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Often, Human Resources teams rely solely on HR systems such as Paycom to keep track of important employee data, such as joining date, payroll information, department access, and security data. However, when it comes to identity and access management for employees, Paycom does not directly share information with Identity Providers like Entra ID, Active Directory, or Google Workspace.
That is where the real challenge begins. Once HR updates their changes in Paycom, IT must manually create accounts or update permissions in IT systems, often leading to delays and security risks. According to a recent study, IT teams spend 30 to 40% of their productive hours in menial user account management tasks. The results, regardless?
A new joiner might have to start without SharePoint access, leading to a waste of 40 hours of their productive time. A departmental transfer could lead to outdated permissions; 50% of organizations experienced the same. A terminated employee could still be able to access their old accounts; over 20% of security breaches are from insiders.
The issues mentioned above are not just minor inconveniences. They can slow down business operations, put organizational security at risk, and even frustrate hard-working employees. The key to eliminating these business risks is automation. By automating data sync between Paycom and Active Directory (AD), HR and IT teams can ensure smooth business operations and reduced security risks. The benefits are not just theoretical, they are measurable.
To achieve these results, companies need more than spreadsheets and messy scripts. They need a solution that can act as a smooth bridge between their Paycom and Active Directory (AD). A solution like Hire2Retire!
With Hire2Retire from RoboMQ, you get one–stop Paycom to AD or Entra ID integration. Hire2Retire is a no-code, self-service, lightweight IGA (Identity Governance & Administration) product that provides enterprise-grade breadth and depth of the related requirement coverage.
Hire2Retire is the complete, no-code business process automation for employee lifecycle management and identity lifecycle management. It integrates Paycom with AD and Entra ID (Azure AD) to automate HR profile changes to identity. Hire2Retire can scale up to tens of thousands of employee profiles, making it the perfect fit for organizations of all sizes.
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Hire2Retire automates Active Directory (AD) account creation and Entra ID (Azure AD) account creation for new hires and provisions role–based access to third-party applications and physical resources before they start their first day at work. Hire2Retire’s onboarding automation means new hires have everything they need to hit the ground running, and your organization makes a great first impression, which is proven to drive employee retention.
Any delays in removing system access from terminated employees are a data security and reputation risk for your organization. Hire2Retire automatically revokes access in near real-time and can be customized to do so at your organization’s preference. In the end, Hire2Retire’s offboarding automation gives you peace of mind from knowing your data is safe and secure.
Employees should have access to the key systems and applications they need for their role and shouldn’t have access to the ones they don’t. Hire2Retire automates identity and access management (IAM) through its industry-leading Role-Based Access Control (RBAC). Hire2Retire also provides hundreds of SCIM Connectors to auto-provision employee access to third-party applications based on their role. For companies looking for Paycom to FreshService integration or Paycom to ServiceNow integration, Hire2Retire also connects to them and other popular service desks.
When the work required to create, update, manage, and synchronize hundreds or thousands of employee profiles piles up, it quickly becomes a huge cost sink. Hire2Retire makes it all quick, simple, easy, and fully automated, freeing your Sysadmins to focus on more important tasks and saving your organization money.
While other integration solutions use a complex web of individual connectors and scripting, Hire2Retire’s no-code, intuitive UX-based interface makes integrating Paycom to AD and Entra ID a breeze.
Hire2Retire uses Paycom as a source of truth (SOT) for employee identity lifecycle management. It receives employee profile information including Basic PII for account creation, job-related information to assign role-based access privileges, start date, and last day worked to determine the lifecycle stage, and reporting information to make sure the Global Address List (GAL) and org chart is always current.
Here’s how to set up a Hire2Retire integration in just 4 easy steps:
Hire2Retire offers two methods of ingesting data from Paycom:
For the file-based integration, you will use the Paycom Reporting tool to request SFTP exports of data files with the employee HR attributes you want to synchronize to the Identity Provider (IdP) setup. You can set these data file extracts to run automatically at scheduled intervals and be sent to Hire2Retire via SFTP, with RSA key authentication and encryption to ensure secure data synchronization.
With API–based integration, Hire2Retire will use the Paycom Rest API to securely retrieve employee profile data in near real-time, allowing for immediate and automated data synchronization.
Hire2Retire can connect Paycom to the following Identity Provider (IdP) setups:
After selecting your preferred IdP setup option, you will connect to multiple endpoints based on your choice of IdP configuration to leverage the features and functionality offered by Hire2Retire. Typically, most customers in a Hybrid setup will connect to on-prem AD for account creation or updates, and to Entra ID, Exchange Online, and SharePoint to manage cloud resident groups, OneDrive, and Shared Mailboxes.
This is the most important step where you would define your own business process as to how you onboard employees, assign UPN or email, manage role-based access control, handle terminations, and perform access and resource assignment or de-provisioning. You can do all of this without a single line of code on our simple intuitive UX by simply making choices on dropdowns, checkboxes, and radio buttons.
This step involves the following activities:
Defining your identity lifecycle is highly customizable, ensuring that you can tailor Hire2Retire to perform the exact actions or operations you need to manage an individual employee identity lifecycle for all employees of your organization.
Profile-driven rule-based assignment of privileges through group memberships in a core feature to implement “need to know” basis access and assignment of resources. Hire2Retire’s industry-leading RBAC is an optional but highly recommended part of the Hire2Retire setup process. By using AND/OR conditions, you can create rulesets using one or more employee profile attributes to assign memberships to security groups, mail-enabled distribution lists, Microsoft 365 groups, and more. The choices or the groups that you can manage memberships of depend on your Identity Provider (IdP) Setup.
Integrating Paycom to AD and Entra ID (Azure AD) with Hire2Retire automates employee identity lifecycle management, providing a superior “First Day at Work” employee experience, enhancing data security, and saving time and money. It’s no surprise that over 115 companies use Hire2Retire to sync employee profiles to AD, Entra ID, and Google Workspace.
The only question left is: what are you waiting for? Book a one-on-one discovery call with a Hire2Retire integration expert today and take the first step into a new world of employee lifecycle management!
Hire2Retire offers no-code UX and pre-built connectors for Paycom to Active Directory integration. The pricing is simple and customers swear of their support. Hence, Hire2Retire is the best platform for this integration.
Hire2Retire supports both! Organizations can choose between file extract-based updates v/s API data processing based on their IT stack and policies.
For organizations using Paycom and Entra ID or other HR and IdP combinations, Hire2Retire automates identity management. As soon as an event is triggered in Paycom, permissions automatically get updated in Entra ID.
Yes, with Hire2Retire, you can integrate multiple HR systems (for instance, Paycom and any other payroll system), integrating them with Identity Providers such as Active Directory, Entra ID, or Google Workspace.
Somya Shrimal is a Marketing Specialist at RoboMQ. She is a tech enthusiast and a prolific blogger who helps businesses stay up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in the industry. Her expertise in SaaS, cloud, on-premises apps, and IoT has made her a go-to source for businesses looking to navigate the ever-changing tech landscape.
Somya Shrimal is a Marketing Specialist at RoboMQ. She is a tech enthusiast and a prolific blogger who helps businesses stay up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices in the industry. Her expertise in SaaS, cloud, on-premises apps, and IoT has made her a go-to source for businesses looking to navigate the ever-changing tech landscape.
