Plain-English meaning
System for Cross-domain Identity Management is a standard for exchanging user and group identity information between systems.
Why it matters in a software decision
Supported provisioning can reduce manual account creation and removal, but connector behavior and edition limits still matter.
Where you may see it
Identity integration catalogs, administrator documentation, enterprise plan comparisons, and provisioning logs.
What to verify
- Create, update, suspend, and delete behavior
- Group support
- Attribute mapping
- Edition, connector, and api limits
Do not confuse it with
SSO authenticates access; SCIM commonly provisions and deprovisions accounts. A product can support one without the other.
Procurement example
Test a joiner, role change, group change, and leaver before relying on the connector for production offboarding.
This glossary explains procurement usage in plain English. Contract, privacy, security, accounting, and regulatory conclusions require context-specific review.