November 2009 - Posts

Mgmt Config sample for WLID / Facebook Connect sample
15 November 09 01:41 PM | justinjsmith | 1 Comments   

Now that we have a mgmt tool , I can provide you with a template so you can setup the ACS part of the WLID / Facebook Connect sample with less effort. Here’s the XML configuration: < ServiceNamespace xmlns:xsi ="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" Read More...

Filed under: Access Control Service, .NET Services

ACS integration with Windows Live ID & Facebook Connect
15 November 09 01:20 PM | justinjsmith | 0 Comments   

I’ve received several requests regarding ACS and Windows Live ID integration for websites. This post describes what you can do with ACS and Windows Live ID today (with the new release of ACS). It takes a bit of code, but the integration is pretty straightforward. Read More...

Filed under: Access Control Service, .NET Services, Azure, Azure Services, OAuth WRAP

ACS SAML / ADFS v2 Sample
14 November 09 02:55 PM | justinjsmith | 2 Comments   

The November 2009 CTP of ACS integrates with Active Directory Federation Server v2. ACS can act as a bridge between enterprise identity and REST web services. The runtime flow is pretty simple (shown below). At runtime, the client app requests a SAML Read More...

Filed under: Services in the Cloud, Access Control Service, .NET Services, Azure Services, OAuth WRAP

Management Browser uploaded
14 November 09 11:15 AM | justinjsmith | 2 Comments   

Since releasing the new version of ACS on Nov 5, we’ve received quite a bit of feedback that we should provide a UI for managing ACS rules/scopes/issuers/token policies. In response, Cyrus put together a little WPF app that does the trick. It’s available Read More...

Filed under: Services in the Cloud, Access Control Service, Azure Services

Web Resource Authorization Protocol (WRAP) and Simple Web Token (SWT) on google groups
05 November 09 04:17 PM | justinjsmith | 2 Comments   

The Access Control Service uses a new community protocol and format that are now posted on google groups: http://groups.google.com/group/wrap-wg http://groups.google.com/group/oauth-wrap-wg Check em out. If you are a security geek, it’s worth the read Read More...

Filed under: Services in the Cloud, REST, Access Control Service, .NET Services, Azure, Azure Services

Access Control Service (M7) released today!
05 November 09 03:58 PM | justinjsmith | 0 Comments   

Today is a big day for the Access Control Service team. M7 is now live. There are a few huge changes: It is running on top of Azure (fabric and storage) We incorporated a new community driven protocol and token format (Web Resource Authorization Protocol Read More...