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SAML. vs. SCIM
Identity Foundations
2 min
Speaker: Logan Saso Staff Software Engineer
Understand the difference between SAML and SCIM and how they work together to authenticate users and provision access.
Main Takeaways
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SAML handles authentication by proving a user’s identity and signing them into apps through their identity provider.
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SCIM manages identities and access by provisioning users and groups into downstream apps.
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You can authenticate with SAML, but without the right SCIM-provisioned access, you still can’t get into the app.
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Together, SCIM grants the access and SAML logs the user in.
