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Announcing July 2011 update to Access Control Service 2.0
Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) 2.0 received a service update. All customers...
Date: 07/25/2011
Announcing the WIF Extension for SAML 2.0 Protocol Community Technology Preview!
It is our pleasure to announce the availability of the first CTP release of the WIF (Windows...
Date: 05/16/2011
AD FS 2.0 Content Map is published
We have published an AD FS 2.0 content map wiki page which is intended to act as a content map for...
Date: 04/21/2011
Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service released!
We are very happy to announce the general availability of the April release of Windows Azure...
Date: 04/12/2011
AD FS 2.0 Step-by-Step Guide: Federation with IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager
We have published a step-by-step guide on how to configure AD FS 2.0 and IBM Tivoli Federated...
Date: 04/04/2011
Beyond Windows CardSpace
For several years Microsoft has advocated the claims based identity model for more secure access and...
Date: 02/15/2011
Single Sign-On to Windows Azure using WIF and ADFS whitepaper now available
We have published a whitepaper on how to enable Single Sign-On to Windows Azure using WIF and ADFS....
Date: 01/05/2011
Protecting and consuming REST based resources with ACS, WIF, and the OAuth 2.0 protocol
ACS (Azure Access Control Service) recently added support for the OAuth 2.0 protocol. If you...
Date: 11/29/2010
AD FS 2.0 Step-by-Step Guide: Federation with Ping Identity PingFederate
We have published a step-by-step guide on how to configure AD FS 2.0 and Ping Identity PingFederate...
Date: 11/22/2010
Access Control for Windows Phone 7 Apps
With the U.S. release of Windows Phone 7 around the corner, I’m excited to share a sample that...
Date: 11/05/2010
AD FS 2.0 Step-by-Step Guide: Federation with Shibboleth 2 and the InCommon Federation
We have published a step-by-step guide on how to configure AD FS 2.0 and Shibboleth to federate...
Date: 10/21/2010
“Programming Windows Identity Foundation” is available!
My name is Peter Kron and I’m a Principal Software Developer on the Windows Identity...
Date: 09/17/2010
Demonstrating federation interop with CA, IBM, and Sun products
Microsoft’s Patterns & Practices group recently wrote about three labs demonstrating...
Date: 09/03/2010
Announcing Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007
Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.0 has just released its first Management Pack (MP)...
Date: 08/06/2010
AD FS 2.0 Step-by-Step Guide: Federation with Oracle Identity Federation
We have published a step-by-step guide on how to configure AD FS 2.0 and Oracle Identity Federation...
Date: 08/02/2010
AD FS 2.0 Step-by-Step Guide: Federation with CA Federation Manager
We have published a step-by-step guide on how to configure AD FS 2.0 and CA Federation Manager to...
Date: 07/16/2010
The Federated Identity Forum
In order to consolidate our support for our Federated Identity platforms, we are removing the 'Email...
Date: 07/15/2010
WIF Workshops, June 2010 update for Identity Training Kit, and a Patterns & Practices Guide on “Claims-based Identity”
Vittorio in DPE (Developer Platform and Evangelism) team has been touring the world evangelizing...
Date: 06/30/2010
Using Federation Metadata to establish a Relying Party Trust in AD FS 2.0
Trust relationships are of course the sine qua non of AD FS 2.0. Relying Party Trusts or Claims...
Date: 06/24/2010
A Quick Walkthrough: Setting up AD FS SAML Federation with a Shibboleth SP
Shibboleth is an open-source software project that provides SAML and WS-Federation protocol support,...
Date: 06/21/2010
AD FS 2.0 Proxy Management
Overview Since the AD FS 2.0 release candidate (RC), the AD FS product team got feedback that the...
Date: 06/02/2010
Announcing the RTW of Federation Extensions for SharePoint 3.0 !!
It is our pleasure to announce the general availability of Federation Extensions for SharePoint 3.0...
Date: 06/01/2010
Announcing the Windows Identity Foundation SDK 4.0 targeting Visual Studio 2010!
It is our pleasure to announce the availability of Windows Identity Foundation SDK 4.0 package,...
Date: 05/11/2010
AD FS 2.0 is here!
We are very happy to announce the general availability of AD FS 2.0! It is our pleasure to...
Date: 05/05/2010
Update on Windows CardSpace
We have decided to postpone the release of Windows CardSpace 2.0. This is due to a number of recent...
Date: 04/27/2010
Using the Windows Identity Foundation SDK with Visual Studio 2010 RC
There are some known issues with using the WIF SDK on VS 2010 RC that do not exist with VS 2008....
Date: 03/22/2010
U-Prove CTP now available
As you might have heard from Kim, Vittorio, Mike, or from the Identity TechNet or End to End trust...
Date: 03/15/2010
Name Identifiers in SAML assertions
In this post I will show how to setup your Relying Party Trust issuance policy to create name...
Date: 02/17/2010
Customizing the AD FS 2.0 Sign-in Web Pages
What do the following three questions in the AD FS 2.0 forums have in common? · Reducing default...
Date: 01/27/2010
Diagnostics in AD FS 2.0
AD FS 2.0 RC has a number of enhancements and additions for troubleshooting/diagnostics of failures...
Date: 01/21/2010
Configuring Active Directory Federation Services 2.0
Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.0 makes it possible to deploy a federation server and...
Date: 01/15/2010
Introduction to Token Issuance Authorization in AD FS 2.0 RC
In this post we cover a new feature introduced in the Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS )...
Date: 01/08/2010
Announcing the AD FS 2.0 Release Candidate and More
We are happy to announce several updated federated identity product releases that are available NOW!...
Date: 12/18/2009
Announcing WIF support for Windows Server 2003 !!
We are glad to announce that Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) RTW for Windows Server 2003 is...
Date: 12/18/2009
WIF Support for Windows Server 2003
Windows Identity Foundation support for Windows Server 2003 SP2 is coming in December 2009. This...
Date: 11/24/2009
Using WIF on a WCF Client
For developers familiar with WCF, a WCF client is already federation aware. By configuring a WCF...
Date: 11/19/2009
Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) RTM announced !!
We are very glad to announce that Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) has shipped! The official...
Date: 11/18/2009
Announcing Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) Release Candidate
We are happy to announce that Release Candidate (RC) of Windows Identity Foundation (previously...
Date: 11/06/2009
How Windows Identity Foundation helps with access control and what is its relationship to AzMan
The new Identity and Access products wave from Microsoft brings a new, claims-based, approach to...
Date: 10/20/2009
AD FS v2.0 Passes Liberty Alliance SAML 2.0 Interoperability Testing
Interoperability of identity systems is an important consideration for a large percentage of...
Date: 09/30/2009
Identity Samples available on Code Gallery
Our friends in the DPE team recently published on Code Gallery three Windows identity...
Date: 08/07/2009
CardSpace Geneva Beta 2 Samples Package
With the release of Beta 2 comes a set of samples specifically targeted towards CardSpace...
Date: 07/28/2009
Official Name for "Geneva"
This Monday, Microsoft made several announcements at the Worldwide Partner Conference in New...
Date: 07/21/2009
Improved support for X.509 credential in Information Cards
The Beta 2 version of “Geneva” has many features that improve the deployment of Geneva platform for...
Date: 06/23/2009
Silent Information Card Provisioning
One obstacle that administrators looking to deploy information cards in an enterprise will...
Date: 06/15/2009
Enterprise Policy for Zero-click Sign-in Using Information Cards
Reducing your login steps one click at a time One of the major goals of CardSpace “Geneva” is to...
Date: 06/09/2009
Information Card Issuance: a small step for "Geneva" Server, a big leap for Federated Identity
Imagine this: you have been following this blog and have decided to try “Geneva” Beta 2. You have...
Date: 05/28/2009
Identity Developer Training Kit – Featuring Geneva Framework Beta-2 and other identity products
With all the new “Geneva” Beta 2 products introduced at TechEd you may wonder how long it is going...
Date: 05/18/2009
Step-By-Step Guides, Virtual Machines and "Geneva" Whitepapers
“Geneva” Step-by-Step Guides and Virtual Machines The Step-by-Step guides and virtual machines that...
Date: 05/14/2009
What’s New in Geneva Beta 2
As announced at TechEd, Geneva has just released its Beta 2 bits! These are now available for...
Date: 05/11/2009