Ping Identity Workforce SSO Foundations

Learn how to design and configure Ping Workforce SSO through real scenarios, clear explanations, and practical labs.

What you’ll learn
✓ Understand the core architecture of Ping Identity Workforce SSO and how its components interact
✓ Configure foundational PingOne services including identities, environments, connections, and applications
✓ Implement SSO using standards such as SAML, OIDC, OAuth 2.0, and SCIM
✓ Build and test authentication policies, MFA flows, and conditional access rules
✓ Integrate common SaaS applications with PingOne using best practice templates
✓ Navigate the PingOne admin console with confidence and perform essential admin tasks
✓ Troubleshoot common SSO and authentication issues using logs, tools, and structured workflows
✓ Apply real-world IAM patterns to design secure, scalable Workforce SSO deployments

Requirements
● Basic understanding of identity concepts such as authentication, directories, and user lifecycle
● Familiarity with SSO standards like SAML, OAuth, or OIDC is helpful but not required
● A computer with a modern browser is required for hands‑on labs.
● Access to a PingOne environment for practice
● Permission to generate or upload a license file when required (for PingFederate environment)

Description
Modern identity systems are only as strong as the way they’re designed and configured. PingOne Workforce SSO gives organizations a solid foundation for secure access, but the real value comes from understanding how the pieces work together and how to make the right choices for each environment.

This course walks you through Workforce SSO the way it’s actually used in the field. You’ll build environments, organize identity data, design authentication policies, integrate applications, and work through the details of session management. You’ll also get practical experience with LDAP Gateway, hybrid architectures, essential MFA patterns, adaptive authentication, and troubleshooting. Every major concept includes a guided lab so you can see the configuration from start to finish.

As you move through the modules, you’ll learn how to evaluate architecture patterns, compare cloud only and hybrid approaches, and understand when to use features like Kerberos first, LDAP bind fallback, step up authentication, or risk based access. You’ll see how identity decisions affect user experience, security posture, and long term maintainability. The course builds layer by layer, giving you a clear mental model of how Workforce SSO behaves in real enterprise environments.

By the time you reach the final module, you’ll be able to read logs, trace authentication flows, and troubleshoot issues with confidence. The goal is simple: give you the clarity and practical experience to design and deploy Workforce SSO at an architect level. No filler, no wasted time, just real identity work explained in a way that makes sense.

Who this course is for
■ IAM engineers, analysts, and administrators new to Ping Identity
■ Identity architects seeking a structured introduction to PingOne Workforce SSO
■ Security professionals expanding into modern authentication and federation
■ DevOps and cloud engineers supporting identity integrations
■ IT generalists or sysadmins transitioning into IAM roles
■ Anyone preparing for Ping Identity certifications or hands-on workforce SSO projects
■ Organizations adopting PingOne who need team-wide foundational training