Local sign in to Windows 10 and 11 workstations that have been joined to a traditional Active Directory domain. Local sign in to Windows 10 and 11 workstations that have been joined to a traditional Active directory domain as well as Azure AD joined. The company's first hardware authentication device with an Apple Lightning adapter, the YubiKey 5Ci, is a terrific choice for iPhone owners and those with supported iPads. If you don't own one of those devices, including the iPhone 14, that's okay; the device also supports USB-C with its dual connectors. This means you can use it on unlimited devices, big and small. There's a lot more nuance than this, of course. But for the most part, you just need to know that it's 2FA that's more secure and easier to use. Why is a YubiKey better than other 2FA? It's not great. Without your YubiKey you probably won't be able to log in. But there are a few things you can do to reduce the risk.

Almost every part of the app has been rewritten for this new version. We now use a new UI framework ( Flutter) to implement the user interface which has brought quality improvements and increased our development velocity. We’ve created a new architecture which serves as the foundation of the new app, suited for current and future needs (we have a lot more we want to do!). We’ve also consolidated our desktop and Android code bases to be able to share more common code between them, allowing us to keep the apps better in sync and deliver new features more rapidly. Please note if the lights on the YubiKey appear when you insert the YubiKey into your device. If no lights appear at all, this could be an indication that something is wrong with your key. Just as with the older version of the app, the new one is released as Open Source. Because we’ve combined the codebases for our desktop and Android versions we’ve had to make some small changes to our source code repository layouts. The old Android app repository has been archived, making it read only. The desktop repository will contain the code for both these going forward, and has been renamed to better suit this purpose, from yubioath-desktop to yubioath-flutter. You can find the repository on GitHub, just as before. Local sign in to Mac OS workstations that have been joined to a traditional Active Directory domain.Sign in to Windows servers that have been joined to a traditional Active directory domain as well as Azure AD joined via Remote Desktop. Overall, we’re excited to see the standards we’ve collectively crafted reach so many, and continue to protect against modern threats. Now go turn on MFA everywhere you can! Yubico's YubiKey 5C NFC does just about everything that you could possibly want a multifactor key to do. It has a lengthy list of capabilities, but it also supports the simple tap-to-authenticate system and does so without a steep learning curve. The 5C NFC's ability to store TOTP data is handy, but perhaps too limited. It's nearly indestructible, and everywhere it works, it works perfectly. The best features of the YubiKey 5C NFC are its eponymous USB-C connector and NFC capabilities, which lets it communicate with just about any combination of devices you may have. Easy to migrate. Did you get a new computer? Just unplug your YubiKey from the old one, plug it into the new one, and you can log in to all of your apps, same as before. You can also use one key to log in to your account on multiple computers. I've found the process to be much easier than migrating other 2FA. The YubiKey seems intimidating, but it doesn't have to be. Set up your apps to use it, and you'll find that it's actually easier than other forms of two-factor authentication. Take it from someone who put it off for a long time—it's worth it.

We’ve spent years working with the FIDO Alliance, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), and platform vendors to further enhance the experiences that are possible with WebAuthn/FIDO and we’re excited about what the future has in store. We willhighlight three of these innovations and additions today: Examples of native applications include the Microsoft 365 Office client applications like Outlook, Word, Excel and Powerpoint that are available to install on Windows or Mac workstations, or on Mobile devices via their native app stores. In Hybrid environments, enables SSO to On-Premises Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA) applications. Batteries must be charged regularly and carefully to maintain their capacity, or be replaceable, which compromises a device’s robustness and requires replacements to be available exactly at the moment of need

What's the main difference between the YubiKey 5 series and the YubiKey FIDO?

Local sign in to Windows servers that have been joined to a traditional Active directory domain as well as Azure AD joined. When I last reviewed a hardware multifactor key, USB-A was still king, but my fellow PCMag analysts tell me USB-C is now widely available. In fact, the Apple computer I'm using to write this review has precisely zero USB-A ports, but two USB-C ports. With USB-C on many recent computers and mobile devices, and the almost-universal availability of NFC, the 5C NFC is capable of communicating with just about any device, regardless of brand, making it the most versatile hardware multifactor key I've yet reviewed. The YubiKey 5 series, image via Yubico Sign in to Windows 10 and 11 workstations that have been joined to a traditional Active Directory domain via Remote Desktop. The use cases outlined in this document describe specific scenarios that are referred to in Yubico’s Use Case Guides. While this listing isn’t exhaustive, it describes the most common scenarios that an end user is likely to encounter in the environments described by our use case guides. Not all of these use cases will be possible with every function that the YubiKey supports. To find out what functions support what use cases, consult the use case guide for the environment that best matches yours. Much longer codes. Other 2FA methods typically only send you a six-digit code to confirm your identity, basically because it would be unreasonable to expect humans to type much more than that. YubiKeys don't ask you to manually type a code, so they're free to use much longer codes. That's more secure.

There are some terms that are changing, and these will hopefully be easier to understand for users and developers alike. Additionally, some clients and servers allow redirection of hardware authentication devices, which allows for use of the hardware devices after successfully connecting to the remote session, regardless of whether those devices were used to authenticate to the session to begin with. Smart cards and FIDO2/WebAuthn redirection are only supported for some clients and some remote hosts.

Sign-in to Azure Active Directory protected native applications

A native client (that utilizes MSAL) exists for each supported client platform. Additionally a web client is available. Remote sign-in to Azure Active Directory joined AVD Session Hosts