The Federated Identity team finally unwrapped the RC version of Windows Identity Foundation: as you have come to expect, the Id Element did some fact gathering for you . Enjoy! The release candidate of Windows Identity Foundation is here! Chock-full of improvements driven by YOUR feedback, WIF...

Last Saturday I had the pleasure to spend 1 hour at the phone with Carl & Franklin from .NET Rocks : you can listen to the results here . We mainly chatted about why claims are good for you: while the first parts are mostly introductory content, we quickly find ourselves discussing advanced topics...

Well, in the last 12 months we certainly covered a lot of ground! Last October we announced that we were going to support the SAML protocol in ADFS 2 (at the time announced under the codename Geneva Server). Today we are backing that claim (pun intended) with the results of the latest Liberty Alliance...

After a long pause, the Id Element returns with a bang : yesterday I sneaked in Jorgen Thelin ’s office, and he was so kind to spend some time with us discussing the Microsoft Federation Gateway . The MFG is absolutely central to Microsoft’s services offerings: this interview will help you understand...

  Want to know why I spent one hour every day of my vacation practicing touch typing? Well, apart from the fact that it’s simply scandalous that after 20+ years spent on keyboards I still hunt & peck: in the next few months I’m going to need all the typing speed I can gather… I am signed up...

Call them chalk talks, call them interactive sessions, I love that kind of sessions. You can pull it off only if you have a small audience (or at least if the assertive elements are a manageable number), but they’re the most effective. The interesting/challenging thing about those is that you never...

The official name of the “geneva” framework is Windows Identity Foundation . I already wrote a post about name changes for the entire Geneva lineup , but I think it’s important to surface the introduction of Windows Identity Foundation directly in its own title so that it stands out in the aggregated...

It’s been a good ride: in all these months I developed some emotional attachment to the code name “geneva”, and like with “indigo” it will take some time for me to get used to the official names. At the same time I am excited to see that the official names are the right ones! Let’s see what changed into...

  As promised last week , here there’s the video of my other session at the Belgian TechDays . This session was part of the Architecture track, hence I took a mildly different, more abstract approach: I position Cloud computing as a trend (storytelling the famous parallel between last century’s...

(in case Internet memes are not your thing: before you flame me for poor grammar, know that the “I eated it” is intentional: see http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/01/15/i-made-you-a-cookie/ ) Another week, another sample ASP.NET control for identity ! There are moments in the development of claims-based...

  Few months ago I had the pleasure to spend few days in Antwerp, Belgium, where I participated to the local TechDays event and gave a couple of sessions . Katrien recently announced that the Belgian DPE team just published the videos of all the sessions , which is a great move since the event was...

Claims based identity takes away the complexity from the plate of the application developer, and simplifies the life of the architects, security developers and administrators we maintain the broth in which the application is immersed. While pretty much everybody can understand (& appreciate) the...

Do you remember the PDC session in which Kim announced all the new wave of identity products, including Geneva? During that session I showed a pretty comprehensive demo, where  all the products & services worked together for enabling a fairly realistic end-to-end scenario. You have seen demos...

  In the most classic of the role reversals, in this episode of the Id Element Donovan ends up in front of the camera . Interviewing Donovan was great fun: if you used or are using ADFS, this video will be very useful for ferrying you toward the new model. As the video caption goes:   Donovan...

This week the Id Element features my good friend Caleb , partner in crime , as he chats with Donovan about the relationship Geneva Server and SAML-P. Those are 21 minutes of pure goodness: from behind-the-scenes of the various Novell & Sun interop activities for beta 2 to practical demonstrations...

While I was circling SFO searching for the Avis rentals return park, yesterday Donovan was publishing a new episode of the Id Element : this time you get to see the man, as opposed of the usual disembodied voice, as he interviews the Otis and Vijay about the Lake Washington School District project or...

After the packed schedule at EIC in Munich , and the frantic beta2 launch activities at teched this week , I have few relatively quiet hours in my office in Redmond before setting sails to the IIW this Sunday. While the eye of the storm lasts, I wanted to spend few more words on detailing what we have...

In less than a month of availability, the Id Element show on Channel 9 enjoyed more than 86,000 views: considering that Identity has been traditionally considered a niche subject, those are impressive numbers which demonstrate a healthy interest from you guys. THANK YOU :-) Now that beta 2 is out, we...

If you were wondering what kept me up in the evenings of the last few months, wonder no more :-) The Identity Developer Training Kit is a set of hands-on labs and resources designed to help developers to take advantage of Microsoft’s identity products and services. Being designed for developers, the...

Ahh, *FINALLY* I can talk about it! Few minutes ago we announced from the Forefront blog the availability of the beta 2 release of the “Geneva” products : “Geneva” Framework, “Geneva” Server and Windows CardSpace “Geneva” . The new beta introduces new features, such as the seamless integration...

I briefly mentioned this in a post yesterday, but this is so nice that it deserves its very own post. From http://www.id-conf.com/blog/2009/05/07/awards-for-outstanding-identity-management-projects/ : On the occasion of the European Identity Conference 2009 (EIC), the leading European event for Identity...

One more week has passed, and The Id Element show on Channel9 reached a whopping 56K combined views. That’s awesome, especially considering that we were expecting all eyes on RSA (speaking of which, check out Scott’s keynote : highly recommended). This week our fearless Donovan went to visit Vijay, another...

I can’t tell you how happy I am to finally have something like the Geneva Framework available. With something that takes care of all the nitty-gritty details of the underlying protocol legwork, I am finally free to describe the advantages of the claims based approach in very concrete terms: and above...

Last Thursday we launched The Id Element, our new Channel9 show about all things Identity: we are amazed by the views we got in such short time (over 14K for the 2 videos combined already!), and we hope we’ll deserve your trust by delivering quality content on your favorite subject. Thank you!!! Today...

It’s that time of the year again. I am sitting at the gate in SeaTac, waiting to board the flight for sunny S.Francisco where the RSA conference is held. The expo area is, as always, a kaleidoscope of companies & products: luckily there’s the floor plan available to find your way around. Needless...