Once you have set up Venn on your Windows computer, you can start using Venn's Blue Border™ to securely access work apps, websites, and files.
Learn how to get started with Venn's Blue Border on a Mac.
Open and Log in to Venn
Venn's app, Workplace, will automatically launch when you start your computer. To manually open Venn, click to open the Workplace app from the Start menu or your Desktop. Learn how to find and open apps on a Windows PC.
When you open the Workplace app, you will be prompted to log in using the same username and password you used during enrollment. You may need to verify your sign-in by completing multifactor authentication on your mobile device.
Your Company's Requirements
In order to ensure the security of your company data, your company may choose to put Security Compliance Checks in place that your device must pass in order to use Venn's Blue Border.
When you sign in, Venn checks your device to ensure that it complies with your company's requirements before you can gain access to your work.
If your device fails any of your company's required compliance checks, you will not be able to access your work. Learn how to fix Security Compliance Check failures.
Open Work Apps and Websites in Blue Border
Once you've logged into Venn and passed all required compliance checks, the Launcher will open.
To access apps or websites for work, open them from the Launcher or a window with a blue border to ensure they open in Venn’s Blue Border rather than using the Start menu or your Desktop.
The Launch page of the Launcher shows your starred apps and websites for easy access. Use the tabs at left to access the full list of work Apps and saved Websites that your company has set up for your use in Venn's Blue Border. The first time that you access an app or saved website in Blue Border, you may need to sign in and configure the app. Learn more about launching a new app using Venn for the first time.
You can star apps and websites on the Apps or Websites pages to make them appear on your Launch page.
Each app must be installed on your computer in order to access it using Venn's Blue Border. You may notice that some apps in your list appear with a brown download icon. This icon indicates that the app cannot be detected on your computer by Venn. Typically, this means that you need to download the app before you can use it on your computer. Learn how to download work apps not detected on your computer.
Learn more about using work apps and websites in Blue Border.
Open Work Files in Blue Border
When working in Blue Border, you will store files in OneDrive, Google Drive, or Venn's proprietary file system, Workplace Drive.
To access your secure file system folders:
- Click the Folder icon in the bottom left of the Launcher or click the app called Files or File Explorer on the Launch or Apps page of the Launcher.
- File Explorer will open inside Blue Border.
- Double-click to open the Venn Disk (V:) drive under This PC in File Explorer.
- Double-click to open Workplace Drive, OneDrive, or Google Drive.
Learn more about using our supported file systems:
Work and Personal Use on the Same Computer
We know that work and life overlap and that there is rarely a complete separation of work and personal time in our modern interconnected world—people use the same device to listen to music from their personal library while working during the day, check work email while online shopping in the evening, and more. Venn's Blue Border was designed to isolate and protect work activity from personal use on the same computer. Learn more about how Venn's Blue Border works.
Any work apps, websites, or files that you open from Venn will have a blue border around them. This indicates that these applications are open in a company-controlled Secure Enclave on your Windows PC.
Applications that you open outside of the Venn Launcher (for example, from the Start menu or your Desktop) are personal and will open without a blue border. They are completely isolated from work applications, almost as though they were running on separate computers.
You can even have the same application open inside and outside of Blue Border at the same time. For example, you can have Google Chrome open with a blue border for work and have Google Chrome open without a blue border for personal use at the same time.
Venn does not monitor, track, access, or record any of your personal data or activities, including private personal information, browsing activities, and personal files. Learn more about how Venn protects your privacy.
Your Company's Restrictions
In order to secure company data, your company may choose to put Data Loss Prevention policies in place that restrict what you can and can’t do in Blue Border.
Every application that you have open in Blue Border will have a round Badge on the side of the application window when the window is active. If you click on the Badge, you can see a list of your company’s Data Loss Prevention policies.
For example, your company may set a policy that ensures that anything you download from the internet while working in Blue Border will automatically be saved in a secure folder.
Policies with a lock to the left of them are current restrictions that your company has in place. These policies only apply in Blue Border.
Learn more about Data Loss Prevention Policies.