PingID Administration Guide

PingID integration for Windows login (passwordless) 1.6 (May 28, 2024)

New features and improvements in PingID integration for Windows login.

Scan manual authentication QR code using native phone camera

New PingID Integration for Windows login

It’s now possible to scan the manual authentication QR code from the user’s native device camera. When the user scans the manual authentication QR code with their device camera, PingID mobile app opens automatically, displaying the manual authentication key. This option is in addition to the existing option to scan the QR code from within the app.

This option requires PingID mobile app 2.3 or later, and is disabled by default. For information about how to enable it, see Installing passwordless Windows Login integration on client computers.

FIDO2 support

Improved PingID Integration for Windows login

PingID Windows login passwordless provides FIDO2 support for PingID environments that are integrated with PingOne. Learn more: Updating a PingID account to use PingOne FIDO2 policy for Passkey support.

Support for additional languages and text using Portable Object (PO) translations

New PingID Integration for Windows login

PingID Windows login passwordless now supports Portable Object (PO) translations for localized user interfaces. PO translations must be compiled into .mo files and stored in the locale folder within the application’s bin directory, usually found at C:\Program Files\Ping Identity\PingID\Windows Passwordless\bin\locale.

Security and performance enhancements

Security PingID Integration for Windows login

This version of PingID integration for Windows login passwordless authentication includes improvements and fixes for security and performance-related issues.

Issue accessing resources on a shared network using passwordless authentication

Fixed STAGING-21497 PingID Integration for Windows login

We’ve fixed an issue that was preventing users from using passwordless authentication to access a shared resource or network share.