We have published a step-by-step guide on how to configure AD FS 2.0 and IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager to federate using the SAML 2.0 protocol. You can view the guide as a web page and soon also in Word and PDF formats . This is the fifth in a series of these guides; the guides are also available...

For several years Microsoft has advocated the claims based identity model for more secure access and use of online applications and services. With enhancements to our existing platform, such as Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 and Windows Identity Foundation , we’ve made progress in that...

We have published a whitepaper on how to enable Single Sign-On to Windows Azure using WIF and ADFS. Here is the abstract: This paper contains step-by-step instructions for using Windows® Identity Foundation, Windows Azure, and Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.0 for achieving...

We have published a step-by-step guide on how to configure AD FS 2.0 and Ping Identity PingFederate to federate using the SAML 2.0 protocol. You can view the guide in docx, doc, or PDF formats and also as a web page . This is the fourth in a series of these guides; the guides are also available on the...

We have published a step-by-step guide on how to configure AD FS 2.0 and Shibboleth to federate using the SAML 2.0 protocol. There is also an appendix on federating with the InCommon Federation . You can view the guide in docx format and as a web page . This is the third in a series of these guides;...

Microsoft’s Patterns & Practices group recently wrote about three labs demonstrating federation interoperability between WIF and AD FS 2.0 and three other vendor products – specifically, CA SiteMinder 12.0, IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager 6.2, and Sun OpenSSO 8.0. First, the...

Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.0 has just released its first Management Pack (MP) for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and R2 !! We have worked on it for quite some time, and it is exciting to finally get it out! As you may know, there is an MP for...

We have published a step-by-step guide on how to configure AD FS 2.0 and Oracle Identity Federation to federate using the SAML 2.0 protocol. You can view the guide either as a web page or in docx format . This is the second in a series of these guides; the guides are also available on the AD FS 2.0 Step...

We have published a step-by-step guide on how to configure AD FS 2.0 and CA Federation Manager to federate using the SAML 2.0 protocol. You can view the guide either as a web page or in docx format . This is the first in a series of these guides; the guides are also available on the AD FS 2.0 Step-by...

In this post I will show how to setup your Relying Party Trust issuance policy to create name identifier in assertion. For AD FS 2.0 the name identifier is yet another claim but you may want to generate name identifiers if you plan to: · Use SAML 2.0 protocol (particularly name identifier is necessary...

What do the following three questions in the AD FS 2.0 forums have in common? · Reducing default steps in Sign-In process and changing default look & feel in Sign-In process in Geneva server · How to authenticate a non-Active Directory user in "Geneva" Server · Posting a WSTrustClient token...

We are happy to announce that Release Candidate (RC) of Windows Identity Foundation (previously known as Geneva Framework) is available NOW! It comes with lots of great new features and with comprehensive set of samples in the WIF SDK. This release contains major updates and new features...

Interoperability of identity systems is an important consideration for a large percentage of customers. With this in mind we chose to participate in 8 weeks of SAML 2.0 testing, which is was conducted by the Drummond Group Inc. As previously announced , we entered testing with three profiles, IdP Lite...

This Monday, Microsoft made several announcements at the Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans. Among these announcements were the official names for the Geneva products currently in Beta. The three components of Microsoft “Geneva” have the following names: · Active Directory Federation...

Imagine this: you have been following this blog and have decided to try “Geneva” Beta 2. You have gone to the connect site and downloaded the "Geneva" platform components, installed them, configured the server, used the framework to write a claims-aware uber cool application, and set up trust between...

As announced at TechEd, Geneva has just released its Beta 2 bits! These are now available for download from here . There is a lot that is new and updated in Beta 2! Here is a list of some of the things that you will be able to try out and give us feedback on. For additional details on each of these...