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title: Strong Authentication (MFA)
description: Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a service that enables Customer and Workforce users to securely authenticate using a range of authentication methods.
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page_id: pingone:strong_authentication_mfa:p1_strong_authentication_start
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingone/strong_authentication_mfa/p1_strong_authentication_start.html
revdate: November 28, 2024
section_ids:
  getting-started-with-strong-authentication-mfa: Getting started with strong authentication (MFA)
  what-do-you-want-to-do: What do you want to do?
  what-do-you-want-to-know: What do you want to know?
  configuring-strong-authentication: Configuring strong authentication
  managing-pingid-in-pingone: Managing PingID in PingOne
  troubleshooting: Troubleshooting
  developer-resources: Developer resources
  further-resources: Further resources
---

# Strong Authentication (MFA)

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a service that enables Customer and Workforce users to securely authenticate using a range of authentication methods.

## Getting started with strong authentication (MFA)

### What do you want to do?

* [Start a PingOne trial](../getting_started_with_pingone/p1_start_a_p1_trial.html)

* [Create an new environment for strong authentication (MFA)](p1_create_environment_strong_authentication_start.html)

* [Integrate an existing PingID account or PingOne environment for MFA](p1_integrate_pingid_with_p1.html)

### What do you want to know?

* [What is strong authentication (MFA)?](p1_intro_to_strong_authentication.html)

* [Overview of authentication methods](p1_authentication_methods_overview.html)

* [What is the difference between Workforce and Customer environments?](p1_pid_what_is_the_difference.html)

* [What is a typical strong authentication (MFA) workflow?](p1_strong_authentication_typical_flow.html)

## Configuring strong authentication

* [Configure strong authentication methods](p1_configuring_strong_authentication_start.html)

* [Configure an MFA policy for strong authentication](p1_creating_an_mfa_policy_for_strong_auth.html)

* [Create an Authentication policy](../authentication/p1_authenticationpolicies.html)

* [Configure PingID policy](p1_configuring_pid_policy.html)

* [Configure PingID Offline MFA](p1_pid_offline_mfa.html)

* [Configure a passwordless Windows login application in PingOne](https://docs.pingidentity.com/solution-guides/best_practice_guides/bp_setting_up_windows_passwordless_login_windows_app_p1.html)

* [Strong authentication (MFA) integrations](p1_strong_authentication_integrations.html)

* [Strong authentication monitoring and dashboards](p1_strong_auth_monitoring_dashboards.html)

## Managing PingID in PingOne

* [Manage PingID devices through MyAccount](../user_experience/p1_self_service.html)

* [Bypass MFA for a specific user](../directory/p1_pid_bypass_mfa.html)

* [PingID language support](p1_pid_language_support.html)

* [PingID user life cycle management](p1_pid_user_lifecycle_management.html)

## Troubleshooting

* [Audit logs](../monitoring/p1_reporting.html)

* [System status](https://status.pingidentity.com/)

* [Knowledge Base](https://support.pingidentity.com/s/global-search/%40uri#q=pingone%20mfa\&t=KnowledgeBase)

## Developer resources

* [Get started with PingOne APIs](https://developer.pingidentity.com/pingone-api/getting-started/introduction.html)

* [PingOne Platform API Reference - PingOne MFA](https://developer.pingidentity.com/pingone-api/mfa/introduction.html)

* [PingOne MFA Native SDK](https://developer.pingidentity.com/pingone-api/native-sdks/pingone-mfa-mobile-sdks.html)

## Further resources

All other actions are managed by the PingID admin portal. Learn more in [the PingID Administration Guide](https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingid/pid_landing_page.html)