Install the authenticator on Windows

This guide explains how to install the Ironchip desktop authenticator for Windows. It has three parts: download the installer, install it and enroll the user.

Ironchip Windows Authenticatorlatest version v1.10.2, released on October 21, 2026

• IronchipWindowsAuthenticator.msi 45.2 MB

All versions and their release notes

Requirements

• 64-bit Windows. On versions older than Windows 10 you also need Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable x64.
• Administrator permissions on the computer.
• Connectivity to the Ironchip API (https://api.ironchip.com by default).

Note

Since version 1.8.0, Windows Logon is a separate installer. If you had the sign-in feature installed with an earlier version, it is removed when you update: install it from Windows logon.

Download the installer

You have two ways to download the authenticator installer.

From the admin console

1. Go to the Ironchip admin console, app.ironchip.com, and sign in with your administrator account.
2. Go to the Plugins section, find the Windows Authenticator card under Authenticators and click Download.

From GitHub

1. Go to the official Ironchip repository, github.com/Ironchip-Security, where all the downloads are, and open Ironchip-Windows-Authenticator.
2. Go to github.com/Ironchip-Security/Ironchip-Windows-Authenticator/releases, which lists all the available versions, and download IronchipWindowsAuthenticator.msi from the latest one.

Install with the wizard

Once you have the installer on the computer, run it as administrator and follow these steps:

1. Check that it is the version you want and click Next.

   

2. Accept the terms of use.

   

3. Select the features you want to install. Here you only need Ironchip Authenticator and, if you need it, USB support, which lets you store your identity on a USB drive and is not installed by default.

   

4. In Ironchip Host, leave the API URL as it is (https://api.ironchip.com) unless your company is in another environment. Then select one of the three proxy options depending on whether you have an automatic proxy (Automatic), a manual proxy (Manual, with its host and port) or no proxy (None).

   

5. Click Install. Administrator permissions are required. When it finishes, you can check Launch Ironchip Authenticator to open the application.

   

Install from the command line

To install the authenticator unattended, for example in a mass deployment, use msiexec.exe from a console with administrator permissions:

msiexec.exe /i "C:\Path\To\File\IronchipWindowsAuthenticator.msi" IRONCHIP_HOST="https://api.ironchip.com" ADDLOCAL="AuthenticatorFeature,USBFeature" /q

All properties are optional:

Property	Default value	Description
IRONCHIP_HOST	https://api.ironchip.com	Ironchip API URL. Change it only if your company is in another environment.
ADDLOCAL	Authenticator without USB	Features to install: AuthenticatorFeature (the authenticator) and USBFeature (USB support). Separate them with commas.
IRONCHIP_PROXY_SELECTED	none	Proxy mode: none, automatic or manual.
IRONCHIP_PROXY_MANUAL_HOST	Empty	Proxy host. Only needed with IRONCHIP_PROXY_SELECTED="manual".
IRONCHIP_PROXY_MANUAL_PORT	Empty	Proxy port. Only needed with IRONCHIP_PROXY_SELECTED="manual".

For example, to install the authenticator without USB support and with a manual proxy:

msiexec.exe /i "C:\Path\To\File\IronchipWindowsAuthenticator.msi" IRONCHIP_HOST="https://api.ironchip.com" ADDLOCAL="AuthenticatorFeature" IRONCHIP_PROXY_SELECTED="manual" IRONCHIP_PROXY_MANUAL_HOST="proxy.example.com" IRONCHIP_PROXY_MANUAL_PORT="8080" /q

Enroll the user

To learn how to enroll users, see Enrollment.