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SCIM, System for Cross-domain Identity Management, is an open standard that lets you automate user lifecycle management in cloud-based applications and services. In this article, we explain how to set up a SCIM integration with anny.

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Who is this feature for?

This feature is primarily aimed at IT admins. It is especially helpful for:
  • Automatically creating new employees before they log in for the first time.
  • Instantly revoking booking rights when someone leaves the company.
  • Centrally managing and synchronizing profile attributes (such as departments or locations) directly from the IdP.
SCIM is ideal for organizations that want to completely eliminate manual account maintenance in anny and establish a “single source of truth”.

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What changes with SCIM?

  • From an admin perspective: You no longer need to manually create, edit, or deactivate anny accounts. anny automatically mirrors the status of your IdP.
  • From a customer perspective: Users don’t notice the change. They still log in via SSO (SAML), but their profile in anny is always up to date.
Important: As soon as SCIM is active, user attributes (such as name, department, or role) are transferred exclusively via SCIM. The existing attribute mapping via the regular SSO login (SAML) is ignored by anny from that moment on, since SCIM acts as the sole data source.

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Where do you find the feature in anny?

You find the configuration under Account > Settings > SSO & Security. There you create SCIM via Add IDP with the SCIM tile (Back Channel category). Requirements:
  • You have admin access in anny.
  • You have admin access to your identity provider (e.g. Microsoft Entra).
  • The anny application already exists in your IdP for the SSO login.
SSO & Security overview
Important: For security reasons, the SCIM token is shown to you in anny only once. Copy it right away and enter it in your system immediately. There is no button to generate a new token yourself. If you have lost the token or need it again, contact anny Support.

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How the logic works

  • Your identity provider monitors changes to the assigned users (e.g. new department, account lock).
  • When a change occurs, the IdP sends this info to anny’s SCIM interface over an invisible channel (backchannel).
  • anny validates the request using the secret token.
  • The profile in anny is updated immediately, completely independent of whether the person is currently logged in.
Through this continuous background process, both systems always have the same data.

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Setting up SCIM with a generic IdP (e.g. Okta, Google)

The principle is nearly identical across almost all providers, even if the menus have different names.
1

Copy URL and token

In anny, go to SSO & Security > Add IDP, select the SCIM tile, click Connect, and copy the SCIM Base URL and SCIM Auth Token.
2

Open the provisioning menu

Open the provisioning menu in your IdP application (often called “API Integration” or “App Provisioning”).
3

Insert credentials

Insert the SCIM Base URL as the “Base URL” and the SCIM Auth Token as the “API Token” (or Bearer Token).
4

Test the connection

Test the connection and start the sync cycle.
Result: Even external or less common systems now communicate seamlessly with the anny user database.

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Setting up SCIM in Microsoft Entra

With these instructions, you set up SCIM so that Microsoft Entra automatically provisions your users for anny.
1

Open SCIM in anny

In anny, open Account > Settings > SSO & Security, click Add IDP, select the SCIM tile, and click Connect.
2

Copy SCIM Base URL and token

Copy the SCIM Base URL and the SCIM Auth Token.
3

Open the anny application in Entra

In Microsoft Entra, open the existing anny application for which you want to set up provisioning.anny application in Microsoft Entra
4

Configure provisioning

Go to the Provisioning area and start a new configuration there (or select the existing one).
5

Enter credentials

Enter the copied SCIM Base URL into the Tenant URL field and insert the SCIM Auth Token into the Secret Token field.Insert tenant URL and token
6

Test the connection

Click Test Connection to check whether Entra can reach anny’s SCIM interface.
7

Save the configuration

Save the configuration once the test is successful.
8

Start provisioning

Then activate provisioning via the Start provisioning button.Image
Microsoft Entra now provisions users via SCIM.
Note: Provisioning takes some time. Plan for some waiting time before you check the result in anny.