6.0 Enabling Single Sign-On with Windows

Users authenticate to both the ZENworks PBA and the Windows operating system. You can enable single sign-on so that the user logs in to the ZENworks PBA and the PBA handles the login to the Windows operating system. This, of course, requires that the user’s PBA and Windows credentials are the same. Single sign-on applies to both authentication methods (user ID/password or smart card).

If you are using ZENworks login to enable policies and bundles to be applied to users as well as devices, and you have configured ZENworks login for single sign-on with your Windows login, single sign-on works for all three logins. When a user logs in to the ZENworks PBA, the credentials are passed to the Windows login and then the ZENworks login.

Complete the following sections to enable single sign-on: