- Introducing BlackBerry Workspaces administration console
- Getting started
- Managing resources using Central Management
- Provisioning users and devices
- Configuring integrations
- Setting security policies
- Generating logs and reports
- Configuring BlackBerry Workspaces
- Managing authentication
- Automatically authenticate a user
- Block unprovisioned users from creating accounts
- Configure browser inactivity timeout
- Configure the organization authentication method
- About email authentication
- About username and password authentication
- 1.1About Microsoft Active Directory authentication
- About BlackBerry Enterprise Identity authentication
- About OAuth integration with third-party providers
- About multimode authentication
- About BlackBerry Dynamics authentication
- Simplified login process for internal users
- Configure service accounts
- BlackBerry Docs
- BlackBerry Workspaces
- BlackBerry Workspaces Server 11
- BlackBerry Workspaces Server Administration Guide
- Managing authentication
- Configure the organization authentication method
- About username and password authentication
About username and password authentication
When the
Username & Password
authentication option is selected, users are prompted to enter their username and password when they sign in to BlackBerry Workspaces
.The Username & Password authentication option can be enabled in Appliance configurations. In the public cloud environment, the option is set by
BlackBerry Workspaces
and cannot be changed.- Enable Email Second Factor Authentication: This setting specifies whether the user is prompted to enter a verification code when they sign in using their username and password. The verification code is sent to the user's email address.
- Password Policy: The policy defines the password requirements for end users.
- Minimum length: This setting specifies the minimum number of characters in a password.
- Maximum length: This setting specifies the maximum number of characters in a password.
- Minimum uppercase character(s): This setting specifies the minimum number of characters in a password that must be uppercase.
- Minimum lowercase character(s): This setting specifies the minimum number of characters in a password that must be lowercase.
- Minimum numbers: This setting specifies the minimum number of characters in a password that must be a number.
- Minimum special character(s): This setting specifies the minimum number of characters in a password that must be a special character.
- Number of wrong password entry attempts: This setting specifies the number of failed login attempts before the user account is locked out. When the user is locked out of their account, they can recover the account by answering the Secret Question they had selected.
- "Remember me" duration in days: This setting specifies the number of days that the user is signed in toBlackBerry Workspacesthrough the web browser interface without the need to re-enter their password.Note: This setting does not apply to theBlackBerry WorkspacesforWindowsand theWorkspacesmobile apps.
- Number of days until password expires: This setting specifies the number of days that the password is valid, after which the user is prompted to change their password.
- Number of passwords to remember: This setting specifies the number of passwords to remember, so that users cannot change their passwords to a password that was recently used. The maximum setting is 10. For example, if this setting is set to "10", then the password cannot be set to match one of the ten previous passwords that were used.
- Blacklist: This setting specifies the list of passwords that are not permitted by the organization. Add passwords to prevent users from using passwords that are commonly used or easily guessed (for example, "123456", "password", "qwerty").