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Why Choose Hire2Retire for Ceridian Dayforce Okta Integration

Do you know slow and unorganized onboarding process costs businesses close to $37 billion annually? That is the cost of not having automation in place and relying on manual overhead leading to delay in access provisioning and unsatisfied new hires. While organizations who have a set onboarding process in place see 70% better retention rates and productivity among their employees. Synchronizing data from HR systems like Ceridian to Okta Directory or other identity providers can address these challenges.

Automating employee lifecycle management with Hire2Retire’s Ceridian Okta integration ensures your employees get access on a need-to-know basis at the right time, organizations see better productivity and improved compliance.

Let us dive deep into how Ceridian to Okta Directory integration works and can help you stay competitive.

Overview of Ceridian Dayforce and Okta Directory

Dayforce previously known as Ceridian is a global people platform for managing HR, payroll, benefits, workforce, and talent in a single place. Its adaptability makes it a unique option for users to use for workforce management.
The cloud-based directory for user, group, and device management, Okta Universal Directory facilitates streamlined identity management both on premises and in cloud. It acts as a central repository for employee information including major attributes like usernames, groups, and passwords.

How to Choose the ideal platform for Ceridian Dayforce Okta Integration

There are many factors that can affect your choice for Ceridian api integration or other data integration method such as your use cases, company size, scope of integration, applications used etc. Majorly these are the factors you should evaluate before making your decision:
What are the applications and systems you want to integrate?
How much will be the cost of building this integration?
How much man hours will this integration need for setup and maintenance?
Will this integration meet your security and compliance standards?
What is your idP type and will this integration be compatible with it?
After evaluating these requirements, you will have the clear idea of which integration will work for you.

How Ceridian to Okta Directory Integration works with Hire2Retire

Ceridian Dayforce, when synchronized with Okta Directory offers a powerful identity management setup with support for Ceridian Okta SCIM or Ceridian Okta SSO. Using Hire2Retire as a bridge between two ensures smooth onboarding and offboarding processes with robust identity security.

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The steps are as follows
Step 1: Login to Hire2Retire portal and set up connection for Ceridian Dayforce and Okta Directory
Step 2: Define employee attributes for Ceridian HCM and map them to Okta Directory attributes
Step 3: Define lifecycle business rules for various stages such as hiring, onboarding, or offboarding
Step 4: Define group memberships for identity security
Step 5: Set up third party access and IT service desks for Ceridian Okta user provisioning

Watch this exclusive video to learn how the Ceridian to Okta Directory integration works:

Benefits of using Hire2Retire for Ceridian to Okta Directory Integration

Hire2Retire, the end-to-end lifecycle automation platform seamlessly integrate Ceridian Dayforce HCM with Okta. It simplifies identity provisioning, resources management, and ticket allocation. Here’s why Hire2Retire is a better alternative than its competitors for employee lifecycle management:
Users can create and manage multiple workflows in Hire2Retire customizing them as per innumerable use cases.
Hire2Retire is SOC 2 certified and meets major compliance requirements.
It is compatible with all major applications like Salesforce, JIRA etc. It even offers custom integrations for both ServiceDesk and SCIM.
Its no-code and intuitive UI makes it an ideal option for your team.
The list of benefits of Hire2Retire goes on. If you want a detailed conversation or demo of Hire2Retire, click this button below and our Integration Specialist will contact you.

FAQs

Why choose Hire2Retire for Ceridian to Okta integration?

Hire2Retire is a no-code identity platform that automates the process of onboarding, offboarding, role updates management in an organization with absolutely no coding and scripting. It can streamline the data sync between HR to IdP and other third party applications and reduce maual overhead from your Sysadmins.

How Hire2Retire Pricing works?

The cost of Hire2Retire is calculated as per number of active employees you plan to sync to Identity systems such as AD, Entra ID(Azure AD), Okta Directory, or Google Workspace. We are transparent about our prices and list it at $5 per active employee per month, there are volume discounts on the number of employee tiers and terms discounts for the length of the contract period. You can know more here.

Can Hire2Retire build custom integrations?

Yes, Hire2Retire can build on-demand integrations for ATS, HR and even for Service Desk.

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Somya Shrimal is a Marketing Specialist at RoboMQ. She is a tech enthusiast and a prolific blogger who helps businesses stay up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in the industry. Her expertise in SaaS, cloud, on-premises apps, and IoT has made her a go-to source for businesses looking to navigate the ever-changing tech landscape.

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