Authentication Policies - Can you add a single user to two different policies?

Jessie Yorke December 18, 2024

Can one user be associated to multiple different authentication policies? If so, how does the system understand which policy to apply? I can't find anything in help articles! Thanks.

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Lucas Knorr
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December 18, 2024

Hi @Jessie Yorke
you can move users between policies pretty easy, but it`s not supported to add one user to multiple authentication policies at the same time. 

Jessie Yorke December 19, 2024

Thank you Lucas! Does it error if you try and do this, blocking a save? Or does it just silently fail?

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December 19, 2024

There will be no possibility of something failing or causing an error. A user will always be able to log in with the settings configured in the respective authentication policy.

Example:
User XY is assigned to policy A, which currently does not enforce SSO.
Now the login requirements for user XY have changed => The user is now being assigned to policy B which enforces SSO. => In this step the user is automatically removed from Policy A.

Jessie Yorke January 8, 2025

Got it, that's really good to know, thank you

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