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Automated Onboarding, Part 4 - Provisioning
2/7/2025

To recap, we've streamlined joining systems to Entra ID, automated software deployment, and set up a one-click account creation process. Depending on the size of your tech stack that may be sufficient, however, those last three articles don't help with non-Microsoft platforms like Zoom or Slack. SCIM is the solution.

What is SCIM?

SCIM is a protocol that allows for identity management between different pl...

Entra ID, SCIM
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Automated Onboarding, Part 3 - Account Creation
1/15/2025

Why shouldn't accounts be created manually?

Humans are inconsistent, forgetful creatures. Ask us to do the same thing two or three times and chances are we'll do it two or three different ways. Manually clicking through a UI to create accounts leaves room for error, takes time, and ultimately costs money, particularly if the job is outsourced. Greater consistency, efficiency, and savings is an easy sell.

In this article, we'll build a system that creates accounts in two clicks.

Creating Entra ID accounts programmatically

There's two s...

Entra ID, Powershell, Azure Functions, Power Automate