Organize Users with Groups

Learning path snapshot

• Duration: 45 minutes
• Format: On-demand
• Audience: Administrators
• Skill Badge: Organize Users with Groups
• Certification track: Okta Certified Professional Performance Exam

Learning path summary

A group contains users with shared traits who need access to the same applications, administrator roles, or security policies. This learning path provides administrators with the skills to manually or dynamically assign group membership.

What skills does this learning path cover?

• Create a group and manually assign users to it.
• Create a group rule to dynamically assign users to groups based on existing group memberships or a user attribute.
• Use the Okta Expression Language in a group rule for greater flexibility.

Common questions addressed in the learning path

What are common use cases for manually assigning users to a group?

Common use cases include groups used for testing, groups with users who don’t share common attributes, and groups with administrative privileges.

How can I dynamically assign users to a group based on a single user attribute?

Create a group rule that uses a basic condition.

How can I dynamically assign users to a group based on multiple user attributes?

Create a group rule that uses the Okta Expression Language.