# Pre-create user accounts for SSO users

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-create-user-accounts-for-sso-users/139103>\
**Category:** SSO\
**Created:** [January 19, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-create-user-accounts-for-sso-users/139103 "2020-01-19T17:41:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![michaeld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/michaeld/32/1594_2.png) [@michaeld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pre-create-user-accounts-for-sso-users/139103/2 "2020-01-19T18:31:59Z")

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SSO users are matched by external\_id and if that does not exist or match, by email address.

So if you make sure that one of those (preferably the external\_id) matches, you’ll be alright.

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