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How does DUO work with PDQ?

Michael Lerch

November 10, 2021 15:12

Because of cyber insurance reasons we need to setup MFA for all admins RDP and local login. I'm concerned that this may prohibit the ability to push out and install packages using the PDQ admin account. For example if I push a package to a workstation that has the DUO client will it timeout because there was no MFA? Or does it not prompt on unattended installs? Does it work differently if it's Pull vs Push?

I just want to know what I'm getting myself into before I dive in. Thanks!

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4 comments

lnichols
November 10, 2021 19:06

Michael,

Don't quote me on this but I think it would still work. PDQ Deploy installs software essentially under a service account, not using a live interactive session. I do not think that would be subject to your MFA rules for RDP and local login.

Again, I could be mistaken as I haven't tested this.

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bisenstein
December 14, 2021 17:41

The Duo Client for Windows protects logins or interactive UAC prompts. You can read more about what it will do and not do at the top of this page: https://duo.com/docs/rdp

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dhoffman
December 16, 2021 13:50 (Edited December 16, 2021 13:53)

It's fine. I'm undergoing the same process and DUO doesn't interfere with any PDQ activities. I'm also using PDQ to deploy the DUO client :)

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Michael Lerch
December 16, 2021 14:20

Thanks guys! I appreciate the comments and reassuring me it won't be a problem.

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