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ArtA.53613 (Customer) asked a question.

OIE and SWA and Mobile

I’m really struggling to find an easy way for our users to use mobile apps with Okta. I know Okta mobile was discontinued, but removing the ability to use SWA without having a working replacement is discouraging.

 

Out of the 20 apps we use, only 2 support SAML. The rest we must use SWA.

 

When users try to access a website through an iPad, it says you must install the extension, but then it takes you to the Apple Store and says the safari extension is not supported.

 

When users try to use it on their phone, it requires them to copy/paste the password. But our passwords for many apps are shared (no support for individual accounts), and Okta prevents the user from revealing the password.

 

Are there any other suggestions on how to make this work? Is there anyway to override the default settings and allow passwords to be revealed, even if not an admin? We don’t want users creating accounts and storing passwords, so we create the user accounts and passwords for them and store them in Okta. But then users cannot access them via mobile apps, which is problematic. The only workaround we found is to set the app so that the admin sets the username and password per user, and then change the setting so the user sets it - then we can set the passwords as admins and then let the user reveal them. But that only works if have individual user accounts for each user (for shared username/password, have to enter the password in for each user so they can reveal).

 

Any suggestions other than what we are doing today? I know sharing passwords is not ideal, but for many apps creating individual users is not an option, and SAML not supported.


  • Mihai N. (Okta, Inc.)

    Hi @ArtA.53613 (Customer)​ , Thank you for reaching out to the Okta Community!

     

    Unfortunately this is not currently supported. Ideally the Okta Mobile app would have covered the SWA use on mobile devices, but it is no longer supported for OIE.  

    Typically I would have recommended to submit a Feature Request for this, but I've been able to track down an existing request. 

    https://ideas.okta.com/app/#/case/170128

    Please share with you colleagues and upvote. High popularity will increase the likelihood of it being picked up by the Product Team and it being implemented.  

     

     

     

    If my answer helped, remember to mark it as best to increase its visibility for other members of the Okta Community who might have the same questions as you. 

     

    Hope my answer helps! 

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  • Mihai N. (Okta, Inc.)

    Hi @ArtA.53613 (Customer)​ , Thank you for reaching out to the Okta Community!

     

    Unfortunately this is not currently supported. Ideally the Okta Mobile app would have covered the SWA use on mobile devices, but it is no longer supported for OIE.  

    Typically I would have recommended to submit a Feature Request for this, but I've been able to track down an existing request. 

    https://ideas.okta.com/app/#/case/170128

    Please share with you colleagues and upvote. High popularity will increase the likelihood of it being picked up by the Product Team and it being implemented.  

     

     

     

    If my answer helped, remember to mark it as best to increase its visibility for other members of the Okta Community who might have the same questions as you. 

     

    Hope my answer helps! 

    --------------------------------

    💡 Community Moderator Tip: Join a group today and connect with other Okta customers by region or product.

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  • ArtA.53613 (Customer)

    okay I voted for this and added a comment in the discussion. I see 95 other views for this - would be helpful if others voted, too (as of now, only 3 people voted for this).

  • Kaur (Customer)

    Okta-What is being done about this?

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OIE and SWA and Mobile