http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rruggeri/archive/2007/05/29/if-you-read-only-one-federation-paper-this-year.aspx...let it be this one: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb498017.aspx The whitepaper was co-authored by Microsoft and IBM and I participated in the review of the healthcare scenario. [UPDATE: The post looked a little bit dry after readingen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rruggeri/archive/2007/05/29/if-you-read-only-one-federation-paper-this-year.aspx#3091499Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:39:03 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:3091499mgoodner<p>Nice summary Roberto. We certainly appreciated your input on the healthcare scenario, I think it really helped the end result.</p> <p>nfutwangler, glad the paper was understandable to you even without a backround in WS-*. That was a stretch goal, glad to hear is was met for you.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3091499" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rruggeri/archive/2007/05/29/if-you-read-only-one-federation-paper-this-year.aspx#2977709Wed, 30 May 2007 03:27:14 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:2977709nfurtwangler<p>Thanks for the link, it was an excellent paper.</p> <p>I really don't know much about web services but I was able to read and understand what the paper was describing, WS-Federation.</p> <p>Cool stuff!</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2977709" width="1" height="1">