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title: Integrating PingID with Windows login (passwordless)
description: Windows Login - Passwordless makes it possible for users to log-in to their Windows computer without a password, using just the PingID mobile app (version 1.15 or higher) or a FIDO2 security key.
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page_id: pingid:pingid_integrations:pid_integrating_with_windows_login_passwordless
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revdate: May 26, 2026
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  basic-steps-for-setting-up-windows-login-passwordless: Basic steps for setting up Windows Login - Passwordless
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# Integrating PingID with Windows login (passwordless)

Windows Login - Passwordless makes it possible for users to log-in to their Windows computer without a password, using just the PingID mobile app (version 1.15 or higher) or a FIDO2 security key.

A number of points to take into account before setting up Windows Login - Passwordless:

* For users to use the passwordless login, they must already have a device that has been paired for PingID.

* Windows Login - Passwordless includes support for *Run as Admin*.

* Windows Login - Passwordless includes support for remote desktop (RDP). If you plan on using RDP, you must install Windows Login - Passwordless on both the accessing client and the remote computer. Learn more in [Configuration for use with RDP](pid_configuration_for_use_with_rdp.html).

## Basic steps for setting up Windows Login - Passwordless

These are the main steps the administrator must carry out to set up the PingID integration with passwordless Windows login:

1. [Create a new environment in PingOne and connect it to your existing PingID account](pid_create_p1_environment_connect_to_pid_account.html).

2. [Configure identity store provisioners](pid_configuring_identity_store_provisioners.html).

3. [Create an "issuance" certificate in PingOne](pid_creating_issuance_certificate_in_p1.html).

4. [Create an authentication policy in PingOne](pid_creating_authentication_policy_windows_passwordless.html).

5. [Create and configure a passwordless Windows login application in PingOne](pid_creating_configuring_passwordless_windows_login_application_p1.html).

6. **For Entra ID joined devices**: [Enable certificate-based authentication in Entra ID](pid_configuration_for_use_with_entra_id.html).

7. [Generate a Key Distribution Center (KDC) certificate](pid_passwordless_generate_kdc_certificate.html) (if necessary).

8. [Install the Windows Login - Passwordless integration software on the individual Windows client computers](pid_installing_passwordless_windows_login_integration_on_client_computers.html).

Learn more about the core concepts for this integration in [Background concepts for the PingID for Windows Login - Passwordless integration](pid_integrating_pid_passwordless_windows_login.html).