Earthquake-induced drifts in buildings can be reduced by adding secondary moment frames to provide post-yield stiffness. It is desirable to have secondary frames that will remain elastic up to the expected drifts, but this is challenging to accomplish with traditional configurations. Most steel moment frames will yield at drifts of 1 to 2 percent even though drifts of 3 to 4 percent are expected for ductile systems under the maximum consider earthquake. For steel moment frames, the elastic drift limit can be increased by providing pinned connections (bolted web) at selected beam-column joints. This paper discusses the characteristics and use of high-yield-drift (HYD) steel moment frames that remain elastic up to 4 percent drift. High-yield-drift frames dramatically improve the economy of steel dual systems. In this study, HYD moment frames were compared to traditional steel moment frames with the same steel weight. The HYD frames were found to achieve greater strength while using half the number moment connections, due to inherent efficiencies in the configurations. Also, since the moment connections in HYD frames have minimal ductility demands, special connection details are not necessary. Fewer moment connections with minimal ductility demands will dramatically decrease the cost of secondary moment frames, improving the economy of dual systems. Non-linear response history analyses were used to demonstrate how HYD moment frames can be used in conjunction with buckling restrained braced frames, self-centering braced frames, and conventional moment frames. Case study frames were analyzed under both design-basis (DBE) and maximum-considered earthquakes (MCE), with maximum and residual drifts results presented. Recommendations are given for the use of HYD moment frames and directions for future research.