Plan and discover
Okta to Entra migration guide
Inventory, protocols, federation, policy translation, and cutover.
- Type
- Guide
- Audience
- Identity leads
- Platform
- Okta
- Reading time
- 4 min read
- Last reviewed
- July 27, 2026
Resources
Microsoft Entra ID migration guides
Written for the people who have to run the project: what to inventory, what does not map cleanly, and what has to be decided before a wave is scheduled.
PhaseArc workspace / Planning
Northstar Identity Consolidation
Okta Workforce + PingFederate to Microsoft Entra ID (northstar.onmicrosoft.com)
- 1. DiscoverComplete
Source inventory confirmed
- 2. MapIn progress
Treatment recorded per object
- 3. PrepareNeeds review
Wave sequence with criteria
- 4. ValidateNot started
Evidence per requirement
Where should migration planning start?
Confirm the source architecture first, inventory applications by protocol, and map dependencies before planning waves, so exceptions are visible early rather than during a cutover window.
Four guides
Read next
Each guide states its migration stage, audience, source platform, and the date it was last reviewed.
Plan and discover
Ping Identity to Entra migration guide
Identify the source architecture before planning the move.
- Type
- Guide
- Audience
- Identity architects
- Platform
- PingOne and PingFederate
- Reading time
- 4 min read
- Last reviewed
- July 27, 2026
Map to validate
Identity migration checklist
A printable checklist across discovery, waves, cutover, and validation.
- Type
- Checklist
- Audience
- Project owners
- Platform
- Okta and Ping
- Reading time
- 4 min read
- Last reviewed
- July 27, 2026
Translate
Okta and Microsoft Entra ID compared
What changes in application, policy, and provisioning models.
- Type
- Comparison
- Audience
- Identity leads
- Platform
- Okta and Microsoft Entra ID
- Reading time
- 3 min read
- Last reviewed
- July 27, 2026
Apply the guides to your own estate
An assessment turns general planning guidance into a mapped inventory, a named exception list, and a wave sequence.