Steve Fox was the driver behind this and it was a great opportunity to team up with him and my other colleagues Paul Stubbs and Girish Raja to write this book. Professional SharePoint 2010 Cloud-Based Solutions is primarily for IT Pros, SharePoint Developers and enthusiasts who want to better understand...

For those that are struggling with getting a handle on Identity Management in their enterprise, Alex Weinert, Principal Group Program Manager, Identity Management, provided me with an “Id Element” interview on the subject that may be of great help to you. Alex first provides a background on evolution...

In an October 2008 blog post I highlighted some videos from the PDC sessions, one being Identity Roadmap for Software + Services by Kim Cameron and Vittorio Bertocci . In this video, Vittorio demonstrates the FabrikamShipping application that was built using the Geneva Framework. We have gone on to use...

I want to thank Ethan Wilansky and Tomek Stojecki for their excellent and hard work to pull together this two part whitepaper on Identity and Access Strategies for SharePoint Products and Technologies . Part 1 discusses the Membership and Provider Architecture and Part 2 digs into Membership and Role...

After having worked with ADFS v1 for a number of years now, and with all that has been forthcoming around the Geneva Server betas, Vittorio proposed that he interview me about the deltas between ADFS v1 and Geneva Server. So in this episode of The Id Element I find myself, somewhat reluctantly, in front...

Oren Melzer, SDE, was introduced to “project InfoCard” (a former internal code name for Windows CardSpace) as an intern with Microsoft -- he’s now a developer on Windows CardSpace “Geneva” and a member of the Federated Identity team. This week I sat down with Oren to hear what’s new in CardSpace Geneva...

In this episode of The Id Element I talked with Caleb Baker, Sr. SDET, who worked with the interoperability testing of Geneva Server’s SAML 2.0 with both Sun’s OpenSSO Enterprise and Novell’s Access Manager products. Caleb discusses his discoveries in the interoperability testing and demonstrates how...

This week on “The Id Element” I had the opportunity to interview both the President and CIO, Bryan Otis and Scott Otis, respectively, from Intand along with Vijay Rajagopalan, Principle Architect, Microsoft Interoperability Strategy. Intand offers a calendaring application for scheduling/managing a school...

Two new whitepapers are available regarding the interoperability of Geneva Server beta 2 with Sun’s OpenSSO Enterprise and Novell’s Access Manager. These papers discuss the need for standards-based solutions to provide identity federation across heterogeneous technology environments. One specific challenge...

Another nice treat coinciding with the Microsoft code name “Geneva” beta 2 release is the the Identity Developer Training Kit that Vittorio drove. He announces/introduces it here so you can read his post for the details. This is an exceptional tool for developers that want to get their feet wet in the...

In preparation for the beta 2 release of Geneva Server, Geneva Framework and Windows CardSpace Geneva, Vittorio and I have been working feverishly to provide content to introduce you to this great step forward in these technologies. Therefore, we’ve prepared four videos for “The Id Element” show highlighting...

The availability of Microsoft code Name “Geneva” beta 2 was announced today at TechEd. This release is a significant step forward for the Geneva Server, Geneva Framework and Windows CardSpace Geneva. Check out the Geneva Team Blog for the specific advances made. We’ve been anxiously awaiting the release...

I started this blog on the plane returning from The Experts Conference (TEC) 2009 in Las Vegas this past week where I had the opportunity to deliver a session about using AD FS, MOSS 2007 and AD RMS together – now there’s some moving parts!! But it’s really cool to have it all working across five Virtual...

I trust you’ve had fun exercising the Geneva Framework Samples. Now let’s take the steps to build out a Geneva Server. Again, as mentioned in my previous post , if your intent is to build out the full working end-to-end scenario then follow the explicit guidance in the Geneva Step-by-Step Guide in the...

Sometimes one doesn’t know exactly what to do to get themselves setup with a new technology where they can isolate their testing. There have been some questions around how to do this with the Geneva technologies so thought I would pull some quick guidance together here. This is not meant to replace any...

In March of 2007 I had the opportunity to work with a Novell team to put together an interop demo between Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) and the early bits of Access Manager 3.1 for Microsoft’s booth at Novell's BrainShare Conference. At that time we demonstrated users from Active Directory...

It was soooo sweet to see the Microsoft code name “Geneva” Beta release unveiled at the PDC. For those that know and love the tremendous flexibility and reach that the AD FS claims-based application design approach provided, you’ll love where “Geneva” can now take you – not only in the passive case,...

For some time now I’ve been asked if there is an Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) and Shibboleth step-by-step guide showing how to configure interoperability between the two federation products and I haven’t been able to point to one. But now there is one! The “ ADFS Step-by-Step Guide - Federation...

For those that have been writing claims-aware web applications for AD FS, you have a leg up on the value the claims-based model brings to application development. You’ve already taken the step to architect your applications for cross-organization, cross-security boundary, cross-platform access. Now,...

This post is to inform you of a couple new screencasts on Channel9 hosted by Keith Brown. In these, Keith drills into the role AD FS can play in helping you architect/develop claims-based Web applications which offer their Internet users not only a Web SSO experience, but supports user access by federation...

This post is to inform you of a couple new screencasts on Channel9 hosted by Keith Brown. In these, Keith drills into the role AD FS can play in helping you architect/develop claims-based Web applications which offer their Internet users not only a Web SSO experience, but supports user access by federation...

To fill out the trio of my System.DirectoryServices resource postings, I wanted to point you to an excellent MSDN Magazine article, " Look it Up: Managing Directory Security Principals in the .NET Framework 3.5 ," to learn about the System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement namespace which is available...

The fourth screencast in the AzMan series by Keith Brown is now available on Channel9. It is titled, “ AzMan on Windows Server Code Name “Longhorn” and Windows Vista .” Yes, developers can continue to take advantage of a new featured AzMan on these next generation client and server platforms. The AzMan...

In line with Ethan Wilansky’s previous white paper on System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory (SDS.AD), I am pleased to announce his second white paper available on MSDN that highlights the .NET 2.0 System.DirectoryServices.Protocols (SDS.P) namespace. Also, as mentioned in my previous SDS.AD blog post...

I don’t know how many times I’ve had someone say to me that has “discovered” AzMan that they feel it is one of the best kept secrets in Windows. However, since keeping it a secret has never been in the mind of the product team, it’s time to extend its press. Authorization Manager is a technology that...