# Invitations should be compatible with SSO

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitations-should-be-compatible-with-sso/20813>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** invites\
**Created:** [October 6, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitations-should-be-compatible-with-sso/20813 "2014-10-06T01:12:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invitations-should-be-compatible-with-sso/20813/3 "2015-06-01T01:25:43Z")

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I don’t really understand how this would work. Since the parent site has to create the account before it is handed to us, how exactly does an invitation URL work in that scenario? Can you describe how it would work, step by step starting with how the URL is formed in the email invite?

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