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Workday SCIM

Reference pattern (not turnkey)

Workday's SCIM connector is not turnkey. The integration requires Workday Studio, a mid-tier connector, or fronting Workday through an IdP (Okta or Entra ID) and provisioning over SCIM from there. Reference: ory/integrates/directory-sync/workday-scim.

Workday is the most widely deployed enterprise HCM and the source of truth for employee data in many enterprises. Wiring Workday to Ory keeps Ory's identity store in sync with HR ground truth.

Three integration patterns

Pattern A — Workday Studio (canonical, expensive). A Workday integration system maps Workday data into SCIM 2.0 calls against Ory's directory-sync endpoint.

Pattern B — mid-tier connector. Tools4ever HelloID, Saviynt, or a custom service pulls Workday data over REST or SOAP and pushes it to the Ory SCIM endpoint.

Pattern C — provision through your IdP (most common). Workday provisions into Okta or Entra ID through the IdP's native Workday connector, then the IdP provisions into Ory through the existing Okta SCIM or Microsoft Entra SCIM integration. This avoids touching Workday directly.

What Ory provides

Ory exposes a standard SCIM 2.0 endpoint with bearer-token authentication that accepts Users and Groups.

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