Exposes methods used in the setup and manipulation of a credential provider. All credential providers must implement this interface.

ICredentialProvider Members

Advise	Allows a credential provider to initiate events in the logon or credential user interface (UI) through a callback interface.
GetCredentialAt	Gets a specific credential.
GetCredentialCount	Gets the number of available credentials under this credential provider.
GetFieldDescriptorAt	Gets metadata that describes a specified field.
GetFieldDescriptorCount	Retrieves the count of fields in the UI needed to display this provider's credentials.
SetSerialization	Sets the serialization characteristics of the credential provider.
SetUsageScenario	Defines the scenarios for which the credential provider is valid. Called by the logon UI.
UnAdvise	Used by the logon or credential UI to advise the credential provider that event callbacks are no longer accepted.

Interface Information

Inherits from	IUnknown
Header and IDL files	credentialprovider.h, credentialprovider.idl
Minimum operating systems	Windows Vista