10 Installing MyID clients

MyID supports the following Windows clients:

For information on installing the Self-Service App or Self-Service Kiosk, see the following installation guides:

MyID also supports a credential unlock provider that allows you to unlock PIV cards at the Windows logon prompt.

This chapter contains information on installing and configuring MyID Desktop and the credential unlock provider.

Before you start to install MyID Desktop, refer to section 5.2, Client workstation for details of the hardware and software requirements, and section 10.1, Configuring Internet Options for details of configuring your client's Internet Options to support MyID Desktop.

Note: You are recommended to install client software using a software distribution system such as group policy. In some circumstances, for example if you unzip software on a remote drive then copy to the local PC for installation, you may see Windows Defender warnings; while you can safely ignore the warnings and continue to install the software, using a group policy to install your client software prevents this issue.