diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user
index 74dc14107..2c6a28914 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-user
@@ -27,20 +27,27 @@ function usage() {
               --firstName <firstName>   (defaults to blank)"
               --lastName <lastName>     (defaults to blank)"
               --note <note>             (defaults to blank)"
+              --skip-sync               (defers the Elastic sync until the next scheduled time)
   
    addrole: Grants a role to an existing user"
             Required parameters: "
               --email <email>"
               --role <role>"
+            Optional parameters: "
+              --skip-sync               (defers the Elastic sync until the next scheduled time)
   
    delrole: Removes a role from an existing user"
             Required parameters: "
               --email <email>"
               --role <role>"
+            Optional parameters: "
+              --skip-sync               (defers the Elastic sync until the next scheduled time)
   
   password: Updates a user's password and disables MFA"
             Required parameters: "
               --email <email>"
+            Optional parameters: "
+              --skip-sync               (defers the Elastic sync until the next scheduled time)
   
     profile: Updates a user's profile information"
             Required parameters: "
@@ -54,10 +61,14 @@ function usage() {
     enable: Enables a user"
             Required parameters: "
               --email <email>"
+            Optional parameters: "
+              --skip-sync               (defers the Elastic sync until the next scheduled time)
   
    disable: Disables a user"
             Required parameters: "
               --email <email>"
+            Optional parameters: "
+              --skip-sync               (defers the Elastic sync until the next scheduled time)
   
   validate: Validates that the given email address and password are acceptable"
             Required parameters: "
@@ -105,6 +116,9 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
       note=$1
       shift
       ;;
+    --skip-sync) 
+      SKIP_SYNC=1
+      ;;
     *) 
       echo "Encountered unexpected parameter: $param"
       usage
@@ -290,6 +304,8 @@ function syncElasticSystemRole() {
 }
 
 function syncElastic() {
+  [[ -n $SKIP_SYNC ]] && return
+
   echo "Syncing users and roles between SOC and Elastic..."
 
   usersTmpFile="${elasticUsersFile}.tmp"
diff --git a/salt/soc/files/bin/salt-relay.sh b/salt/soc/files/bin/salt-relay.sh
index 752b1b1ad..c912cbeff 100755
--- a/salt/soc/files/bin/salt-relay.sh
+++ b/salt/soc/files/bin/salt-relay.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ function manage_minion() {
 function manage_user() {
   request=$1
   op=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .operation)
-  email=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .email)
 
   case "$op" in
     add)
@@ -66,27 +65,27 @@ function manage_user() {
       lastName=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .lastName)
       note=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .note)
       log "Performing user '$op' for user '$email' with firstname '$firstName', lastname '$lastName', note '$note' and role '$role'"
-      response=$(echo "$password" | so-user "$op" --email "$email" --firstName "$firstName" --lastName "$lastName" --note "$note" --role "$role")
+      response=$(echo "$password" | so-user "$op" --email "$email" --firstName "$firstName" --lastName "$lastName" --note "$note" --role "$role" --skip-sync)
       exit_code=$?
       ;;
     add|enable|disable|delete)
       email=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .email)
       log "Performing user '$op' for user '$email'"
-      response=$(so-user "$op" --email "$email")
+      response=$(so-user "$op" --email "$email" --skip-sync)
       exit_code=$?
       ;;
     addrole|delrole)
       email=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .email)
       role=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .role)
       log "Performing '$op' for user '$email' with role '$role'"
-      response=$(so-user "$op" --email "$email" --role "$role")
+      response=$(so-user "$op" --email "$email" --role "$role" --skip-sync)
       exit_code=$?
       ;;
     password)
       email=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .email)
       password=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .password)
       log "Performing '$op' operation for user '$email'"
-      response=$(echo "$password" | so-user "$op" --email "$email")
+      response=$(echo "$password" | so-user "$op" --email "$email" --skip-sync)
       exit_code=$?
       ;;
     profile)
@@ -98,6 +97,11 @@ function manage_user() {
       response=$(so-user "$op" --email "$email" --firstName "$firstName" --lastName "$lastName" --note "$note")
       exit_code=$?
       ;;
+    sync)
+      log "Performing '$op'"
+      response=$(so-user "$op")
+      exit_code=$?
+      ;;
     *)
       response="Unsupported user operation: $op"
       exit_code=1
@@ -119,12 +123,14 @@ function manage_salt() {
 
   case "$op" in
     state)
+      log "Performing '$op' for '$state'"
       state=$(echo "$request" | jq -r .state)
-      response=$(salt-call state.apply "$state" queue=True)
+      response=$(salt '*' state.apply "$state" queue=True)
       exit_code=$?
       ;;
     highstate)
-      response=$(salt-call state.highstate queue=True)
+      log "Performing '$op'"
+      response=$(salt '*' state.highstate queue=True)
       exit_code=$?
       ;;
     *)