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NN:credentialprovider.ICredentialProviderCredential |
ICredentialProviderCredential (credentialprovider.h) |
Exposes methods that enable the handling of a credential. |
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shell\ICredentialProviderCredential.htm |
shell |
ef9bb148-0b4e-4c13-b69d-3e63a5592e4a |
12/05/2018 |
ICredentialProviderCredential, ICredentialProviderCredential interface [Windows Shell], ICredentialProviderCredential interface [Windows Shell],described, credentialprovider/ICredentialProviderCredential, shell.ICredentialProviderCredential, shell_ICredentialProviderCredential |
credentialprovider.h |
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Windows Vista [desktop apps only] |
Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only] |
Credentialprovider.idl |
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Exposes methods that enable the handling of a credential.
The ICredentialProviderCredential interface inherits from the IUnknown interface. ICredentialProviderCredential also has these types of members:
ICredentialProviderCredential is implemented by outside parties providing a Logon UI or Credential UI prompting for user credentials. Enumeration of user tiles cannot be done without an implementation of this interface. Credential providers handle extremely sensitive user secrets in order to complete logon and unlock requests. As a best practice, secret information such as passwords and PINs should be handled with the utmost care. Proper techniques for handling secret information within a credential provider are:- Always securely discard secrets. To do this, call SecureZeroMemory before freeing the memory used to hold any secret.
- Securely discard secrets promptly after they are used.
- Securely discard secrets if they are not used for their intended purpose within an expected amount of time.