Set Up VPN (UniFi Identity)

Set Up VPN (UniFi Identity)

As part of upcoming changes to how BPP manage our devices, it's important that all users working remotely connect to the VPN as often as possible. This ensures your device stays up to date with the latest policies, software updates, and security configurations. Connecting to the VPN regularly helps us support you better and keeps your device compliant with company standards and, in particular, is a key part of the process to changing your password on your laptop.

Follow these instructions to set up your VPN (one-off) and learn how to switch it off and on again. The request from BPP is to have the VPN on every work day, so please add a reminder to your calendar to check that it's on, or to switch it on, each day.

Set up the VPN

  1. Check that Unifi Indentity is installed on you laptop - you can do this a few ways:
    1. Check to see if the icon is on your desktop,it should look like this
    2.  
    3. Search the term 'Identity' in your search bar and check it appears

Info
If you don't have this on your laptop, ensure you don't have any updates pending and raise a ticket with the DTS desk if you still don't have access
1. Wait to receive an email from Unifi titled "Welcome to Unifi Identity!" 
2. Click on the link that says load your credential
3. On the webpage you are taken to, again click on the load your credential link


3. Click Open Identity

4. Click "Yes" when asked if Windows and apps can access your location?



That's it, you're done! ๐ŸŽ‰

Switch the VPN on and off

1. Open the Identity application - you can do this in three ways:
  1. Double click on the icon on your desktop (as per the screenshot above)
  2. OR search for "Identity" in your search bar and open the application (as per the screenshot above)
  3. OR click on the arrow on yuor task bar and click on the tiny icon
2. Toggle the pill to switch the VPN on or off

This is what it looks like when the VPN is off:


This is what it looks like when it's on:


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