# Seeking Guidance: Dual Authentication Setup for Moderators and Students

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-guidance-dual-authentication-setup-for-moderators-and-students/288341>\
**Category:** SSO\
**Created:** [December 12, 2023, 6:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-guidance-dual-authentication-setup-for-moderators-and-students/288341 "2023-12-12T06:15:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![simon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon/32/339122_2.png) [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2023, 9:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeking-guidance-dual-authentication-setup-for-moderators-and-students/288341/5 "2023-12-13T09:08:15Z")

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> [@Ankit\_Jha](#):
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> Our goal is to have moderators log in using traditional username/password credentials, while students should exclusively use Single Sign-On (SSO) via [Discourse Connect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/13045).

The easiest approach would be to have moderators log in via the same SSO provider site as students are using. Is there something that prevents you from configuring things in that way? I’m guessing that it’s not possible for moderators to create accounts on the SSO provider site, but maybe that’s not the case.

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