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Including Profile Photos in Okta

When integrating Okta Universal Directory with MicroStrategy Identity as part of your identity management system, you can include profile photos that are then displayed on your users' badges.

The steps below assume that you have imported Okta Universal Directory users into your MicroStrategy Identity Network, as described in Including Profile Photos in Okta.

Each profile photo has a maximum recommended size of 800 KB.

To Include Profile Photos in Okta

  1. Create a directory location hosted by a web server that your Okta server can access. This directory must be dedicated to storing profile photos.
  2. Store the photos for your users, using unique names for each photo. You can use each user's account name to create unique names for each photo. For example, you can create jsmith.jpg, jdoe.jpg, and fjackson.jpg.

  3. With your web server deployed, ensure that you can view the profile pictures by navigating to the URL for a picture using the following format:

    https://WebServer:PortNumber/PhotoDirectory

    where:

    • WebServer: The web server where you host the profile photos.
    • PortNumber: The port number for your web server.
    • PhotoDirectory: The full path to the directory location where you store the profile photos.

    For example, the full URL to a photo could be:
    https://example.company.com:1234/main/photos/jsmith.jpg

  4. Determine a field in Okta Universal Directory that is not used for any user. You must also determine the entry value for this field. For example, the First Name field uses the entry value givenName and the Last Name field uses the entry value sn. Refer to your third-party Okta documentation for steps to determine the entry value for a field in Okta.

  5. Include the profile photo URL in the same field for each user. For example, if the Description field (entry name is description) is not used for any of the users in Okta, include the profile photo URL in the Description field for every user.

  6. Log into Identity Manager.
  7. Click Users & Badges.
  8. Under User Management, click Edit.
  9. Under LDAP Mapping, click Edit Okta Attributes Mapping, then click Add. A row for an additional field is added.
  10. From the User Info drop-down list, select Photo URL.
  11. From the Available Okta Attributes drop-down list, select the Okta Universal Directory field that contains information about each user's profile photo. For example, if you used extensionAttribute1 to store the profile photo URLs, specify extensionAttribute1.
  12. Click Save.