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Okta Certified Technical Architect (board defense)

Okta Certified Technical Architect

Questions
Board defense (not a question-based exam)
Duration
Not published
Passing score
Pass/fail
Price (USD)
$5,000
Validity
3 years (and extends the holder's other Okta certs to 3 years)

What this exam is like

Who it's for

Senior architects defending an Okta design in front of a board.

Prerequisites

Active Okta Professional, Administrator, Consultant and Developer (Workforce Identity Cloud).

What it tests

Domain weights are not published for this exam. See the official study guide.

Prep roadmap

  1. 1
    Read the Okta study guideWeek 1–2

    Note every objective — Okta exams test hands-on tasks, not just theory.

  2. 2
    Get a free Okta orgWeek 3–6

    Sign up for a free Okta Integrator / developer org and build each use case yourself.

  3. 3
    Practise the domainsWeek 7–9

    Work through every objective in the official outline.

  4. 4
    Rehearse timed use casesWeek 10–12

    Performance sections are timed — practise finishing real configurations under the clock.

  5. 5
    Book and sit the exam

    Online proctored with the Guardian browser. Pass/fail result; valid 2 years.

  6. ✓
    Certified 🎉

    Add it to LinkedIn and your CV — then pick the next step on the certification path.

What you can do after

  • ✓Run Okta Workforce Identity in production
  • ✓Integrate apps with SSO, MFA and provisioning
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