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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...

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...

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...

I am so pleased to announce a new white paper on MSDN by Ethan Wilansky that provides an introduction to the .NET 2.0 System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory (SDS.AD) namespace. With the advent SDS.AD and System.DirectoryServices.Protocols (SDS.P) in...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

There are a number of resources regarding this that I’ve seen on the Web in various blogs but I’m documenting my approach as much for me so I can remember it as for you as well. There have been a number of conferences that I have arrived at expecting...

I had the opportunity at the SharePoint Conference 2011 to talk about developing Office solutions that integrate with SharePoint and SharePoint Online. I want to say “thanks!” to all those that took the time to attend these sessions. And as I mentioned...

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...

Vittorio and I are announcing an all new show on http://channel9.msdn.com/ called “The Id Element”. This show will provide interviews with Microsoft product group members and others around Identity. The corresponding Key Topics area http://channel9.msdn...

This week on “ The Id Element ” show Vittorio sat down with Hervey Wilson to discuss the Geneva Framework . To whet your appetite, here’s the show’s blurb: If you have been working with web services for some time on the Microsoft platform, you are certainly...

This week I had the opportunity to sit down with Vijay Gajjala, Sr. Program Manager on the Federated Identity team, and talk with him about his team’s work on the Geneva Server. He discusses a number of investment the team made in delivering the Beta...

This week I visited with Ruchi, a veteran on the Windows CardSpace team. She was one of the devs that wrote the earliest prototypes for CardSpace and lead the development team through the Windows CardSpace Geneva Beta 1 release. Ruchi shares insights...

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...

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...

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...

I’m going to take a bit of a detour from discussion of the specific content of Keith Brown’s paper and look at how to set up authentication using Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) with the ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider. Much has been written...

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...

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...

Last week I posted a video to The Id Element and described the work that Intand had done to enable their PHP S+S application to accept information cards from Geneva Server via Windows CardSpace Geneva for a prototype project with the Lake Washington School...