This section describes the methods used on Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2022 to authenticate to a OES network. Previous versions of the Novell Client used a custom authentication component called the Graphical Identification and Authentication (GINA) dynamic link library to provide authentication services on Windows operating systems prior to Vista. The GINA technology is not available on the Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019 platforms, and Windows Server 2022, having been replaced by a new method of collecting logon credentials called Credential Providers.