Welcome to Dashlane! You’re one step closer to total password protection.
This deployment guide will walk you through the recommended steps to ensure a successful rollout of Dashlane to your organization.
A successful deployment has a few steps that we’ll walk you through:
- The basic administrative features and functionality
- How to conduct a successful trial
- How to deploy to the entire company
- Ensure adoption through training programs and education handouts
Dashlane Team implementation overview
Phase 1 — Setting up Dashlane
Start a Dashlane Team trial
Start a Dashlane Team trial — you’ll be allocated up to 500 seats that you will be able to onboard. Create your Dashlane admin account and log in to the Admin Console by following the instructions sent via email from the trial registration form.
Schedule a demo or training session by contacting your sales representative or submitting a Get In Touch request.
Configure Dashlane policy settings
We recommend setting up Smart Space Management. When fully enabled, all credentials containing a company domain are moved into the business space for all users on the account. Ensuring business passwords are stored in the business space gives admins a more accurate look at their employees’ password habits by providing more accurate security scores, while also giving users a clear distinction between company-related and personal items.
To learn more about our other settings, please review our Policy Settings Overview.
Set up provisioning methods
If you’re deploying Dashlane to a small number of users for trial, we recommend using manual provisioning or bulk upload via CSV files. However, we do support provisioning through Active Directory and Azure AD. If you’d like to provision users with single sign-on (SSO), you must switch to a Business plan. Contact Support for more information.
To mass deploy Dashlane’s desktop app on employee devices, you can enable MSI via GPO and SCCM. If you’d like to mass deploy Dashlane’s web extension, you can do so via GPO.
Select your trial group and collect feedback
We recommend selecting a few users from different departments, stakeholders, DevOps, and other IT Admin teams. Let them know you're testing Dashlane as a simple password manager to protect your workforce from password related cyberthreats and hackers.
Phase 2 — Prepare for deployment
Update your company password policy
We’ve put together a list of recommended password policies to help you get started. Let employees know about the changes you’ve made and how to comply.
Download Dashlane’s guide for admins
This is a detailed guide of Dashlane core features, the admin console, configuring accounts, the browser extension, and the mobile app.
Invite employees to Dashlane’s daily webinars
Our Customer Success team holds trainings every day. Sign up here.
Send employees training materials to prepare for launch
Here’s a welcome guide to Dashlane that introduces them to what a password manager can do for them.
Phase 3 — Deploy into production
Help your employees get started with Dashlane with a detailed training program, user guides, and educational handouts. A thorough awareness program is essential to driving user adoption rates.
Send announcement email to employees about Dashlane
- We’ve written a short email template to introduce Dashlane and provide links to trainings and webinars.
Attach a quick start guide for employees on how to get started with Dashlane.
- Download "5 simple steps to get started" with Dashlane and attach it to the email.
Add production users to Dashlane through provisioning
Set up and configure your provisioning and authentication methods. Supported provisioning methods:
Deploy the Dashlane Software
Companies who do not allow users to install software or extensions on their machines may choose to deploy the desktop app and browser extension on the user's behalf. If user's have the ability to install software on their machines you have the option to invite the users and let the onboarding experience guide them through the download of the software.
Phase 4 — Post-deployment
The work doesn’t stop here! After you’ve deployed, we’re here to support you through continued daily webinars that you can share with new employees or employees who were late in adopting Dashlane. If you have a dedicated Customer Success Managers, they will continue working with you to ensure a successful rollout.
Disable browser-based password managers
Once you’ve enabled Dashlane, make sure you’ve also disabled other browser-based password managers.
Remind employees to adopt
After you’ve updated your security policies, you should continue to remind employees through emails and webinar invites. You can see in the Admin Console who has signed up. Linked is a draft of an email you can send to your team to encourage them to use Dashlane.
Monitor password health score in Admin Console
Visit the admin console regularly to check up on how employees are tracking with their Password Health Score.
Dashlane Business implementation overview
PHASE 1 — Setting Dashlane up
Start a Dashlane Business trial
Start a Dashlane Business trial — you’ll be allocated up to 500 seats that you will be able to onboard. Create your Dashlane admin account and log into the Admin Console by following the instructions sent via email from the trial registration form.
Schedule a demo or training session by contacting your sales representative or submitting a Get In Touch request.
Configure Dashlane
We recommend setting up Smart Space Management. When fully enabled, all credentials containing a company domain are moved into the business space for all users on the account. Ensuring business passwords are stored in the business space gives admins a more accurate look at their employees’ password habits by providing more accurate security scores, while also giving users a clear distinction between company-related and personal items.
To learn more about our other settings, please review our Policy Settings Overview.
Set up provisioning methods
If you’re deploying Dashlane to a small number of users for trial, we recommend using manual provisioning or bulk upload via CSV files. However, we do support provisioning through Active Directory and Azure AD. Dashlane Business also offers provisioning through single sign-on (SSO). Before you enable single sign-on, make sure you’ve added all your admins. Once you enable SSO, you will not be able to promote or demote admins. Visit How to set up single sign-on (SSO) for more information.
To mass deploy Dashlane’s desktop app on employee devices, you can enable MSI via GPO and SCCM. If you’d like to mass deploy Dashlane’s web extension, you can do so via GPO.
Phase 2 — Prepare for deployment
Update your company password policy
We’ve put together a list of recommended password policies to help you get started. Let employees know about the changes you’ve made and how to comply.
Download Dashlane’s guide for admins
This is a detailed guide of Dashlane core features, the admin console, configuring accounts, the browser extension, and the mobile app.
Invite employees to Dashlane’s daily webinars
Our Customer Success team holds trainings every day. Sign up here.
Send employees training materials to prepare for launch
Here’s a welcome guide to Dashlane that introduces them to what a password manager can do for them.
Phase 3 — Deploy into production
Help your employees get started with Dashlane with a detailed training program, user guides, and educational handouts. A thorough awareness program is essential to driving user adoption rates.
Add production users to Dashlane through provisioning
Set up and configure your provisioning and authentication methods. Supported provisioning methods:
Send announcement email to employees about Dashlane
We’ve written a short email template to introduce Dashlane and provide links to trainings and webinars.
Attach a quick start guide for employees on how to get started with Dashlane
Download "5 simple steps to get started" with Dashlane and attach it to the email.
Phase 4 — Post-deployment
The work doesn’t stop here! After you’ve deployed, we’re here to support you through continued daily webinars that you can share with new employees or employees who were late in adopting Dashlane. If you have a dedicated Customer Success Managers, they will continue working with you to ensure a successful rollout.
Disable browser-based password managers
Once you’ve enabled Dashlane, make sure you’ve also disabled other browser-based password managers.
Remind employees to adopt
After you’ve updated your security policies, you should continue to remind employees through emails and webinar invites. You can see in the Admin Console who has signed up. Linked is a draft of an email you can send to your team to encourage them to use Dashlane.
Monitor password health score in Admin Console
Visit the admin console regularly to check up on how employees are tracking with their Password Health Score.