# Hideez Key guide

### 1. Sign in to your Hideez server using Admin account

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### **2. Import License from file on the server**&#x20;

Go to Settings->Parameters->Licensing

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Import the file license that you download from the [Hideez Portal](https://portal.hideez.com/). Or you can [ask us](mailto:support@hideez.com), and we will generate a license for you.
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### **3. Add Hideez Key to the Server**

* Navigate to **Hardware Vaults → Add Hardware Vaults**
* In the opened tab, enter the serial numbers of the hardware vaults and click **“Add.”**

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**You can locate the serial number on the side panel of your Hideez Key or on the box containing your Key.**

**If other users also have a physical key, the admin must manually add their serial numbers on the server.**
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### 4. Configure Passwordless SS&#x4F;**:**

Hideez Server allows you to enable passwordless Single Sign-On (SSO) based on the SAML and OpenID Connect (OIDC) protocols. These protocols are employed to verify a user’s identity when an employee tries to access web or mobile applications.&#x20;

To configure the Hideez Server as an Identity Provider for passwordless SSO, go to Settings → Parameters, and proceed with [**SAML**](https://enterprise.hideez.com/hideez-enterprise-server/configuring-saml-protocol) or [**OIDC**](https://enterprise.hideez.com/hideez-enterprise-server/configuration-oidc-openid-connect) configuration as described in our user guide.

### 5. Configure Login and Logout from PC:

* Download [**.exe**](https://enterprise.hideez.com/product-updates/hideez-client-updates)  or **.msi** ([**x86**](https://update.hideez.com/update/hideezclient/x86/clientsetup.msi), [**x64**](https://update.hideez.com/update/hideezclient/x64/clientsetup.msi)) and install the Hideez Client on the computer.
* Select the Enterprise version of the program.
* Set your server address in the Hideez Client.&#x20;
* Select the type of connection for Hideez Key.&#x20;

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After installing the program on your computer, your workstation will appear in the list for confirmation on the dashboard of your server.
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* Go to the section **Workstation** on your server, select the workstation, and click **Approve.**

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* Assign a key to the user and copy the activation code

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* Create an account to unlock the PC

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* Pair a Hideez Key with your PC by Bluetooth&#x20;

Go to **Start** → **Settings** → **Devices** → **Bluetooth & other devices → Bluetooth** and select your Hideez Key device in the list of devices&#x20;

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* Enter the Activation code and activate the Key&#x20;

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* Update the firmware on Hideez Key

Navigate to **Program Files → Hideez > Client →** and run **Device Maintenance Application.** Select **Quick update** and click **Update.**

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* Configure Proximity login and logout settings for the workstation

Go to **Workstations→Workstation Profiles→** Select the profile and click **Edit**

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To enable **Proximity Unlock**, you need to add the workstation for it on the Employee page

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### **6.** Configure additional functions for your key, including Password Management and OTP provider (optional step)

* &#x20;[Use the Hideez key for password management.](https://enterprise.hideez.com/hideez-client-app/account-management/account-creation)
* [Optionally, integrate One-Time Passwords (OTP) as an additional security feature.](https://enterprise.hideez.com/hideez-client-app/account-management/account-creation#hideez-client-as-a-one-time-password-otp-generator)