The Smart ID Virtual smart card package includes a set of best-practice use cases for how to get virtual smart card, change PIN for a virtual smart card, and more, during the full life cycle. The use cases are described in detail and are divided between the roles operator and self-service user.

A virtual smart card defines a profile containing personal information stored within the Smart ID Desktop App, which is installed on a notebook/PC. By using dedicated workflows via Smart ID Identity Manager, you can enroll different kinds of certificate types (authentication, signature or encryption) to the notebook/PC and use them to, for example, authenticate yourself through different applications/services.

Read more here: Smart ID Workforce use cases

For other use cases, see Users, Cards and Mobile ID.

Start-up guide

• Virtual smart card - Start-up guide

Use cases

• Virtual smart card - Use cases for the operator
• Virtual smart card - Use cases for the self-service user

Options for the use cases

• Virtual smart card - Options

Options for expiring virtual smart cards

• Virtual smart card - Options for expiring virtual smart cards