SSO/SCIM vs. ManageX

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It’s often assumed SSO/SCIM handles all IT aspects of onboarding and offboarding. The truth: it falls well short and IT is still left with lots of heavy lifting.

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Why Authentication Alone Isn’t Enough in User Onboarding/Offboarding

When a new employee is hired or terminated, most people assume that once the user is added or removed in the HRIS platform, the company’s SSO solution automatically handles all of the advanced IT aspects of onboarding and offboarding across Active Directory and SaaS applications.

The reality? SSO/SCIM does the bare minimum. It may create or disable an account, but it doesn’t handle license assignments, role/group mapping, SaaS-specific configurations, or per-app deprovisioning. IT is still stuck doing the manual work. This is where ManageX is different.

By granting specific and necessary access to each Service Desk administrator, ManageX safeguards your organization from internal breaches and unauthorized activity.

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Advanced Onboarding with ManageX

When HR adds a new hire in HRIS applications like BambooHR, HiBob, or Paylocity, or when an account event occurs in identity solutions like Okta, Entra ID, or Active Directory, ManageX takes over — delivering out-of-the-box, application-specific onboarding:

• Microsoft 365: Mailbox creation, license tier assignment (E3/E5), Teams channels, OneDrive/SharePoint access.
• Zoom: Account creation, Pro vs Basic license assignment, recording/webinar entitlements.
• DocuSign: User provisioning, group assignment, role configuration.
• GitHub: Team membership, repo permissions, entitlement mapping.
• Box/Dropbox: Folder access, departmental repository assignments. Any SaaS App with a REST API: Seamlessly added into the same application-specific onboarding framework.

By granting specific and necessary access to each Service Desk administrator, ManageX safeguards your organization from internal breaches and unauthorized activity.

Advanced Offboarding with ManageX

When a termination occurs in HRIS or SSO, ManageX automates end-to-end, SaaS-specific offboarding:

• AD/AAD: Account disabled, group memberships removed.
• Microsoft 365: Access removed, mailbox reassigned or archived, license reclaimed, legal hold applied.
• Zoom: Account removed, license reclaimed, entitlements revoked.
• DocuSign: Account disabled, envelopes reassigned, license reclaimed.
• GitHub: User removed from orgs/teams, repo access revoked.
• Box/Dropbox: Access revoked, files reassigned, compliance ensured.
• Any SaaS App with a REST API: Full per-app deprovisioning, license reclamation, and compliance cleanup. Every action is logged with a full audit trail for compliance and security.

By granting specific and necessary access to each Service Desk administrator, ManageX safeguards your organization from internal breaches and unauthorized activity.

Summary

SSO/SCIM is not lifecycle management — it’s login management.

It leaves IT to build workflows, write scripts and manually manage the advanced aspects of SaaS onboarding and offboarding. ManageX eliminates that work. Out-of-the-box, it delivers fully autonomous, HRIS- or SSO-driven lifecycle automation across Active Directory and leading SaaS apps. With ManageX, onboarding and offboarding aren’t IT projects — they just happen.

By granting specific and necessary access to each Service Desk administrator, ManageX safeguards your organization from internal breaches and unauthorized activity.