JIT Provisioning Explained
What just-in-time provisioning does during SSO login and how to test it.
What JIT provisioning means
Just-in-time provisioning creates or updates a user account during login, usually based on attributes sent by the identity provider.
Why it is useful
JIT can reduce manual account creation and make onboarding smoother. It also means login behavior can change account state, so testing needs to include first-login scenarios.
Test the first login
Verify what happens when a new user signs in, when required attributes are missing, when attributes change, and when a user already exists.
Confirm role behavior
If roles or groups are mapped during JIT, test the default access level and any updates after a user's identity attributes change.
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