PingID End User Guide

Pairing your email

Register or 'pair' your email address from a web browser, so you can receive a one-time passcode (OTP) to your email, and use it to authenticate securely with PingID.

About this task

After you have paired your device and authenticated successfully using a web browser, you can also use it to authenticate when accessing your VPN or Mac login machine, if your company allows you to do so.

Steps

  1. Sign on to your account or app and when you see the registration window, click Start.

    A screen capture of the Registration window showing the Start button.

    You’ll see the Add a New Device window, showing the Email icon.

    A screen capture of the Add New Device window showing device options available for you to add.

  2. In the Add a New Device window, click Email.

    Result:

    You’ll see a pop-up window in which you can enter your email address.

    A screen capture of the Email window requesting you to enter the email you want to use to authenticate with the Next or Cancel option.

  3. Enter your email address, and then click Next.

    Result:

    A one-time passcode (OTP) is sent to the email address you specified.A screen capture of the email from PingID displaying the one-time passcode to use complete authentication through email.

  4. Copy the OTP you received in the PingID email. In your browser, in the Enter passcode field, paste or enter the OTP. Click Verify.

    A screen capture of the Email Verification window requesting you to enter the one-time passcode in the Enter passcode field.

    Result:

    After you successfully authenticate, the green Authenticated message with a check mark appears. You are automatically signed on to your organization’s dock or app.

Result

The next time you sign on to your account or app:

  1. You receive an OTP through your email.

  2. Enter the OTP.

  3. Click Sign On to complete the authentication.