To improve the usability of our plugin and to improve the customer experience, we have changed the User Interface of our 2FA plugins.

If you have been using our plugin already and want to check out where the previous settings are moved, then you are on the right page. Throughout this document, we are going to see where the features from the old UI got moved into the new UI.

We have recently updated the Two Factor Settings page in our new UI to make it more user-friendly. The new page now features three clear and concise steps to guide admins through the setup process. In order to make advanced settings for each two-factor authentication (2FA) method more accessible we have moved method-specific settings from the Advanced settings tab to the main page in the Setting Icon of the respective method cards. We believe that these updates will improve the overall admin’s usability experience and make it easier for them to set up 2FA for their organizations.

Settings that are moved from their Tabs

Settings

Old UI Tab

New UI Tab

Allow to reconfigure/reset 2FA method

Two Factor Settings

Advanced Options

Enforce Current/Primary Method for User

Two Factor Settings

Advanced Options

Show Remaining 2FA Method After Configuration/Inline Registration

Two Factor Settings

Advanced Options

Show All Configured Methods to User for Validation

Two Factor Settings

Advanced Options

Enable 2FA/MFA for All users (Existing + Newly created)

User Management

Basic Configurations

Mobile Authenticator Settings

Advanced Settings

Basic Configurations

Web Authentication Settings

Advanced Settings

Basic Configurations

OTP Over Email Settings

Advanced Settings

Basic Configurations

OTP Over SMS Settings

Advanced Settings

Basic Configurations

Duo Push Notification Settings

Advanced Settings

Basic Configurations

 

Tab Specific changes

Two Factor Settings: (Tab name is changed to Basic Configurations)

  1. Enable 2 Factor Authentication setting is moved from the top of the Tab to Step 3: Enable 2FA.

  2. Available 2FA methods are removed from this page and now the admin also has to access this page from the Two Factor Authentication in the profile section. A URL for the same is provided at the bottom of the page under the section of Setup 2FA for my account.

  3. 2FA methods For User and Backup Methods are moved to the individual 2FA methods cards.

Advanced Settings: (Tab name is changed to Advanced Options)

All the method-specific settings are moved to the Basic Configurations Tab.

To access the advanced settings for a particular 2FA method, simply click on the settings icon located on the corresponding method's card in the Basic Configurations. This will open a pop-up window where admin can make any necessary changes to the method's settings.

New Features

  1. Crowd SSO Domain: It is added in the Advanced Options tab under the feature of One-time 2FA validation in Crowd authentication setups. Now admins can use one time validation feature even if they have different domains for their different servers.

  2. Customizable Security Questions: It is added to the Look and feel Tab under the section of Security Questions. Now admins will be able to customize or translate security questions according to their needs.

  3. New Backup Methods: Admins now can enable every 2FA method as a backup method.