# User authentication method

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**Access Type**: Users & Roles - Viewer

**Premium Feature**: SSO
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The authentication method attribute for a user provides your organization with insight into how a user is authenticating into your Didomi console. In this article, we will cover the different values that can be populated in this column for a user in organizations who have enabled Single Sign-On (SSO).

View the authentication method attribute for a user by clicking **My organization** and selecting **Users & Roles** from the drop-down menu.

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Ensure the **Users** tab is selected and navigate to a user on the list to view that user's authentication method.

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Refer to the following table for the different authentication methods that can be populated and suggested actions if necessary.

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<table><thead><tr><th width="197">Authentication method</th><th>Description</th><th>Suggested action(s)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>SAML SSO</td><td>User is connecting to your organization's Didomi account via SSO</td><td>No action needed.</td></tr><tr><td>Email/Password</td><td>User is connecting to your organization's Didomi account using an email and password</td><td><p>Perform one the following actions:</p><p></p><ul><li>Delete user since they are not part of your enterprise</li><li>Keep the user and authorize their email domain in your organization's SSO configuration</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table>


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