What happens when a user launches a Service Provider initiated application from the Okta Dashboard?

When a user launches a Service Provider initiated application from the Okta Dashboard, they may be JIT (Just-In-Time) provisioned into the application. JIT provisioning is a seamless way of creating a user account in the application at the moment the user tries to access it. This process ensures that if the user does not already exist within the application, Okta will automatically create the user account based on the information contained in the SAML assertion or other provisioning methods.

In this context, if the application is set up to support JIT provisioning, as soon as the user attempts to access that Service Provider application, Okta will handle the necessary communication with the Service Provider to establish the user’s account there, thereby streamlining the onboarding process. This is particularly useful for organizations looking to automate user management and ensure that relevant user information is populated at the time of first use without manual intervention.

Other scenarios, such as signing the user out of Okta or assigning the user to the application, do not apply in this context as launching an application directly does not inherently trigger a sign-out or a reassignment process. Similarly, encountering an error would indicate a problem with the launch process itself rather than a normal functioning flow leading to JIT provisioning.