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# Configure SCIM for user provisioning with a provider

# Configure SCIM for user provisioning with a provider {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Brazil  
Updated September 10, 2026  
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Configuring SCIM automatically provisions and de-provisions users and groups to ServiceNow by using the provider's provisioning service.

## Before you begin

The SCIM plugin must be installed.

Role required: scim_admin  
Warning:  
Grant this role carefully. The scim_admin role is equivalent to giving the user the admin role, where the scim_admin can add or update Personally Identifiable Information (PII).

## About this task

You can provision users using SCIM by the following authentication methods:

* [Provision users using basic authentication](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/TgZWq7ZJYzGxex9dkY0xyg "Configure SCIM to automatically provision and de-provision users and groups to ServiceNow by using the providers' provisioning service with basic authentication.")
* [Provision users using OAuth](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/MhnItrJAww3Ub8R1AV_wuQ "Configure the provider for SCIM automatically provision and de-provision users and groups to ServiceNow by using the provider's provisioning service with OAuth.")
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