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![Diagram that shows provisioning scenarios.](../governance/media/what-is-provisioning/provisioning.png)
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Azure AD to software as a service (SaaS) application provisioning refers to automatically creating user identities and roles in the cloud ([SaaS](https://azure.microsoft.com/overview/what-is-saas/)) applications that users need access to. In addition to creating user identities, automatic provisioning includes the maintenance and removal of user identities as status or roles change. Common scenarios include provisioning an Azure AD user into applications like [Dropbox](../../active-directory/saas-apps/dropboxforbusiness-provisioning-tutorial.md), [Salesforce](../../active-directory/saas-apps/salesforce-provisioning-tutorial.md), [ServiceNow](../../active-directory/saas-apps/servicenow-provisioning-tutorial.md), and more.
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Azure AD application provisioning refers to automatically creating user identities and roles in the applications that users need access to. In addition to creating user identities, automatic provisioning includes the maintenance and removal of user identities as status or roles change. Common scenarios include provisioning an Azure AD user into SaaS applications like [Dropbox](../../active-directory/saas-apps/dropboxforbusiness-provisioning-tutorial.md), [Salesforce](../../active-directory/saas-apps/salesforce-provisioning-tutorial.md), [ServiceNow](../../active-directory/saas-apps/servicenow-provisioning-tutorial.md), and more.
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Azure AD supports provisioning users into SaaS applications and applications hosted on-premises or an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) solution such as a virtual machine. You might have a legacy application that relies on an LDAP user store or a SQL database. By using the Azure AD provisioning service, you can create, update, and delete users into on-premises applications without having to open up firewalls or deal with TCP ports.
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Using lightweight agents, you can provision users into on-premises applications and govern access. When Azure AD is used with the application proxy, you can manage access to your on-premises application and provide automatic user provisioning (with the provisioning service) and single sign-on (with app proxy).
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Azure AD also supports provisioning users into applications hosted on-premises or in a virtual machine, without having to open up any firewalls. If your application supports [SCIM](https://aka.ms/scimoverview), or you've built a SCIM gateway to connect to your legacy application, you can use the Azure AD Provisioning agent to [directly connect](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/app-provisioning/on-premises-scim-provisioning) with your application and automate provisioning and deprovisioning. If you have legacy applications that don't support SCIM and rely on an [LDAP](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/app-provisioning/on-premises-ldap-connector-configure) user store or a [SQL](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/app-provisioning/tutorial-ecma-sql-connector) database, Azure AD can support those as well.
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App provisioning lets you:
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