin role assignments using Access Certifications campaigns and specify reviewers who should approve or revoke user's access.
See Governance for Admin Roles.
Govern Okta admin roles might not be available for you depending on your org's eligibility. Contact your account executive or customer success manager for more information.
Access request conditions and resource catalog
This feature provides a new method to streamline your access requests for apps, entitlements, and groups from the app' s profile page in the Okta Admin Console.
As a super admin, you can set up app-specific access request conditions that define requester scope, access level, expiration for the access level, and the approval sequence. Based on your active conditions, requesters can request access to an app or app access level directly from their End-User Dashboard.
Compared to request types, this approach allows you to reuse existing relationships between users, groups, and apps defined in Okta to govern access instead of recreating these in Okta Access Requests. This feature also integrates the resource catalog in the End-User Dashboard with Access Requests to make the process of requesting access intuitive and user-friendly. See Access Requests and Create requests.
In addition, you can view and edit a user's access duration for the app if the app has Governance Engine enabled. See Manage user entitlements.
New System Log events for access request conditions
access.request.sequence.create
access.request.sequence.delete
access.request.sequence.update
Group Owner assignments removed
The Group Owner assignment option has been removed from Access Requests for admin role sequences.
Fixes
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On the Review details panel, the Application last accessed date and Application usage fields displayed incorrect information. (OKTA-820815)
Release 2024.09.3
Features and enhancements
Catalog name length increase
The catalog entry name length has increased to 255 characters.
Fixes
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When a customizable attribute's default setting for alwaysExtracted was changed, the saved value wasn't retrieved. (OKTA-807998)
Release 2024.09.2
Features and enhancements
Request access on behalf of another user
Users can now request app access for other users from their own dashboard. See Submit requests from the End-User Dashboard.
Fixes
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Some users couldn't open the Okta Access Requests app from their End-User Dashboard, despite the two apps having matching authentication policies. (OKTA-806140)
Release 2024.09.0
Features and enhancements
Multi-app entitlements and bundle awareness
Resource campaigns now allow reviewers to select up to 10 apps with entitlements. For each selected app, reviewers can also specify an entitlement and retrieve any bundle that contains the entitlement value. See Understand Disable self-review.
Time-bound access duration
For access request conditions, admins can now allow users to specify how long they need access, up to a predetermined maximum. See Create an access request condition.
OIN connector support for Entitlement Management
The Dropbox Business, ServiceNow, SmartRecruiters, and Tableau connectors have been updated to support Entitlement Management. See Apps with entitlement support.
Fixes
- Creating or editing a request condition for an app with more than 100 access level groups resulted in an error. (OKTA-751305)
- Sometimes users couldn't close an admin role campaign if their org wasn't subscribed to Okta Identity Governance. (OKTA-798572)
- Campaigns didn't retrieve assignment types when the principal scope included a user group and active users only. (OKTA-800768)
- Some admins saw duplicate API review items in their campaign results. (OKTA-790981)
- In some orgs, campaign notifications included previous reviewers who had no action required. (OKTA-801284)
- Some users couldn't open the Okta Access Requests app from their End-User Dashboard, despite the two apps having matching authentication policies. (OKTA-806140)
Release 2024.08.3
Fixes
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Attempts to close Admin Role campaigns could fail for orgs that weren't subscribed to Okta Identity Governance. (OKTA-798572)
Release 2024.08.2
Features and enhancements
Updates to Access Requests UI
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The Access Requests UI has been updated to improve the user experience. The user profile menu has been moved from the left side of the page to the right.
Release 2024.08.0
Features and enhancements
New Access Request System Log event
The following System Log event has been added:
- /api/internal/v1/selfService/orgSettings/apps
New Self Service System Log event
The following System Log event has been added:
- system.self_service.configuration.update
Release 2024.07.2
Fixes
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Scheduled campaigns with a single reviewer couldn't be edited if the reviewer was deactivated. (OKTA-750734)
Release 2024.07.1
Features and enhancements
The @mention change included in the 2024.06.1 release is rolled back to its original functionality. All participants of a request ticket can now @mention users as they could prior to the change.
Release 2024.07.0
Features and enhancements
Customizable reviewer context
This feature gives admins the ability to customize the fields that are available for reviewers in their review table. Reviewers can then filter and sort the table in new ways to ensure that they have the information they need to make their decisions. See Customizable reviewer context.
Fixes
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Users without the Okta Access Requests Admin app couldn't view any app instance pages. (OKTA-748462)
Release 2024.06.2
Features and enhancements
Just-In-Time user provisioning for access requests
When you associate a user with a request that's managed by a condition, Okta automatically assigns the Okta Access Requests app to the user. This means that you no longer need to assign the app to users manually to reference them in a step or request.
This functionality isn't available for requests managed by request types.
Deprecation of @mentions in requests for non-admin users
Beginning July 1, 2024, non-admin participants of a request can't @mention other users in the request's chat section. For normal access requests, admins (such as access request admins and super admins) are unaffected and can still @mention other users and add them as followers. For admin role access requests, super admins are unaffected and can still @mention other users and add them as followers.
Fixes
- No events were recorded in the System Log when a user profile attribute was changed in Access Certification Settings. (OKTA-730538)
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Group owners couldn't be assigned as approvers for access request conditions. (OKTA-738038)
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Some users could start Access Certifications campaigns but couldn't perform any reviews. (OKTA-740083)
Release 2024.06.1
Features and enhancements
Deprecation of @mentions in requests for non-admin users
Beginning July 1, 2024, non-admin participants of a request can't @mention other users in the request's chat section. For normal access requests, admins (such as access request admins and super admins) are unaffected and can still @mention other users and add them as followers. For admin role access requests, super admins are unaffected and can still @mention other users and add them as followers.
Fixes
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Links provided by an API response were different for orgs with only one custom domain. (OKTA-732994)
Release 2024.06.0
Features and enhancements
Govern Okta admin roles
Use this feature to adopt a zero standing privilege model for your org. Do this by allowing users to request time-bound access to Okta admin roles directly from their End-User Dashboard and by periodically reviewing their admin access.
The feature helps you streamline processes around requesting, approving, and certifying access to admin roles. It also enables you to control the level of access, and its duration, to your org's critical resources. In addition, you can audit existing user admin role assignments using Access Certifications campaigns and specify reviewers who should approve or revoke user access.
Govern Okta admin roles might not be available for you depending on your org's eligibility. Contact your account executive or customer success manager.
Access request conditions and resource catalog
This feature provides a new method to streamline your access requests for apps, entitlements, and groups from the app's profile page in the Admin Console.
You can set up app-specific access request conditions that define requester scope, access level, expiration for the access level, and the approval sequence. Based on your active conditions, requesters can request access to an app or app access level directly from their End-User Dashboard. Compared to request types, this approach allows you to reuse existing relationships between users, groups, and apps defined in Okta. Reuse those relationships to govern access instead of recreating them in Okta Access Requests.
This feature also integrates the resource catalog in the End-User Dashboard with Access Requests to make the process of requesting access intuitive and user-friendly. See Access Requests and Create requests. In addition, you can view and edit a user's access duration for the app if the app has Governance Engine enabled. See Manage user entitlements
Access request conditions and resource catalog is an Early Access feature. See Enable self-service features.
Customizable reviewer context
This feature gives admins the ability to customize the fields that are available for reviewers in their review table. Reviewers can then filter and sort the table in new ways to ensure that they have the information they need to make their decisions. See Customizable reviewer context.
Customizable reviewer context is an Early Access feature. See Enable self-service features.
Use Disable bulk decisions
As a super admin, you can now clear the Disable bulk decisions checkbox for campaigns that govern admin roles. Clearing the checkbox allows reviewers to make decisions on multiple review items at once.
Pushed group limits updates
When pushing Okta groups to Access Requests, the group size is now limited to 25,000 users.
Fixes
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Some resource campaigns for Admin Console entitlements didn't return all read-only admins. (OKTA-730577)
Release 2024.05.2
Features and enhancements
Manage requests associated with a delegated flow
If the delegated workflow initiated by the request type was disabled or deleted, the requests that are associated with the request type stay open unless request assignees act on it. Request assignees can use the Retry button in the request to run the workflow again or mark the action as complete to continue request processing.
Release 2024.05.1
Fixes
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In certain circumstances, not all available feature licenses were imported when an admin imported entitlements from Salesforce. (OKTA-724915)
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If a certification contained the user.getLinkedObject("manager").id expression and a user didn't have the manager set as a LinkedObject, the campaign failed. (OKTA-725298)
Release 2024.05.0
Features and enhancements
App tile update
The Okta Access Requests app tile has been updated to display the Okta logo.
Fixes
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When creating a resource campaign for Salesforce entitlements, some admins received timeout errors if they added the Role entitlement. (OKTA-723680)
Release 2024.04.3
Fixes
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Admins weren't notified when they needed to manually revoke entitlement access. (OKTA-670398)
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The users and reviewers search field for active campaigns didn't accept full usernames as search criteria. (OKTA-698900)
Release 2024.04.2
Fixes
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Read-only admins could see the Edit button in the Identity Governance section of an app's General tab. (OKTA-703510)
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The Identity Governance section wasn't always visible for new app instances on the app's General tab. (OKTA-716646)
Release 2024.04.1
Features and enhancements
Email functionality removed
Email addresses associated with Access Requests teams are no longer available. This means that users can't request access or respond to requests through email. However, they still receive email notifications based on their notification preferences.
UI improvements
The Cancel button to cancel requests is now available in the request status dropdown, along with other options like Mark as pending and Mark as done.
Release 2024.04.0
Features and enhancements
Govern Okta admin roles
As a super admin, you can use this feature to adopt a zero standing privilege model for your org by allowing users to request time-bound access to Okta admin roles directly from their End-User Dashboard and periodically reviewing their admin access.
The feature helps you streamline processes around requesting, approving, and certifying access to admin roles and allows you to control the level of access and its duration to your org's critical resources. In addition, you can audit users' existing admin role assignments using Access Certifications campaigns and specify reviewers who should approve or revoke users' access.
Govern Okta admin roles might not be available for you depending on your org's eligibility. Contact your account executive or customer success manager.
Export steps
Super admins and access request admins can now export list of steps and the requests they're associated with. A step is any item that you can add to a request type, such as questions, tasks (approval, action, or custom), and timer setting. See Export data from Access Requests.
Sync entitlements
You can now manually sync entitlements to Okta for provisioning-enabled apps to refresh a user's entitlements. See Sync entitlements from provisioning-enabled apps.
Release 2024.03.2
Features and enhancements
Submit requests for another user
Users can now request access to a resource on behalf of another user from the Access Requests web app if both, the request creator and the person they're creating the request for, are in the Request Type's audience. Request approvers and assignees also have visibility if a user made a request on behalf of another user. See Create requests.
Fixes
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Admins couldn't change the end date of a campaign if it was the last one in a recurring campaign series. (OKTA-709708)
Release 2024.03.0
Features and enhancements
Removed request list filters
The following filters are no longer supported on the All Requests page of the Okta Access Requests web app and console:
- Task assignee
- Task status
- Field assignee
- Field value
All existing lists that use these filters will be deleted.
Fixes
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Some review items weren't listed in closed Access Certifications campaigns or in the Campaign Details report. (OKTA-701322)
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Apps weren't unassigned upon user account deactivation. (OKTA-666296)
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User campaigns included groups assigned by group rules in the review even if the campaign creator selected the Only include individually assigned groups checkbox. (OKTA-682664)
Release 2024.02.1
Fixes
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Sometimes the Okta Expression Language in the User Scope field cleared when admins edited it. (OKTA-694122)
Release 2024.02.0
Features and enhancements
Govern Okta admin roles with Access Certifications
Super admins can use this feature to review users' admin role assignments using Access Certifications campaigns. Prevent accumulation of elevated levels of access and improve the security of your org with this feature. See Campaigns.
Govern Okta admin roles with Access Certifications is an Early Access feature. See Enable self-service features.
New options to define user scope
When creating or editing a rule for entitlement policy, you now have two ways of defining user scope. The Use basic conditions option helps you define user scope without using Okta Expression Language. The Use Okta Expression Language (advanced) option helps you define a more customized user scope with Okta Expression Language. See Create an entitlement policy.
Invalidate user sessions
The Access Requests console now invalidates a user's session if the user's session is used from a different IP address than the IP address it was created from. Contact Support if you want to opt out of IP session binding enforcement within Access Requests.
Updated list of unsupported first-party apps
The list of first-party apps that can't be requested using Access Requests now includes the following:
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Okta Access Certifications Reviews
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Okta Entitlement Management
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Okta Access Requests Admin
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Okta Privileged Access
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Okta Account Service SSO
Release 2024.01.2
Fixes
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The Campaign Summary report incorrectly listed some campaign reviews twice. (OKTA-682639)
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Recurring campaigns weren't listed in the Past Campaign Summary and Past Campaign Details reports if you modified their end dates. (OKTA-686465)
Release 2024.01.0
Features and enhancements
Team privacy default setting
When you create teams, the Request Privacy option is now on by default. See Create an Access Requests team.
Entitlement Management
Entitlement Management offers you a simple and powerful way to ensure that users in an org have the right permissions for each resource. With Entitlement Management, you can create, store, and manage your application entitlements in Okta. Assign entitlements using a policy or individually from the Admin Console.
The feature is integrated with Access Requests and Access Certifications to help you manage and monitor users' access to resources. You can also manage their level of access within these resources and how the access was granted from the Admin Console. Use Entitlement Management to help meet your audit and compliance requirements for professional standards like SOC2, SOX, and others. See Entitlement Management.
Release: 2023.12.2
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Release: 2023.12.0
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Release: 2023.11.1
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Release: 2023.11.0
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Release: 2023.10.2
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Release: 2023.10.1
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Release: 2023.10.0
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Release: 2023.09.0
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Release: 2023.08.2
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Release: 2023.08.0
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Release: 2023.07.2
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Release: 2023.07.1
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Release: 2023.07.0
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Release: 2023.06.2
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Release: 2023.06.1
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Release: 2023.06.0
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Release: 2023.05.3
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Release: 2023.05.1
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Release: 2023.05.0
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Release: 2023.04.3
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Release: 2023.04.2
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Release: 2023.03.3
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Release: 2023.03.2
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Release: 2023.03.1
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Release: 2023.03.0
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Release: 2023.02.1
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Release: 2023.02.0
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Release: 2023.01.2
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Release: 2023.01.1
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Release: 2023.01.0
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Release: 2022.12.2
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Release: 2023.09.0
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Release: 2023.08.2
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Release: 2023.08.0
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Release: 2023.07.2
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Release: 2023.07.1
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Release: 2023.07.0
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Release: 2023.06.2
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Release: 2023.06.1
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Release: 2023.06.0
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Release: 2023.05.3
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Release: 2023.05.1
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Release: 2023.05.0
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Release: 2023.04.3
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Release: 2023.04.2
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Release: 2023.03.3
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Release: 2023.03.2
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Release: 2023.03.1
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Release: 2023.03.0
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Release: 2023.02.1
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Release: 2023.02.0
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Release: 2023.01.2
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Release: 2023.01.1
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Release: 2023.01.0
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Release: 2022.12.2
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Fixes
Access Certifications | While approving or revoking access, reviewers had to click the textbox multiple times to enter a business justification. (OKTA-535909) |
Release: 2022.12.1
Fixes
Access Requests | When a Jira ticket was created automatically for a team, its issue type was set to the first issue type configured in the Jira integration. (OKTA-554537) |
Release: 2022.12.0
Access Certifications
Features
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Additional reviewer type options
While creating or editing an Access Certification campaign, now you can select one of the following options from the Select reviewer type dropdown menu.
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A specific user
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User's manager
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Group
- Group owner
- Define using Okta Expression Language
This feature allows you to select a Group and Group owner as reviewer types. As a result, you can take the following actions:
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Assign reviews to multiple users at the same time to make review decisions when you have multiple application owners or a reviewer might be out of office.
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Leverage the same Okta group that you use in Access Requests in Access Certifications as well. This also minimizes the need to manually update reviewers in campaigns when the reviewers change.
See Create resource campaigns.
This is an Early Access feature for orgs with Identity Governance enabled. Use the Early Access Feature Manager as described in Enable self-service features to enable the feature.
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Fixes
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The message There are no more pending reviews for this campaign was displayed when you searched for a user or reviewer's pending review items in an active campaign. (OKTA-549609)
Access Requests
Enhancements
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Improvements to Access Requests
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When you sign in after your session expires, you are now taken to the last page that you visited instead of being taken to your requests Inbox.
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When you click the email action link without signing in, you're now asked to sign in instead of displaying an error.
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Date fields are now localized properly even when you can't edit the field.
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Release: 2022.11.1
Deployment date: Nov 30, 2022
Identity Governance
Access Requests
Enhancements
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Update to request requirements
Requests submitted using Slack or Microsoft Teams must include a request type. This is to enable a smoother request approval flow.
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Add Task button removed
Approvers can't add custom tasks to a request.
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Remove ability to archive items
You can no longer archive items from configuration lists and sublists. However, you can now delete items from the sublists.
Fixes
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After syncing a configuration list, items archived from a sublist didn't stay in the archive.
Release: 2022.11.0
Deployment date: Nov 3, 2022
Identity Governance
Access Requests
Enhancements
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New System Log events for access requests
A new System Log event appears when an access request is created and also when it is resolved.
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Autopopulate groups
Based on the requester's responses in the Teams and Request Type fields in a request, a group is automatically populated using AI prediction models. This is only applicable if the following conditions are met:- The question in a Request Type has Dropdown as the input type.
- The selected Dropdown option is associated with an Okta resource list that contains groups only.
Reports
Enhancements
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New column for the Past Campaign Details report
The CSV export of the Past Campaign Details report now contains a reviewItem.revoked column. The column contains a time stamp for when a user's access to a resource was revoked. This functionality provides visibility into the remediation time frame of a campaign and helps you meet audit requirements.
Release: 2022.10.2
Deployment date: Oct 26, 2022
Identity Governance
Access Requests
Enhancements
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Enhancements for Jira and ServiceNow integrations
If you have integrated Jira or ServiceNow with Access Requests, you can now create sublists for these integrations. This allows you to control the options available to users when processing requests. See Create a configuration list.
Release: 2022.10.0
Deployment date: Oct 5, 2022
Identity Governance
Access Certifications
Production features
The following features are now generally available on Production environments.
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Access certifications administrator role
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Recurring campaigns
Enhancements
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Enhancements to the Review Details pane
In the Resource details section of the Review details pane, reviewers can now see when an application was assigned to the user and when the user's access to an application or group was last reviewed. This provides historical context for the resource being reviewed across campaigns.
Access Requests
Production features
The following features are now generally available on Production environments.
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Access requests administrator role
Enhancements
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Deprecate some actions for Okta integration
For the Okta integration in the Access Requests console, the following actions are now deprecated for new Requests and Request Types:
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Reset user password
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Unlock user
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Activate user
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Deactivate user
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Suspend user
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Unsuspend user
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List enrolled MFA for user
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Reset all user MFA
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Clear all user sessions
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Security enhancement for email
As an increased security measure, now you must be signed in to Access Requests to approve, deny, and complete a task for a request using the action link in email notification. In addition, these action links in the emails from before October 3, 2022, will no longer work even if you're signed in.
Fixes
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Admins couldn't disable the Create issue toggle when they attempted to edit the Jira connection.
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The Jira resource list option wasn't available on the page of the Access Requests console. Consequently, the Jira projects option wasn't available in the list of configuration options when admins attempted to automate Jira issue creation.
Reports
Production features
The following features are now generally available on Production environments.
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Past Access Requests report
Release: 2022.09.3
Deployment date: Sep 28, 2022
Identity Governance
Access Certifications
Fixes
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Users received email notifications for Access Certifications campaigns on both their primary and secondary email addresses. (OKTA-530589)
Release: 2022.09.1
Deployment date: Sep 14, 2022
Identity Governance
Access Certifications
Fixes
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Campaigns launched successfully even when the user scope was defined using Okta Expression Language and no users met the expression criteria. (OKTA-518924)
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The wrong campaign opened occasionally when admins attempted to edit a scheduled campaign immediately after editing another scheduled campaign. (OKTA-527511)
Access Requests
Enhancements
- Prevent changes after submitting requests
Now requesters can't modify the questions after they submit a Request Type.
Only request assignees can update answers after submission.
Admins can only assign requests to members of team, which owns the Request Type.
- Disable Request Types and notify admins
A Request Type is disabled in the following scenarios:
When you remove an item from a list that is associated with an active Request Type.
When you delete a team that is associated with a Request Type.
Admins now receive an email notification when the Request Type is disabled to make the required modifications. See Modify a list.
Release: 2022.09.0
Deployment date: Aug 31, 2022
Identity Governance
Features
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Group owner functionality for Universal Directory
Admins can now view and manage the owners of the group in Okta Universal Directory. A group can have a maximum of 10 owners. See Group ownership.
With this feature, you can use Okta Expression Language expressions to specify group owners as reviewers for an Access Certifications campaign. This allows you to centrally manage reviewers for a resource associated with a campaign without updating the campaign configuration when the resource ownership changes. See Define dynamic reviewers.
This is a self-service early access feature for Okta Identity Governance customers. To enable it, use the Early Access Feature Manager as described in Enable self-service features.
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Import group owner information from AD
Admins can now import the group ownership information from AD to Okta Directory using full or incremental imports. The group owner is extracted from a managedBy attribute in AD user profile. Note that AD can have only one owner for a group, either a group or a user, so the imported group can also have only one owner. See Import group owner from Active Directory.
This is a self-service early access feature for Okta Identity Governance customers. To enable it, use the Early Access Feature Manager as described in Enable self-service features.
Access Certifications
Features
- Automatically assign the Access Certifications app
When you assign the access certifications administrator role to a user or group, they're automatically assigned to the Access Certifications app. This is available to orgs with the access certifications administrator role enabled. See Access certifications administrators.
Preview features
The following features are now generally available on Preview environments.
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Access certifications administrator role
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Recurring campaigns
Fixes
- OKTA-525684
When reviewers bulk approved or revoked review items that had different groups associated with them, System.DebugContext.DebugData in System Log events displayed the first group for all items.
Access Requests
Features
- Automatically assign the Request Access app
When you assign the access requests administrator role to a user or group, they're automatically assigned to the Request Access app. This is available to orgs with the access requests administrator role enabled. See Access requests administrators.
Preview features
The following features are now generally available on Preview environments.
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Access requests administrator role
Reports
Enhancements
- UI text update
For the Past Access Requests report, the column header and filter labels have been changed from Requester Name to Requester and Approver Name to Approver.
Preview features
The following features are now generally available on Preview environments.
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Past Access Requests report
Release: 2022.08.0
Deployment date: Aug 03, 2022
Identity Governance
Okta Identity Governance is now generally available on Production environments.
Access Certifications
Features
- Access certifications admin role
You can now assign the access certifications standard admin role to your users instead of the super admin role. An access certifications admin can create and manage campaigns for Okta resources, such as users, groups, and applications. This role helps you control the level of access a user needs to perform their tasks. See Access certifications administrators.
This is an early access feature. To enable it for your org, contact Okta Support.
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Recurring campaigns
You can now set up a recurrence schedule for campaigns to allow them to run periodically. This helps you save time and increases productivity. You now have the flexibility to set up a specific start time when you create a campaign instead of having it launch at midnight by default. See Create resource campaigns.This is a self-service early access feature. To enable it, use the Early Access Feature Manager as described in Enable self-service features.
Production features
The following features are now generally available on Production environments.
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View known entitlements
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Campaign history
Access Requests
Features
- Access Requests admin role
Orgs can assign the Access Requests standard admin role to users instead of the super admin role. This role allows a user to view all Okta users and groups, manage app permissions and assignments within Access Requests, and act as an admin within the Access Requests Console. Using this role helps orgs to better control which actions are available to users. See Access requests administrators.
This is an early access feature. To enable it, contact Okta Support.
- Export data feature
The Export feature allows Access Requests admins can export data from the Access Requests Console. Exports can define how Request Types are organized, log which data is available in a configuration list, or list the specific actions taken for individual requests. This data helps orgs retain a clear record of the information available to Access Requests and how requests are processed. See Export data from Access Requests. - Time-Bound tasks
Time-Bound tasks allow orgs to control the flow and timing of actions within a request. These tasks are available when a team creates a Request Type, and can schedule follow-up actions on a specific date, or after a specific duration of time. These tasks allow teams to better schedule how the system processes requests. See Create a request type.
Enhancements
Access Requests Workflows are now called Request Types.
Reports
Features
- New Identity Governance report
To aid with compliance and audits, the Past Access Requests report provides information on users that have requested access to org resources, and details related to the outcome of the request. See Past Access Requests report.
This is a self-service early access feature. To enable it, see Enable self-service features.
Release: 2022.07.0
Deployment date: Jul 07, 2022
Identity Governance
Okta Identity Governance is a SaaS-delivered, converged, and intuitive Identity and Access management platform. Use it to simplify and manage your identity and access lifecycles across multiple systems and improve the overall security of your company.
Use Okta Identity Governance solutions, such as Access Certifications, Access Requests, and Reports to:
- Efficiently create, protect, and audit access to critical resources.
- Improve your company's security.
- Increase employee productivity.
- Improve IT efficiency by automating tasks to reduce the time taken and errors associated with manual data entry and provisioning tasks.
Access Certifications
Use Access Certifications to periodically create reviews of your users' access to applications or groups in Okta. Reviewers can approve or revoke access or reassign the review item to another user directly in the Okta Admin Console. Once the reviewer makes a decision, the remediation of a user's access begins automatically. This ensures that only users who need a resource have access to it and there is no accumulation of elevated or privileged access to a resource.
Features
- View known entitlements feature
The View known entitlements self-service feature identifies the groups, licenses, permissions, and roles assigned to specific users within an Access Certification campaign. Currently this feature only syncs data from a limited number of apps: AWS, Box, Netsuite, Office 365, and Salesforce. See Review campaigns.
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For each review item, admins and reviewers can now see a history for that item, which includes details about the assignment, business justification for reassignment, details of the assigned reviewer, and the final decision of the reviewer. This information is available on the Review details pane of a review item.
Enhancements
- Remediation actions for unreviewed users
When an Access Certification campaign ends early, the End Campaign dialog allows admins to specify if an action is performed on unreviewed users. See Modify campaign's end date .
Access Requests
Use Access Requests to automate the process of requesting access to applications and resources. Access Requests delivers a streamlined and frictionless approach that automatically routes user requests to one or more reviewers for action.
See Access Requests
Reports
Use Access Certifications Campaigns reports, such as, Campaign Details and Campaign Summaries to obtain information on previously completed campaigns. You can also export the reports from Okta.
Date: June 15, 2022
Access Certifications
- Improved visibility into campaign launch errors
You can now view campaigns that failed the pre-launch check or failed to launch on the Closed tab of the Access Certification campaigns page and in the System Log. Select and open the campaign to view reasons for failure. This helps you identify and fix errors in the campaign.
- OKTA-467193
Some of the buttons in the Create campaigns dialog were confusing and didn't function as expected. The buttons have been renamed for clarity.
- When you create a campaign, the Exit button is now labeled Cancel.
- When you edit a scheduled campaign:
- The Next button is now labeled Save and continue.
- The Schedule campaign button is now labeled Update campaign.
- OKTA-508375
Uncertified review items were marked as Reassigned instead of Not certified on the Closed tab of the Access certification campaigns page.
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Date: March 2, 2022 Identity GovernanceOkta Identity Governance is a SaaS-delivered, converged, and intuitive Identity and Access management platform. Use it to simplify and manage your identity and access lifecycles across multiple systems and improve the overall security of your company. Use Okta Identity Governance solutions, such as Access Certifications, Access Requests, and Reports to:
Access CertificationsUse Access Certifications to periodically create reviews of your users' access to applications or groups in Okta. Reviewers can approve or revoke access or reassign the review item to another user directly in the Okta Admin Console. Once the reviewer makes a decision, the remediation of a user's access begins automatically. This ensures that only users who need a resource have access to it and there is no accumulation of elevated or privileged access to a resource. Access RequestsUse Access Requests to automate the process of requesting access to applications and resources. Access Requests delivers a streamlined and frictionless approach that automatically routes user requests to one or more reviewers for action. See Access Requests ReportsUse Access Certifications Campaigns reports, such as, Campaign Details and Campaign Summaries to obtain information on previously completed campaigns. You can also export the reports from Okta. |