Documentation
Duo supports a wide range of devices and applications. See below for detailed documentation, installation, and configuration information.
Duo Premier Features | Duo Advantage Features | Duo Essentials Features
Administration | Remote Access & VPN | Microsoft | Web Applications | Identity Providers | Cloud Service Providers
Other Applications | Unix & SSH | SDK & API References | Guides & Policies
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Introduction to Duo
- For End-Users See our Guide to Two-Factor Authentication Introduction to Duo
- Knowledge Base Troubleshooting tips and fixes Introduction to Duo
- Duo Care Learn about our premium customer support program Introduction to Duo
- Getting Started Get up and running with Duo Introduction to Duo
- Administration Overview Introduction to Duo's Admin Panel Introduction to Duo
- Protecting Applications Choose which services you'd like to protect Introduction to Duo
- Enrolling Users Adding users to Duo Introduction to Duo
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Duo Premier Features
Duo Premier includes all Duo Advantage and Essentials features
- Duo Premier Overview A complete zero-trust security platform Duo Premier Features
- Duo Network Gateway Give users access to internal apps and hosts without a VPN Duo Premier Features
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Duo Advantage Features
Duo Advantage includes all Duo Essentials features
- Duo Advantage Overview MFA with access policies and device visibility Duo Advantage Features
- Device Insight See information about devices authenticating to Duo Duo Advantage Features
- Endpoints Monitor end user access device vulnerability status. Duo Advantage Features
- Duo Desktop Verify that endpoints meet security requirements Duo Advantage Features
- Trust Monitor Detect anomalous access Duo Advantage Features
- Risk-Based Authentication Step-up authentication based on risk factors Duo Access Features
- Duo Passport Remember devices between browsers and client apps Duo Access Features
- Duo Identity Security Protect your identity perimeter with Duo Identity Security powered by Cisco Identity Intelligence Duo Access Features
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Duo Essentials Features
- Duo Essentials Overview MFA for protected applications and SSO Duo Essentials Features
- Duo Single Sign-On Our hosted SSO identity provider solution Duo Essentials Features
- Duo Passwordless Access protected applications without a password Public Preview Features
- Verified Duo Push Reduce push fatigue and harassment with login verification codes Public Preview Features
- Trusted Endpoints Identify managed devices and block unknown device access Duo Premier Features
- Administrative Roles Assign management permissions to admins Duo Essentials Features
- Admin Single Sign-On (SSO) SAML login to the Duo Admin Panel Duo Essentials Features
- Administrative Units Delegated access to manage specific objects Duo Essentials Features
- Self-Service Portal Let your users manage their devices Duo Essentials Features
- Directory Sync Import existing admins, users, and groups from Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, or OpenLDAP Duo Essentials Features
- Device Management Portal Standalone interface for user self-service Duo Essentials Features
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Administration
- Policy and Control Control how users authenticate to and access applications Duo Essentials Features
- Changing Settings Customizing your Duo experience Administration
- Managing Duo Users Maintain end users Administration
- Managing Duo Admins Maintain administrators Administration
- Managing Devices Administer phones, tokens, and other authenticators Administration
- Using Groups Use groups to assign status and manage access Administration
- Importing Users from CSV An alternative to self-enrollment or directory sync Administration
- Telephony Credits Overview and rate card Administration
- Accessibility Usability enhancements in Duo services Administration
- Release Notes Change logs for Duo software Reference
- Software Checksums and Downloads Reference
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Remote Access & VPN
Duo Network Gateway
Give users access to internal apps and hosts without a VPN
Remote Access & VPN
- Cisco Remote Access & VPN
- Meraki RADIUS VPN Remote Access & VPN
- Akamai EAA Remote Access & VPN
- Juniper Remote Access & VPN
- Pulse Connect Secure Remote Access & VPN
- NetScaler Gateway Remote Access & VPN
- F5 BIG-IP Remote Access & VPN
- Palo Alto Remote Access & VPN
- Sophos UTM Remote Access & VPN
- Fortinet Remote Access & VPN
- Barracuda Remote Access & VPN
- Array Remote Access & VPN
- SonicWALL SRA SMA Remote Access & VPN
- OpenVPN Remote Access & VPN
- OpenVPN Access Server Remote Access & VPN
- NetMotion Mobility XE Remote Access & VPN
- CheckPoint Remote Access & VPN
- Other VPNs Try our RADIUS application Remote Access & VPN
- Authentication Proxy Overview This package connects your service to Duo Remote Access & VPN
- Authentication Proxy Reference guide Reference
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Microsoft
- Microsoft Entra ID (Azure) Add Duo as an external MFA method for Entra ID EAM Microsoft
- Microsoft 365 Microsoft
- OWA Exchange Microsoft
- Windows Logon RDP Remote Desktop Microsoft
- AD FS Microsoft
- RDS RDWeb RDGateway Microsoft
- RRAS Microsoft
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Web Applications
- Duo Web Use our SDK to protect any web application with Duo Web
- Wordpress Web
- Splunk Web
- LastPass Web
- 1Password Web
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Identity Providers
- Duo Single Sign-On Our hosted SSO identity provider solution Duo Essentials Features
- Amazon AWS Directory Service Identity Providers
- CAS Identity Providers
- Cisco ISE Identity Providers
- OAM Identity Providers
- Okta Identity Providers
- OneLogin Identity Providers
- PingFederate Identity Providers
- SailPoint Identity Providers
- Shibboleth Identity Providers
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Cloud Service Providers
- 1Password Cloud Service Providers
- Absolute Secure Access Cloud Service Providers
- Aha! Cloud Service Providers
- Akamai Control Center Cloud Service Providers
- Akamai EAA SSO Cloud Service Providers
- AWS IAM Identity Center Cloud Service Providers
- Amazon AppStream 2.0 Cloud Service Providers
- Amazon Connect Cloud Service Providers
- Amazon EMR Studio Cloud Service Providers
- Amazon Managed Grafana Cloud Service Providers
- Amazon WorkSpaces Cloud Service Providers
- AWS Client VPN Cloud Service Providers
- AWS Cognito Cloud Service Providers
- AWS Redshift Cloud Service Providers
- AWS Verified Access Cloud Service Providers
- Apigee X Cloud Service Providers
- Asana Cloud Service Providers
- Atlassian Cloud - Jira and Confluence Cloud Service Providers
- Auth0 Cloud Service Providers
- Autodesk Cloud Service Providers
- Auvik Cloud Service Providers
- BambooHR Cloud Service Providers
- Barracuda WAF Cloud Service Providers
- BeyondTrust Cloud Service Providers
- Bitdefender Cloud Service Providers
- Bitwarden Cloud Service Providers
- BloodHound Community Edition Cloud Service Providers
- BloodHound Enterprise Cloud Service Providers
- BlueJeans Cloud Service Providers
- Blumira Cloud Service Providers
- Bonusly Cloud Service Providers
- Box Cloud Service Providers
- BugSnag Cloud Service Providers
- Businessmap Cloud Service Providers
- Checkmk Cloud Service Providers
- Cisco ASA Cloud Service Providers
- Cisco Firepower Cloud Service Providers
- Cisco ISE Admin Logins Cloud Service Providers
- Cisco Secure Email Cloud Service Providers
- Cisco Security Cloud Sign On Cloud Service Providers
- Umbrella Dashboard Cloud Service Providers
- Umbrella End Users Cloud Service Providers
- NetScaler Remote Access & VPN
- Citrix Workspace Cloud Service Providers
- Planview AdaptiveWork (formerly Clarizen) Cloud Service Providers
- Clever Cloud Service Providers
- ClickUp Cloud Service Providers
- Cloudflare Cloud Service Providers
- Cisco CloudLock Cloud Service Providers
- Cohesity Cloud Service Providers
- Commvault Complete Backup & Recovery Cloud Service Providers
- ConnectWise Home Cloud Service Providers
- ConnectWise ScreenConnect Cloud Service Providers
- CrashPlan Cloud Service Providers
- CyberArk Privileged Access Cloud Service Providers
- CyberArk Workforce Identity Cloud Service Providers
- Cyolo Cloud Service Providers
- Dashlane Cloud Service Providers
- Datadog Cloud Service Providers
- Datto File Protection Cloud Service Providers
- Datto Workplace Cloud Service Providers
- Delinea Secret Server Cloud Service Providers
- DigiCert Cloud Service Providers
- DNSFilter Cloud Service Providers
- DocuSign Cloud Service Providers
- Domotz Cloud Service Providers
- Drip Cloud Service Providers
- Dropbox Cloud Service Providers
- Drupal Cloud Service Providers
- Dynatrace Cloud Service Providers
- Egnyte Cloud Service Providers
- Elastic Cloud Service Providers
- Emburse Certify Cloud Service Providers
- Epic Mobile Apps Cloud Service Providers
- Expensify Cloud Service Providers
- Fortinet Fortigate Cloud Service Providers
- Freedcamp Cloud Service Providers
- Freshdesk Cloud Service Providers
- Freshworks Cloud Service Providers
- GitHub Enterprise Cloud Service Providers
- GitLab SaaS Cloud Service Providers
- GitLab Self-Managed Cloud Service Providers
- Globalscape EFT Cloud Service Providers
- GoTo Apps Cloud Service Providers
- Graylog Cloud Service Providers
- Grafana Cloud Cloud Service Providers
- Grafana Enterprise Cloud Service Providers
- Google Workspace Cloud Service Providers
- HackerOne Cloud Service Providers
- HackerRank Cloud Service Providers
- HashiCorp Cloud Cloud Service Providers
- Heroku Cloud Service Providers
- HPE Greenlake Cloud Service Providers
- Hootsuite Cloud Service Providers
- Hubspot Cloud Service Providers
- Huntress Cloud Service Providers
- IBMid Cloud Service Providers
- Igloo Cloud Service Providers
- Islando Cloud Service Providers
- IT Glue Cloud Service Providers
- Ivanti Cherwell Service Management Cloud Service Providers
- Ivanti Connect Secure Cloud Service Providers
- JAMF Pro Cloud Service Providers
- Jitbit Cloud Service Providers
- Kandji Cloud Service Providers
- Keeper Security Cloud Service Providers
- Kentik Cloud Service Providers
- Klaviyo Cloud Service Providers
- KnowBe4 Cloud Service Providers
- Legalesign Cloud Service Providers
- Lever Cloud Service Providers
- Liongard Cloud Service Providers
- Looker Cloud Service Providers
- Lucid Cloud Service Providers
- ManageEngine Access Manager Plus Cloud Service Providers
- ManageEngine ADAudit Plus Cloud Service Providers
- ManageEngine ADManager Plus Cloud Service Providers
- ManageEngine ADSelf Service Plus Cloud Service Providers
- ManageEngine AD360 Cloud Service Providers
- ManageEngine AppCreator Cloud Service Providers
- ManageEngine Application Control Plus Cloud Service Providers
- ManageEngine Applications Manager Cloud Service Providers
- ManageEngine Asset Explorer Cloud Service Providers
- ManageEngine Endpoint Central Cloud Service Providers
- ManageEngine Key Manager Plus Cloud Service Providers
- ManageEngine OpManager Cloud Service Providers
- ManageEngine PAM360 Cloud Service Providers
- ManageEngine Password Manager Pro Cloud Service Providers
- ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus Cloud Service Providers
- ManageEngine Patch Manager Plus Cloud Cloud Service Providers
- ManageEngine Remote Access Plus Cloud Service Providers
- ManageEngine Remote Access Plus Cloud Cloud Service Providers
- ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus Cloud Service Providers
- ManageEngine SupportCenter Plus Cloud Service Providers
- ManageEngine Vulnerability Manager Plus Cloud Service Providers
- Meraki Dashboard Cloud Service Providers
- Meraki Secure Client Cloud Service Providers
- Microsoft 365 Cloud Service Providers
- Miro Cloud Service Providers
- Monday Cloud Service Providers
- NetApp BlueXP Cloud Service Providers
- NetApp ONTAP Cloud Service Providers
- NetDocuments Cloud Service Providers
- Netskope Admin Console Cloud Service Providers
- New Relic Cloud Service Providers
- NinjaOne Cloud Service Providers
- Notion Cloud Service Providers
- Nutanix Cloud Cloud Service Providers
- OpenText ALM Octane Cloud Service Providers
- OpenText Operations Bridge Integration Hub Cloud Service Providers
- PagerDuty Cloud Service Providers
- Palo Alto Networks Cloud Service Providers
- Palo Alto Prisma Cloud Service Providers
- Panther Cloud Service Providers
- Ping Identity Cloud Service Providers
- Pipedrive Cloud Service Providers
- Procore Cloud Service Providers
- Productboard Cloud Service Providers
- Quest Foglight Cloud Service Providers
- Rapid7 Cloud Service Providers
- Red Hat Keycloak Cloud Service Providers
- Remedyforce Cloud Service Providers
- Ringcentral Cloud Service Providers
- Rubrik Security Cloud Cloud Service Providers
- SailPoint Cloud Service Providers
- Salesforce Cloud Service Providers
- ServiceNow Cloud Service Providers
- SAP BTP Cockpit Cloud Service Providers
- SAP Concur Cloud Service Providers
- SAP HANA, express edition Cloud Service Providers
- Sauce Labs Cloud Service Providers
- Sensu Go Cloud Service Providers
- SentinelOne Cloud Service Providers
- ShareFile Cloud Service Providers
- Signal Sciences Cloud Service Providers
- Singlewire InformaCast Cloud Service Providers
- Slack Cloud Service Providers
- Smartsheet Cloud Service Providers
- Snowflake Cloud Service Providers
- SolarWinds Platform Cloud Service Providers
- SolarWinds Service Desk Cloud Service Providers
- SonicWALL SMA 200 Series Cloud Service Providers
- Splunk Cloud Service Providers
- Sumo Logic Cloud Service Providers
- Syncplicity Cloud Service Providers
- Tableau Cloud Service Providers
- Tableau Server Cloud Service Providers
- Tenable Cloud Service Providers
- Terraform Cloud Cloud Service Providers
- ThousandEyes Cloud Service Providers
- Trend Vision One Cloud Service Providers
- Udemy Cloud Service Providers
- UserVoice Cloud Service Providers
- Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager Cloud Service Providers
- Verkada Cloud Service Providers
- WebEx Cloud Service Providers
- Workday Cloud Service Providers
- Workplace from Meta Cloud Service Providers
- WP Engine Cloud Service Providers
- YubiEnterprise Delivery Cloud Service Providers
- Zabbix Cloud Service Providers
- Zendesk Cloud Service Providers
- Zerto Cloud Service Providers
- Zoho Cloud Service Providers
- Zoho Bookings Cloud Service Providers
- Zoho Cliq Cloud Service Providers
- Zoho CRM Cloud Service Providers
- Zoho Directory Cloud Service Providers
- Zoho Expense Cloud Service Providers
- Zoho Forms Cloud Service Providers
- Zoho Invoice Cloud Service Providers
- Zoho Meeting Cloud Service Providers
- Zoho One Cloud Service Providers
- Zoho People Cloud Service Providers
- Zoho Projects Cloud Service Providers
- Zoho Sign Cloud Service Providers
- Zoho Sites Cloud Service Providers
- Zoho Wiki Cloud Service Providers
- Zoom Cloud Service Providers
- Other SAML Service Providers Try our Duo SSO Generic SAML application Cloud Service Providers
- Other OIDC Relying Parties Try our Generic OIDC Relying Party application Cloud Service Providers
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Other Applications
- macOS Other Applications
- Epic Other Applications
- Cisco SecureX Other Applications
- AWS Amazon WorkSpaces Other Applications
- PeopleSoft Other Applications
- Juniper UAC Other Applications
- VMware View Other Applications
- Bomgar Other Applications
- CyberArk Privileged Account Security Other Applications
- Delinea Secret Server Other Applications
- LDAP Two-factor for LDAP logins Other Applications
- Other Devices Try our RADIUS application Other Applications
- Authentication Proxy Overview This package connects your service to Duo Other Applications
- Authentication Proxy Reference guide Reference
- Duo Splunk Connector Pull Duo logs in to Splunk with an open-source utility API
- Duo Ready Partner List Learn more about integrations created by our partners Other Applications
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Unix & SSH
- Duo Unix Unix & SSH
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SDK & API References
- Duo Security on GitHub Duo API clients and Web SDK resources API
- Duo Web Use our SDK to protect any web application with Duo API
- OIDC-based Auth API OIDC standards-based Duo 2FA for web applications API
- Auth API REST API for protecting logins on web & mobile API
- Admin API REST API for performing administrative functions API
- Device API REST API for managing trusted device identifiers API
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Guides & Policies
- Duo End of Sale, End of Support, and End of Life Policy Guides
- Duo Liftoff Guide Plan a successful Duo deployment Guides
- Help Desk Guide Information for user-facing support staff Guides
- Business Continuity Guide Managing service outages Guides
- Promoting Duo Push with Users Encourage push notification usage Guides
- Duo Travel Guide Tips for staying secure and connected Guides
- Duo Policy Guide Supplemental guidance for Duo Policies Guides
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