SAML 1.1/SAML 2.0 is the default token format when using ACS as the authentication service for your website. In this model, your website talks to ACS using WS-Federation protocol and what it normally gets back is a Saml token. This scenarios is fairly...

Data expiration contains elements that makes the cache allocation more efficient. The feature removes items that are not current from the cache, freeing the memory and the resources associated. The capabilities list looks like this: Capability...

Here is the third installment, this time focusing on the data organization. Capability Description Weight Cache Groups This capability allows caches to be partitioned in groups; this allows cache...

One of the handy things about ASP.NET MVC is that the source code is available. I’ve found this pretty useful over time when wanting to understand how things work. And occasionally it has been pretty helpful when trying to find out why my code isn’t...

Our next SoundByte, “ SharePoint 2010 - A comparison with SharePoint 2007 ”, will be run on Friday 18 th March 2011 from 11:00 – 12:00 UK Time . The session is charged at the rate of 1 hour from your ADM contract for up to 2 Live Meeting...

No, that isn’t meant to be an oxymoron. But something I’ve noticed recently is that people’s approach to JavaScript seems to be diverging down two common paths. This blog post is designed to encourage you to adopt the one you probably...

This would hopefully be a multi-part series showing some tricks to enable claims-based-security in Silverlight 4.0. Silverlight 5.0 would have a much better story around claim-based-security as mentioned here . In this first post, I’ll give you...

This is the second entry, data manipulation. Each one of them have a description and a generic guideline based on the experience of our implementations. I have added a weight, may look arbitrary but is based on the average importance on our projects....

In this first installment we are going to share the data storage attribute and its capabilities. Each one of them have a description and a generic guideline based on the experience of our implementations. I have added a weight, may look arbitrary but...

If you’re wondering what it is I (Simon Ince) do all day, the UK TechNet Blog have just published an interview with me as part of their “day in the life” series, which looks at the various technical roles within Microsoft UK. Be sure...