Overview
inSync provides the option to change the user provisioning method from SCIM to Entra ID and vice versa while preserving the user's backed up data.
This section provides:
The detailed impact of changing the user provisioning method from SCIM to Entra ID
The procedure to change user provisioning from SCIM to Entra ID
Next steps after changing the provisioning method from SCIM to Entra ID
After successfully changing the user provisioning method from SCIM to Entra ID, inSync performs backups according to the profile settings.
Impact of changing the user provisioning method from SCIM to Entra ID
Changing the user provisioning method from SCIM to Entra ID has the below impact if the checkbox for Keep existing SCIM mappings option is not selected.
SCIM mappings and settings used to manage users in inSync are deleted.
User provisioning mode for existing users will be changed to Manual provisioning.
Changing the user provisioning method from SCIM to Entra ID has the below impact if the checkbox for Keep existing SCIM mappings option is selected.
User provisioning mode for existing users will be changed to Manual provisioning.
Change user provisioning from SCIM to Entra ID
Go to the User page from Endpoints/SaaS Apps console.
Select the Deployment tab.
On the summary section, click Dot menu and select the Change User Deployment method option.
Select Entra ID as the provisioning method and click Save. A confirm message appears.
❗ Important
All existing users will be moved to manual provisioning mode and will not be mapped to any Entra ID mapping automatically.
Select Confirm in the dialog box. A confirmation message is displayed indicating the user provisioning method successfully changed to Entra ID.
Next steps after changing the user provisioning from SCIM to Azure AD
Create new Entra ID mappings to define the filter parameters. See Create Entra ID AD mapping.
Define priority for Entra ID mapping (optional).