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# Tenant Admin Portal - How to Create Personal Computer/Smart Card (PC/SC) Badge Input enabled Connections

> This document provides step-by-step instructions to create Personal Computer/Smart Card (PC/SC) Badge Input enabled connections in the Tenant Admin Portal.

## Introduction

This document provides instructions to create a PC/SC-enabled connection in the Tenant Admin Portal. When creating a Connection, you can enable **PC/SC Badge Input** to allow authentication using PC/SC-compatible badge readers (for example, HID cards).

## Prerequisite

You must have an admin access to the Tenant Admin Portal.

## Steps to Create a Connection

1. Log in to the **Tenant Admin Portal**.
2. On the home page of the portal, click **Connections** on the left panel menu.

   ![How to Create Personal Computer/Smart... - screenshot 1](https://mintcdn.com/oloid-999c42b2/V2g4fo96eCTFLcNy/images/intercom/11686694/image-7438118a.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=V2g4fo96eCTFLcNy\&q=85\&s=ddea1fc3a04d720d9c481aeb9b8a1903)

   The **Connections** page is displayed.
3. Click **Create Connection**.

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   The **Create a new Connection** pop-up box is displayed.
4. Do the following:
   1. Enter **Connection Name**.

   2. Click the Advanced Settings drop-down menu and select **Enable PC/SC Badge Input** to allow input from PC/SC- compatible badge readers (e.g., HID cards) for authentication.

      > [!NOTE]
      >
      > **Note:** Once a connection is tagged as PC/SC-enabled, it cannot be reverted back to non-PC/SC use cases.

   3. Click **Create**.

![How to Create Personal Computer/Smart... - screenshot 3](https://mintcdn.com/oloid-999c42b2/V2g4fo96eCTFLcNy/images/intercom/11686694/image-0e2d657e.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=V2g4fo96eCTFLcNy\&q=85\&s=a77ac3dc6b9a34136c44c47282df5da0)

A PC/SC enabled connection is created successfully and listed on the **Connections** page.

![How to Create Personal Computer/Smart... - screenshot 4](https://mintcdn.com/oloid-999c42b2/V2g4fo96eCTFLcNy/images/intercom/11686694/image-08b0bba7.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=V2g4fo96eCTFLcNy\&q=85\&s=4193ec3183de677b009854021a2f0e17)