Turn On MFA for Single Sign-On (SSO) to Salesforce Orgs
Customers are contractually required to use multi-factor authentication (MFA) when
accessing Salesforce. If your users log in to your Salesforce org via single sign-on (SSO), you
have the choice of turning on your SSO provider’s MFA service or implementing the free MFA
functionality provided by Salesforce.
Required Editions
Available in: both Salesforce Classic and
Lightning Experience
Use Your SSO Identity Provider’s MFA Service for Salesforce Orgs To help prevent unauthorized access to Salesforce accounts, customers are contractually required to use multi-factor authentication (MFA) when logging in via single sign-on (SSO). You can use your third-party identity provider’s MFA service to satisfy this requirement. This approach includes the benefit of providing MFA to external apps that integrate with the identity provider.
Use Salesforce MFA for SSO (Salesforce Orgs) To help prevent unauthorized access to Salesforce accounts, customers are contractually required to use multi-factor authentication (MFA) when logging in via single sign-on (SSO). You can use the free MFA service included in Salesforce to satisfy this requirement. With this approach, when users log in to Salesforce, they’re prompted to provide an MFA verification method to confirm their identity.
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