Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates

During installation of the DigitalPersona LDS Administration Tools, the following nodes and settings are created under the Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates node.

Click the setting names in the following list to view the details:

DigitalPersona LDS \ General

These settings are used to configure and govern general features of the DigitalPersona software. They are primarily applied to both server (SVR), and client (CLT), but in some cases are applied to only server or client as shown in the following table.

Category Subcategory Setting name SVR CLT
Attended Enrollment
  Security Officer authentication   X
Require to complete or omit credential   X
Authentication Devices
  Bluetooth Lock computer when your phone is out of range   X
Silent authentication   X
Cards Contactless Card Usage   X
Allow enrolling only one contactless card per user X X
Lock the computer upon card or device-bound passkey removal   X
Allow the use of Contactless ID cards as a single (Primary) credential   X
Contactless (RF) technologies    
Face Use Infrared Cameras for Face Recognition   X
Face Verification X X
Device-bound passkey Device-bound passkey authentication X X
Fingerprints Redirect fingerprint data X X
Fingerprint enrollment X X
Fingerprint verification X X
OTP Allow sending OTP Push Notifications automatically   X
Send OTP by email X  
Time-Based OTP Validation Window X X
Push Notification Server API Key X X
Push Notification Server Tenant ID X X
Custom SMS or Mail Message X  
PIN PIN enrollment X  
Recovery Credentials

Recovery Questions:

  • Recovery Questions

  • Allow Recovery Questions for Windows Logon

X

X

  • X

  • X

Self Password Reset:

  • Allow users to reset their Windows passwords

  • Path to DigitalPersona Secure Token Server (STS)

 

 

  • X

X

  • X

Allow One-time access code for Windows Logon X X
Windows Password Re-randomize Windows user password automatically X  
Event logging
  Level of detail in event logs X X
User Onboarding
  Allow user onboarding   X
Proxy Server configuration X X

Attended Enrollment

Security Officer authentication

Specify the occasions when the Security Officer supervising Attended Enrollment must authenticate.

  • If enabled, the Security Officer must authenticate upon those occasions selected in the Options area.

    Options are:

    • When application starts

    • Every time when saving any credential

    • Every time when omitting a credential enrollment

    • Every time when deleting any credential

    • At the end of enrollment, before saving data

  • If disabled or not configured, the Security Officer needs to authenticate only when starting Attended Enrollment.

Note: This policy has no effect if the Session Authentication Policy GPO is disabled.

Require to complete or omit credential

Require that all specified credentials must either be enrolled or explicitly omitted.

  • If enabled, the user must complete the enrollment of all specified credentials or a Security Officer must explicitly approve the omission of any unenrolled credential.

  • If disabled or not configured, enrollment of all specified credentials is not required and omitting a credential does not need Security Officer approval.

Note: This policy has no effect if the Session Authentication Policy GPO is disabled.

Authentication Devices

Note: The Face and device-bound passkey authentication devices (credentials) cannot be used over RDP or within a Citrix environment.

Bluetooth

Lock computer when your phone is out of range

Configure whether or not the computer locks when enrolled Bluetooth device goes out of range.

  • If enabled, the computer locks when enrolled Bluetooth device goes out of range.

  • If disabled or not configured, the computer does not lock when enrolled Bluetooth device goes out of range.

Silent authentication
  • If enabled or not configured, when Bluetooth credentials are allowed for authentication by the Logon or Session Policy in force, authentication will be attempted with the previously used Bluetooth credential immediately upon entry to a logon screen.

  • If disabled, selection of a specific Bluetooth credential is required for authentication.

Cards

Contactless Card Usage

Improve the performance of Contactless cards

  • If enabled, all Contactless cards are used as Contactless ID tokens, with the best response time and maximum coverage of various types of contactless card readers and cards in the product. Some types of cards will be used in a less secure mode than is technically possible.

  • If disabled or not configured, Contactless cards are used as Contactless ID or Contactless Writable tokens, with maximum available security. The choice of Contactless cards and readers could be limited due to secure technologies they support. The response time could increase.

Note:  
  • When changing the way Contactless cards are used, all users will need to re-enroll their cards. This does not mean that the cards enrolled before the GPO change must be deleted. If saved, they can be used again when the GPO is changed back.

  • For SEOS devices, this GPO is recommended to be set to disabled, which is the default mode. This allows SEOS devices to be used on any NFC reader.

  • If the GPO is set to enabled, then SEOS devices can be used only on the HID OMNIKEY 5427, 5023 readers. Also, the SEOS keyset synchronization must be done between the SEOS devices and the readers.

  • To use the HID Mobile Id smartphone application, the GPO must be set to enabled.

    In this case ALL the SEOS devices will be handled in this way.

Allow enrolling only one contactless card per user
  • If enabled, each user can enroll only one contactless card.

  • If disabled or not configured, users can enroll more than one contactless card.

Lock the computer upon card or device-bound passkey removal

Configure whether or not the computer locks upon removing a card or device-bound passkey from the computer.

  • If enabled, the computer locks upon removing the card or device-bound passkey from the computer. The computer will lock only if the device was used to log on to Windows.

  • If disabled or not configured, the computer does not lock upon removing the device from the computer.

Allow the use of Contactless ID cards as a single (Primary) credential

Configure whether or not Contactless ID cards can be used as single (Primary) credential for login to computers and authentication when enrolling other credentials.

  • If enabled, Contactless ID cards can be used as a Primary credential.

  • If disabled or not configured, Contactless ID cards cannot be used as a Primary credential. They can only be used in combination with another Primary credential.

Important: Use of a Contactless ID card as a primary credential is generally not recommended and may increase your security risk.

In addition to enabling this GPO, you must perform the following steps to complete the process.

  1. Run gpupdate /force.

  2. Close and reopen the GPO Editor.

  3. Add the Contactless ID Card as a permitted credential in the Logon Policy GPO (for Windows Logon).

  4. Add the Contactless ID Card as a permitted credential in the Session Authentication Policy GPO (For session authentication, i.e. when enrolling and managing credentials).

  5. Run gpupdate /force.

Contactless (RF) technologies

DigitalPersona supports a wide variety of RF technologies when communicating with contactless cards and tokens. When a single contactless device can support multiple technologies, an administrator can limit the RF technologies to be used. This will help in meeting users’ expectation of how cards will work.

  • If this setting is enabled, only selected contactless (RF) technologies will be used.

  • If disabled or not configured, only modern popular contactless (RF) technologies will be used.

Face

Use Infrared Cameras for Face Recognition

Specifies whether an infrared camera can, or must, be used for Facial Recognition.

  • If this setting is enabled and the “Use only infrared cameras for Face recognition” checkbox is not checked, any IR camera connected to the computer can be used for Facial Recognition. If an IR camera is mounted on the front panel of the computer, it will be used by default. If no IR camera is found, any camera can be used.

  • If enabled and the "Use only infrared cameras for Face recognition” option is checked, users without an IR camera connected to their computer cannot use Facial Recognition. If any IR camera is found, it can be used for Facial Recognition. If an IR camera is mounted on the front panel of the computer, it will be used by default.

  • If disabled or not configured, any camera connected to the computer can be used for Facial Recognition.

Face Verification
Configure the False Accept Rate (FAR)

The False Accept Rate is the probability of receiving a false acceptance decision when comparing the faces of different people.

  • If enabled, you can select one of the following FAR values:

    • Medium (1 in 10,000)

    • Medium High (1 in 100,000) - recommended

    • High (1 in 1,000,000)

    For example, if you select Medium High, on average, one false acceptance will occur when a face is compared against a hundred thousand other faces.

    The higher the setting, the lower the chance of receiving a false acceptance. However, at the High setting, the system may reject legitimate faces.

  • If disabled or not configured, the value of 1 in 100,000 FAR is used.

Device-bound passkey

Device-bound passkey authentication

Configure the options for device-bound passkey authentication

  • If enabled, you can select one of the following device-bound passkey authentication options:

    • User verification and user presence are required.

    • User verification is not required but user presence is.

    • User verification and user presence are not required.

    User verification is the process where a device-bound passkey verifies that the user is authorized to use this device. It can be accomplished through use of a PIN or through biometrics enrolled with the device.

    User presence is not about identifying the user, but ensuring that the user is physically present and in control of the device-bound passkey. User presence can be confirmed by touching the device-bound passkey touch sensor or by presenting an NFC device-bound passkey authenticator to the NFC reader.

  • If disabled or not configured, user verification and user presence are required for device-bound passkey authentication.

Note: When enrolling a device-bound passkey with DigitalPersona, a device-bound passkey PIN is always required. However, during authentication, a device-bound passkey PIN may or may not be required depending on this GPO policy.

Fingerprints

Redirect fingerprint data

Configure whether or not to allow the client computer to redirect fingerprint data to a remote Terminal Services session.

  • If enabled, clients can send fingerprint data to a remote computer. This configuration must be enabled to support fingerprint authentication on a remote desktop.

  • If disabled or not configured, fingerprint data redirection is not allowed.

When an administrator changes this setting, only new connections display the behavior specified by the new setting. Sessions that were initiated before the change must log off and reconnect to be affected by the new setting.

The Do not compress fingerprint data for redirection checkbox specifies whether to compress fingerprint data on the client computer before redirecting it to the Terminal Services session.

  • If checked, fingerprint data is not compressed on the client computers before sending to the Terminal Server.

  • If not checked, fingerprint data is compressed on the client computers before sending to the Terminal Server.

When an administrator changes this setting, only new connections display the behavior specified by the new setting. Sessions that were initiated before the change must log off and reconnect to be affected by the new setting.

Fingerprint enrollment

Configure settings related to fingerprint enrollment.

Set the minimum number of enrolled fingerprints

This setting requires that the user enroll at least the specified number of fingerprints.

Enrolling just one fingerprint increases the probability of not being able to authenticate. Enrolling several fingerprints will increase the probability of false acceptance.

If disabled or not configured, the minimum number of fingerprints required for enrollment is 1.

Set the maximum number of enrolled fingerprints

This setting restricts the number of fingerprints that a user can enroll. Enrolling several fingerprints will increase the probability of false acceptance.

If disabled or not configured, the maximum number of fingerprints allowed for enrollment is 10.

Fingerprint verification

Configure settings related to fingerprint verification.

  • If enabled, allows you to set the False Accept Rate for the fingerprint verification.

  • If disabled or not configured, a FAR setting of Medium High (1 in 100,000) is used.

Set the False Accept Rate

The False Accept Rate (FAR) is the probability of receiving a false acceptance decision when comparing fingerprints scanned from different fingers.

When this setting is enabled, you can select one of the following FAR values:

  • Medium (1 in 10,000)

  • Medium High (1 in 100,000) - Recommended

  • High (1 in 1,000,000)

For example: if you select Medium High, on average, one false acceptance will occur when a fingerprint is compared against one hundred thousand fingerprints scanned from different fingers.

The higher the setting, the lower the chance of receiving a false acceptance. However, at the High setting, the system may reject legitimate fingerprints.

Note: The FAR is set on a per verification basis. When matching a fingerprint against the fingerprints of multiple users (identification), the internally used FAR is automatically adjusted to maintain the same effective FAR that was selected for one match.

OTP

Allow sending OTP Push Notifications automatically

Specify whether to allow sending One-Time Password Push Notifications automatically, without needing to explicitly click on the Send push notification link to initiate the OTP request.

  • If enabled, when the OTP tile displays, either by user navigation or program logic, the Push Notification for the OTP request is initiated automatically so that the user can proceed with granting approval from their mobile device.

  • If disabled or not configured, the behavior is the same as in previous versions of DigitalPersona software: the user must click on the Send push notification link to initiate the OTP request.

Send OTP by email

Specify whether to allow sending the user a One-Time Password through email. Requires also entering valid SMTP server information in the SMTP Configuration GPO.

  • If enabled, the option to send the user a One-Time Password through email is shown in the UI.

  • If disabled or not configured, this option is not shown in the UI.

Time-Based OTP Validation Window

Specifies a validation system acceptance delay for OTP validation in minutes.

Time differences between the TOTP validation server and a client device generating an OTP token can result in a mismatch of the OTP, and subsequent login failure. This is due to the fact that the validation server compares the timestamp when the OTP was generated with the timestamp when it is received. Although the duration of validity of a specific OTP may vary for specific devices, this window is generally plus or minus 30 seconds, for a total window of one minute. In some cases, due to network latency, or inaccurate clocks on lower-end OTP hardware devices, the gap between the originating timestamp and receiving timestamp may be more than the validation window.

This setting allows the administrator to specify a longer validation window. Note that the value indicates the total window, for example a window of 2 minutes would extend the validation window for 1 minute before and after the receiving timestamp.

  • If enabled, you can specify a validation window of between 1 and 20 minutes. Be aware that a longer validation window increases the time that the data may be vulnerable to attack.

  • If not configured, the validation window defaults to 1 minute.

Push Notification Server API Key

Specifies the user’s unique identification key on the Crossmatch Push Notification Server.

  • If enabled, and a valid API Key is entered, OTP Push Notification is shown on the logon screen. The API Key is provided in an email from the CPNS Team when a tenant account is created on the Crossmatch Push Notification Server.

  • If disabled or not configured, Push Notification will not be shown on the logon screen.

Push Notification Server Tenant ID

Specifies the user's unique identifier on the Crossmatch Push Notification Server.

  • If enabled, and a valid Tenant ID is entered, Push Notification is shown on the logon screen. The Tenant ID is provided in an email from the CPNS Team when a tenant account is created on the Crossmatch Push Notification Server.

  • If disabled or not configured, Push Notification will not be shown on the logon screen.

Custom SMS or Mail Message

Specifies a string to be used as the SMS or email message sent to the user. Requires a previously created Nexmo SMS account.

  • If enabled, this message will be sent each time the SMS or email OTP feature is used. You can specify a custom message with a limit of 140 characters. The message must also include the variable placeholder: %s, representing the code that will be sent in the message. For example, “Enter the following code to logon: %s”.

  • If disabled or not configured, the default message will be sent. The default message is “Use the DigitalPersona Verification Code %s.

Note: If Push Notification OTP will be used on DigitalPersona client machines outside of your firewall, the Push Notification GPO must be applied on both client and server machines.

PIN

PIN enrollment

Configure settings related to enrollment of a user PIN.

  • If enabled, you can specify the minimum and maximum length of the user PIN.

  • If disabled or not configured, the minimum length of the user PIN is 4 and the maximum length is 12.

Note: Requiring longer PINs increases security by making it more difficult to try all possible combinations of numbers to discover a user’s PIN.

Recovery Credentials

Recovery Questions
Enable Recovery Questions

Recovery Questions is a recovery feature that allows users to gain access to the computer in the event that they are unable to authenticate with the required credentials.

  • If enabled or not configured, users will be able to use Recovery Questions to log on.

  • If disabled, Recovery Questions functionality is not available to users.

Once enabled, the administrator can select or deselect from the provided list those questions that will be available to the user.

There are also options for the users to be able to type their own security question during enrollment of the credential, and for the administrator to define up to six custom questions (for example, to allow localized versions of the question) to be included in the Recovery Questions to be answered during credential enrollment.

Allow Recovery Questions for Windows Logon

Specifies whether users can bypass the current Logon Policy after using their Recovery Questions at Windows logon or simply set their Windows Password.

  • If enabled or not configured, users may use their Recovery Questions at Windows logon to reset their Windows password and bypass the current Logon Policy.

  • If disabled, users may use their Recovery Questions at Windows logon to reset their Windows password only.

Allow One-time access code for Windows Logon

  • If enabled or not configured, a One-time access code may be used at Windows logon to bypass the current Logon Policy.

  • If disabled, a One-time access code cannot be used at Windows logon to bypass the current Logon Policy.

Event logging

Level of detail in event logs

Determines whether DigitalPersona logs events such as credential enrollment and authentication attempts in the Windows Event Log.

There are three levels of event logging:

- Errors

- Auditing

- Details

  • If enabled, DigitalPersona logs events on the specified level.

  • If disabled or not configured, events are logged on the Auditing level and Status Events are not logged.

Each higher level includes all previous levels. Events are logged on the computer where the event occurred.

For most normal tasks it is enough to set the level to Auditing. This would cover all events related to logon, authentication, credential management and user management. Setting the level to Detail will fill the log file quickly.

Log Status events

Status events provide information about the state of various policies and components on client computers. They are logged on configurable intervals and generally used when events are remotely collected.

Note: Logging of Status Events is not enabled by default, and must be separately enabled by selecting the Log Status Events checkbox.

User Onboarding

Onboarding is a process of enrolling authentication credentials in DigitalPersona software by a new user prior to accessing certain resources.

Allow user onboarding

Determines whether User Onboarding is allowed.

  • If enabled or not configured, an enrolled user will have an option to enroll required authentication credentials prior to using them at Windows logon or the Identity Provider logon screen.

    When a user goes through the enrollment or onboarding process, they authenticate with their Windows credentials first, with a password for example.

    An HID DigitalPersona license is taken at this time, regardless of whether or not they complete enrolling other credentials. The next time they log on, the onboarding option ‘First time using HID DigitalPersona?” will not be shown for this user.

  • If disabled, an unenrolled user will not be able to enroll any required credential prior to logging on to Windows or in Identity Provider. An HID DigitalPersona license is not taken until they subsequently complete credential enrollment in the Enrollment UI.

Proxy Server configuration

Specifies the name and port of a Proxy Server. When specified, all HTTP/HTTPS requests from DigitalPersona software are sent through this Proxy Server as an intermediary.

  • If enabled, and a Proxy Server is specified, all queries are sent through the designated Proxy Server.

  • If disabled or not configured, all queries are sent to the original URL.

DigitalPersona\Server

The policies and settings in this table are implemented through AD Administrative Templates and are used to configure the behavior of a DigitalPersona Server.

Identification Server settings

Perform fingerprint identification on server

Specifies whether fingerprint identification is performed on the DigitalPersona LDS Server or against the local computer cache.

  • If enabled or not configured, fingerprint identification requests are directed to a DigitalPersona LDS Server, where the provided fingerprint data is compared to the data for every user with enrolled fingerprints in the Active Directory domain.

    Note: After enabling this setting, you will need to wait about 15 minutes before identification is available - or you can restart the DigitalPersona Server to refresh the settings.
  • If disabled, fingerprint identification requests are processed on the local computer, where the provided fingerprint data is compared to the data for every user with enrolled fingerprints in the local computer cache.

The default is “not configured.”

Note: The default of not configured for this setting has the opposite effect from the same setting in the previous DigitalPersona Pro software where not configured resulted in fingerprint identification requests being processed on the local computer.

Restrict identification to a specific list of users

Allow restricting identification to a specific list of users with permissions for the computer where the identification request originates.

  • If enabled, you can define a list of users who can participate in identification, and then assign this list to a specific computer or set of computers.

  • If disabled or not configured, identification is performed against all domain users.

For details on how to define this list of users, Identification List.

DigitalPersona Workstations

These settings are used to configure and govern features specific to DigitalPersona workstations.

Advanced

AD LDS instance name

Specifies the name of the AD LDS instance where a DigitalPersona Server is hosted.

  • If enabled and an instance name is entered, queries are sent to the specified instance.

  • If disabled or not configured, queries are sent to any AD LDS instance found in the environment.

Always show the Windows password tile in sign-in options

Specifies whether the Windows password tile is always shown in sign-in options on the Windows Logon screen.

  • If enabled or not configured, the Windows password tile will be always shown in sign-in options, even if a password is not allowed in Logon Authentication Policy.

  • If disabled, the Windows password tile will be shown in sign-in options only if a password is allowed in Logon Authentication Policy.

Do not launch the Getting Started wizard upon logon

  • If enabled, the DigitalPersona User Console and the Getting Started page do not start automatically after user logon.

  • If disabled or not configured, the DigitalPersona User Console and the Getting Started page starts automatically after user logon.

Add user-level credentials to Other User sign-in options

  • If enabled, all user-level policy credentials not already part of the Logon Authentication Policy will be added to sign-on options for Other User on the Windows Logon screen.

  • If disabled or not configured, only the credentials (sign-in options) defined by the Logon Authentication policy will be shown for Other User and user-level policy credentials will not be shown as options for Other User on the Windows Logon screen.

Note: If a user-level policy contains credentials (singly or as part of a credential combination) which are not specified in the computer-level Logon Authentication Policy, those credentials and any credentials associated with them in a credential combination, will not be displayed as sign-in options from the Other user tile. This could result in a valid user be unable to log on to Windows.

Identification Server domain

Specifies the name of the domain where a DigitalPersona ID Server is hosted. Computers attempting to identify a user based on their fingerprint credentials will send the query to this domain.

  • If enabled, and a DNS domain name is entered, queries are sent to the specified domain.

  • If not configured or disabled, queries are sent to the domain that the computer belongs to.

Compatibility with Microsoft fingerprint support

For Quick Actions to work, the DigitalPersona client software must always maintain an exclusive connection to the fingerprint reader. This exclusivity prevents other software from using the reader, including Microsoft’s built-in fingerprint support.

This setting enables or disables those Quick Actions that have a fingerprint credential as a component (called Finger Actions), thus allowing or disallowing use of the fingerprint reader in other applications.

  • If enabled, Finger Actions are disabled. Other fingerprint software can use the fingerprint reader whenever the DigitalPersona software does not require exclusive use for authentication and fingerprint enrollment.

  • If disabled or not configured, Finger Actions may be used, but other fingerprint software (including Microsoft Windows) cannot use the fingerprint reader.

Note: If either the DigitalPersona Verify Your Identity dialog or DigitalPersona fingerprint enrollment process is running, it will use the fingerprint reader exclusively, but other applications can use the fingerprint reader as soon as they finish.

Allow DigitalPersona client to use DigitalPersona Server

  • If enabled or not configured, DigitalPersona clients will attempt to contact a DigitalPersona Server to obtain services.

  • If disabled, DigitalPersona clients will not attempt to contact a DigitalPersona Server, and will use cached data.

Show Taskbar icon

  • If enabled or not configured, a Taskbar icon is displayed on managed workstations.

  • If disabled, the Taskbar icon is not shown.

Allow VPN-less access

Specifies the URL for VPN-less access.

This feature allows logon to Windows and access to other resources when users are outside of their corporate network without a VPN connection.

  • If enabled and a valid URL to the DigitalPersona Web Proxy is entered, the web proxy will be used.

  • If disabled or not configured, VPN-less access will not be available.

Requires installation and valid configuration of the DigitalPersona Web Management Components.

Browser Hardware Support

Allow Localhost Loopback

Configures whether to allow client computers to use Localhost Loopback from their web browsers.

Some product features require communication between a client’s web browser and a locally attached hardware device such as a fingerprint reader. DigitalPersona uses a web service named ‘Localhost Loopback’ for this purpose.

Important: Be aware that enabling this feature does involve some security risk where malicious websites may be able to communicate with hardware on the local machine.
  • If enabled or not configured, Localhost Loopback is enabled.

  • If disabled, Localhost Loopback is disabled. Features such as fingerprint or card authentication will not work within client web browsers.

Localhost Loopback Origins

Specifies origins for which Localhost Loopback will be enabled.

Important: Be aware that enabling this feature does involve some security risk where malicious websites may be able to communicate with hardware on the local machine.
  • If enabled, the administrator can specify those websites for which Localhost Loopback will be enabled by entering the website origins in a semicolon-delimited format, i.e. www.mydomain1.com;www.mydomain2.com. Localhost Loopback will be enabled only for specified websites and disabled for all other websites.

  • If disabled or not configured, Localhost Loopback will be enabled for all websites.

Caching Credentials

Cache user data on local computer

Determines whether user data for domain users are cached on the local computer.

  • If enabled or not configured, user data (fingerprint templates and secure application data) of domain users is cached locally on the computer. This provides domain users the ability to use their fingerprints when a DigitalPersona Server cannot be located. This is a convenient but less secure option.

  • If not enabled, users may only use fingerprints when a DigitalPersona Server is accessible.

The data of local users is always stored on the local computer.

Maximum size of identification list

The identification list contains an administrator-specified number of user accounts. It is used in conjunction with cached credentials to identify a user by their fingerprint and, as an added convenience, frees them from typing their user name and domain at Windows logon.

  • If enabled, you can specify the maximum number of users the identification list can hold on a particular computer. Type the number of users in the Maximum size of identification list text box. While the number of credentials that can be cached is virtually unlimited, the maximum number of users that can be added to the identification list is 100; the minimum is 0.

  • If disabled or not configured, the default value of 10 is used.

Users are added to the identification list in the order they log on. The most recent user to log on is added to the top of the list. If the list has exceeded its capacity, the least recent user to log on is removed from the list when another user logs on. If a user is already on the list and logs on again, they are moved from their original position on the list and placed on top.

Once removed from the list, a user can still use their cached credentials (if enabled), but they must type their user name and domain manually.

If DigitalPersona is deployed in a networked environment, it performs identification locally out of the set of users in the identification list and then, for added security, confirms the user identity using the DigitalPersona Server.

Disable Applications

Prevent Password Manager from running

  • If enabled, the Password Manager application is not available.

  • If disabled or not configured, the Password Manager application is available.

Password Manager

Authenticate other user for Password Manager operations

  • If enabled, a user other than the logged in user may authenticate for Password Manager operations using a credential supporting user identification (such as their fingerprint), subject to session policy.

  • If disabled or not configured, only the currently logged in user may authenticate for Password Manager operations.

Display password complexity popup

  • If enabled or not configured, the password complexity popup displays when modifying logon profile protected fields.

  • If disabled, the popup is not displayed.

Quick Actions

Settings: Credential, Ctrl+Credential, Shift+Credential

Specifies administrator-defined Quick Actions (DigitalPersona Workstation only) that are performed automatically when a user presents an authorized and enrolled credential, or credential plus the Ctrl or Shift keys.

  • If enabled, the administrator can specify the Quick Action to be performed by the DigitalPersona client.

  • If disabled, no Quick Action will be performed for the selected credential and Ctrl or Shift keys combination on the DigitalPersona client.

  • If not configured, the default or user specified Quick Action will be performed on the DigitalPersona client.

For each credential or credential combination, select one of the Quick Action options to be performed by the DigitalPersona client:

  • Password Manager Action – If the active window is associated with a personal or managed logon, stored logon data will be filled in. If there is no associated logon, and “Allow creation of personal logons” is enabled or not configured, the User Training Tool displays.

  • Lock Workstation – Locks the computer.

Other Settings

Fast User Switching

Fast User Switching is a feature which allows Windows users to quickly switch between user accounts on a single computer without quitting applications and logging out.

DigitalPersona supports Fast User Switching when using credentials which allow identifying a user without typing their usernames, for example, by using fingerprints, contactless cards, etc.

To turn on the Fast User Switching feature you need to disable the Microsoft GPO setting Hide Entry Points for Fast User Switching in Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | System | Logon.