# Set up workforce access to AWS resources
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Set up how your workforce users authenticate and access AWS resources through IAM Identity Center. This section covers the following components that govern workforce user access to your AWS environment:
+ **Authentication sessions** – Understand how IAM Identity Center manages different types of user sessions, from interactive portal sessions to background application sessions, and how they interact with each other.
+ **User access management** – Configure session durations, disable user accounts, and implement organization-wide access blocks to maintain security and compliance.
+ **Password management** – For users created in the Identity Center directory, set password requirements, handle user credential setup, and manage password resets for users.
+ **Multi-factor authentication** – For users created in the Identity Center directory, enhance security with MFA using authenticator apps, security keys, or built-in authenticators to protect user sign-ins.

**Topics**
+ [Understanding authentication sessions in IAM Identity Center](authconcept.md)
+ [Configure the session duration in IAM Identity Center](configure-user-session.md)
+ [Disable user access to AWS accounts and applications in IAM Identity Center](disableuser.md)
+ [Deny user access with Service Control Policies](authconcept-revoke-access.md)
+ [Managing access for users in the Identity Center directory](managing-workforce-access-identity-center-directory.md)