In Okta, what does changing a user assignment from individual to group affect?

Changing a user assignment from individual to group in Okta primarily affects the user's downstream accounts. When a user is assigned applications individually, they retain direct access to those applications. However, when their assignment changes to a group, the provisioning process in Okta can deactivate their individual assignments, effectively removing access from any downstream accounts that were previously tied to their individual assignment.

This group assignment mechanism ensures that users inherit application access based on group membership, which is often more efficient for managing larger sets of users. If a user is removed from a group or if the group's assignment to applications changes, downstream accounts can be affected, leading to potential deactivation of access to those applications.

Overall, this change emphasizes the importance of group management in simplifying user access while maintaining oversight on application provisioning and deactivation throughout the organization.