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Duo Essentials, formerly Duo MFA, offers multi-factor authentication solutions to protect every user and provide baseline data access controls, advanced administrative management, user provisioning, trusted device verification, and a secure single sign-on experience
Overview
The major features of Duo Essentials include:
- Duo Single Sign-On for federated login to SSO applications with our cloud-hosted identity provider.
- Duo Passwordless for secure authentication with a single gesture instead of password entry followed by MFA.
- Trusted Endpoints to differentiate between corporate and personal devices and limit sensitive data access to known managed devices.
- Directory Sync to import users and administrators into Duo from external Active Directory, Azure, and OpenLDAP identity stores.
- Self-Service Portal which permits end-user management of Duo authentication devices.
- A subset of Duo's Policy options: New User policy, Authentication policy, Remembered devices, Authorized networks, Authentication methods.
- The available authentication methods in Duo Essentials include verified Duo Push, which protects users from push harassment and fatigue attacks, and Duo Desktop authentication.
- Additional options for managing administrator access in Duo, such as Admin Roles, Administrative Units, and Admin SSO.
Duo Essentials also includes standard features such as:
- Duo Push, phone, SMS, hardware token, and security two-factor authentication methods.
- A wide catalog of included applications to protect with Duo.
- Logging and reporting of user authentications, administrator actions, telephony consumption, and more.
Explore our pricing information to see more Duo Essentials features and compare pricing with other Duo plans.
How to Experience Duo Essentials
Existing customers can select Duo Essentials by choosing it on the Billing page of your account. New customers receive a 30-day free Duo Advantage trial when you sign up for Duo.