Hi,
We setup the Tableau Server 2026 with Local authentication, and in the process of hosting the site externally, for security reasons, we need to have MFA for the login process. I don't see an option for MFA. This project is for external customers, who are not in our domain, and will not be added to the domain.
What options do we have for MFA or any additional security options than just username + password.
#Tableau Server #MFA
Just an additional comment on the Identity Pool part as it is easy to mix up things.
Identity Pool is a pair of 1) an identity store and 2) an identity provider.
identity store can be local or AD/LDAD, and identity provider always and only OIDC.
But the Identity Pool identity store is constrained by your original identity store defined during Tableau Server installation.
If identity store local then Identity Pool identity store can only be local (same or new)
If identity store AD/LDAP then Identity Pool identity store can only be AD/LDAP (same!)
It is pretty cool but tedious to configure as there is no tsm command or GUI to configure it. it is all through REST API calls only.
Then your Tableau login page will have an additional button, for example External users.
The internal users can continue to use Local authentication or SAML, it is totally independant.
It was a very good idea from Tableau, but Tableau didn't further develop this feature since 3 years.
