Provisioning

Identity Before Connection

Identity Before Connection is the pattern where the user account exists in the application before the first login occurs.

Definition

Identity Before Connection is a provisioning pattern in which the application identity is created and maintained ahead of the first user access. It is often necessary when the application needs a local user repository or cannot operate in a fully session-driven model.

The Ariovis perspective

Migration choices should reflect application criticality, hosting, protocol support and operational readiness. Ariovis favors progressive onboarding over a big-bang assumption.

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