Does a domain need to be claimed to be approved?

[Yoni Friedman]

I can add "approved domains" as shown here: https://support.atlassian.com/user-management/docs/control-how-users-get-access-to-products/

Separately, I can verify a domain as shown here: https://support.atlassian.com/user-management/docs/verify-a-domain-to-manage-accounts/

Does a domain need to be verified before it can be approved? 

[Jon Espen Ingvaldsen Kantega SSO · Accepted solution]

You should be fine as long as the user names remain exactly the same. When you switch you can run with user duplicates as an intermediate step (keep the users in both the internal user directory and in the ldap user directory. It is the user directory with the highest order in the user directory table that serve the users logging in.

Have a nice weekend!
-Jon Espen
Kantega SSO