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Eugenio Pace on Identity Federation, WIF and ADFS 2.0
Microsoft has entered the cloud and customers are looking into moving their applications to this new platform. In doing so authentication and identity management needs to be addressed. InfoQ Editor Jon Arild Tørresdal talked to Eugenio Pace, Senior Program Manager in the Patterns & Practices team about the recent federation and identity technologies released from Microsoft.
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Easily Accessing Azure Cloud Services with AppFabric
Microsoft Windows Azure Platform AppFabric is a set of technologies helpful to connect on-premises applications with Azure cloud services and resources and eases interoperability between users belonging to different domains. The main components are the Service Bus and the Access Control Service.
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New Patterns & Practices Project – Claims Based Authentication & Authorization Guide
The Patterns & Practices team announced a newly started project for developing a new guide called "Claims Based Authentication & Authorization Guide". This guide will give best practices on how to implement "Geneva", Microsoft's attempt to simplify user access and single sign-on based on claims.
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Identity Developer Training Kit Based On Microsoft 'Geneva' Released
Microsoft released an identity developer training kit, following closely on the heels of the release of Geneva Beta 2 at Teched. The training kit is a set of hands-on labs and resources designed to help developers to take advantage of Microsoft’s identity products and services.
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Geneva Manages Your Identity
Microsoft has released Geneva Beta 1, previously known as Zermatt, an identity management solution which takes the burden of authenticating and authorizing users away from applications. Geneva supports the OASIS WS-Trust specification.
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Higgins 1.0: Identity Management Solutions from the Eclipse Foundation
Identity management for networked and distributed applications continues to present several unique challenges for users and developers. Higgins is a suite of identity management solutions from the Eclipse foundation, created with the intent of simplifying and adding consistency to online authentication.