The document explains SCIM, a standard protocol for sharing identity information across systems, detailing how it is used to manage users, groups, and their attributes through a standardized approach. It covers operations like creating, updating, and managing user identities and groups, as well as providing metadata about the SCIM service. Additional resources and examples can be found at the SCIM playground website.

1. Mastering SCIM
by example
Using the SCIM Playground
at https://scim.dev

2. SCIM is used to share identity
information across boundaries
The example on the right illustrates how
a client invokes the Users endpoint to
retrieve a list of users (identities) and
their associated attributes, including
group memberships.
This method is used by user
management systems to ensure that
only authorized users have access.
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3. SCIM is used to create users
Remember when service desk
personnel manually onboarded new
employees, entering user information
and assigning permissions?
SCIM introduces a standardized way to
create users in all connected systems.
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4. SCIM can update objects
Objects exposed via a SCIM service
provider can be updated. SCIM
supports both PUT (replace) and PATCH
(selective update) operations.
This example shows how to change the
given name for a specific user.
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5. SCIM can manage groups
SCIM is not just for managing users; it
also supports group management. In
fact, SCIM is extensible and can be used
to manage any type of object supported
by a SCIM service provider.
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6. SCIM provides metadata
You may have encountered this in other
protocols: metadata services that
provide information about the server's
specifics. SCIM offers metadata
endpoints for Schemas, Resource
Types, and the Service Provider
Configuration.
On the right, you'll see an example of
the Schemas endpoint.
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7. Want to know more?
Visit SCIM playground at
scim.dev