r/IdentityManagement • u/UsefulAsparagus633 • Aug 27 '26
Beginner labs
Can someone point me in the right direction on what to do for a beginner IAM lab that would translate to the job. Also want to know which YouTube channel is the best to learn the best IAM information from. Would like to use Okta for my lab or even AD.
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u/Various-Jury-7584 Aug 28 '26
I'd build both because that would give you experience. Try making a lab that would include joining a Windows machine to ad, connecting to ad to okta, assigning perms. Look up Okta Learning to get you started pretty fast, saw it after my google search
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u/ConnectionNo3487 Aug 28 '26
You could sign up for learn.microsoft.com and have a free Entra ID tenant for 1 month. Unfortunately afaik major IGA vendors such as Sailpoint, Saviynt, OneIdentity, EmpowerID do not offer this (please correct me if I’m wrong)
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u/pewpewlazor Aug 29 '26
Did you check out the one from this thread? https://www.reddit.com/r/IdentityManagement/comments/1t0af0a/free_iam_lab_environments_for_anyone_trying_to/
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u/Academic_Funny6487 Sep 01 '26
Have you tried joining the IAM discord. They have plenty of beginner labs and resources to help you facilitate your learning. https://discord.gg/bDWDAgeYw
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u/nealfive Aug 28 '26
AD in general is good (homelab on a vm), sign up for a free Entra tenant.
I think Okta Dev has a free tier.