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# Log into SD Desktop

## Prerequisites

* [Accessing secondary use health or social data via Sensitive Data services](secondarydata-access.md)

## Step by step
    
1. Go to login page: **[https://sd-desktop.csc.fi](https://sd-desktop.csc.fi){ target="_blank" }**.
2. Log in with MyCSC-credentials or Haka. Enter your username and password.
3. You need to verify your identity with a second verification step (i.e. Multi-factor Authentication, MFA). Enter the verification code provided via your MFA mobile application (e.g. Google Authenticator)
4. Press *Continue*.

[![Authentication](images/desktop/desktop_login-mfa1.png)](images/desktop/desktop_login-mfa1.png)

* [Create virtual desktop](sd-desktop-secondary-create.md)
* [Import data for analysis using Data gateway](sd-desktop-secondary-access.md)
* [Working with your desktop: tips, essentials, software](sd-desktop-secondary-working.md)
* [Manage virtual desktop](sd-desktop-secondary-manage.md)
