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title: Omnissa Access
tags: [modern-workplace, security]
vendors: [omnissa]
summary: Identity and access management for applications. Sign in once, and access then depends on the state of the device rather than only on the password.
photoNeed: "A Horizon or Workspace ONE session in use: a virtual desktop on a real screen, or a thin client on a real desk"
stub: false
draft: false
kind: product
formerly: Workspace ONE Access
addon: false
sourceNote: "Omnissa product page for Omnissa Access, read 2026-08-30, which opens: Omnissa Access (formerly Workspace ONE Access)"
vendorName: Omnissa Access
status: current
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## What it is

Access handles identity and application access: SaaS, local applications, and virtualized
ones such as Omnissa desktops or published applications. People sign in once and reach
everything they are entitled to through SSO and SAML.

## What it adds

**Multi-factor.** On top of the password you can require one-time codes, biometrics,
Yubikeys, DUO or an authenticator app. This matters most where the Unified Access Gateway's
own options with RADIUS, SAML, RSA SecurID or certificates have run out.

**Conditional access.** Access can be governed by role, device state, location and network
segment. That is the real difference from a plain SSO portal: not only who, but from where
and on what.

## What to watch

A central gateway is also a central point of failure. Anyone introducing Access plans for
it being unreachable, and decides in advance which applications still have to work then.

## What changed about the name

The product was called Workspace ONE Access and is now Omnissa Access. Omnissa's own
product page still opens with the old name in brackets, which is a fair sign of how many
licence sheets, runbooks and firewall rules still carry it. Both names mean this page.