SCIM automates provisioning and deprovisioning across the customer’s identity provider and the application, which reduces stale access and support-driven account changes. Manual workflows depend on people remembering to remove access everywhere, and that is where lifecycle failures usually start. SCIM turns identity change into an enforceable process rather than a ticket queue.
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