What is difference between SCIM Client and SCIM Provider in real time scenario?

[Mrunal Deshmukh]

I want to access user and group from Azure AD into Servicenow, So what should I use SCIM Client or SCIM provider in Servicenow? And How can I achieve this development?

[Mark Manders]

SCIM provider synchronizes the changes made to identities in the IdP, including creating, updating or deleting records.

SCIM Client is used for creating, updating, and deleting identity resources in a system that supports SCIM compliant REST requests.

For implementation: https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/washingtondc-platform-security/page/integrate/authentication/conc...

[Mrunal Deshmukh]

Thanks for reply @Mark Manders ! 

You mean that if I want to get data from Azure AD to servicenow that means Azure AD is a client and Servicenow is a SCIM provider?

[Randheer Singh]

Hi @Mrunal Deshmukh ,

You should use Azure AD as a SCIM client that calls ServiceNow SCIM provider APIs. Microsoft was planning to upgrade its current ServiceNow gallery application, which handles user provisioning/sync with SCIM integration. Please check the release timelines with them before writing custom integrations.

Thanks,

Randheer

[Fredrikv]

@Randheer Singh 2 and a half years later and they still haven't fixed their gallery app that uses SOAP and Basic Auth and requires admin permissions. Unfortunately Microsoft does this very often.