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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...
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...
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...
Access Control Service – Roadmap for PDC and Beyond
28 September 09 08:48 AM | justinjsmith | 3 Comments   
We are in the process of making some key design changes to the Access Control Service (ACS) for our PDC release this fall. I think these changes will bring tremendous benefits to ACS customers in the near-term, but the changes break all ACS-related code Read More...
Mix 09 Deck
28 April 09 07:53 AM | justinjsmith | 1 Comments   
For some reason the slide deck I presented at Mix didn’t show up on the Mix 09 website. If you are interested in the deck, see the link below. Read More...
TokenClient (Mix) introduction
24 March 09 10:53 PM | justinjsmith | 2 Comments   
This week at Mix I demonstrated a new experimental client API (TokenClient) for interacting with the Access Control Service (ACS). The purpose of this API is to simplify the developer interaction with the ACS Security Token Service. It still uses WS-Trust Read More...
Access Control Service - Common Interaction Model
16 January 09 09:32 AM | justinjsmith | 1 Comments   
In my previous post I described at a high level a simple scenario that leverages the Access Control Service. Now I'd like to describe the interactions between messaging participants and the .NET Access Control Service. Recall the scenario: a multi-tenant Read More...
Robots and BizTalk Services
28 February 08 10:58 AM | justinjsmith | 1 Comments   
I just posted a new screencast on Channel 9: http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=386824 . It's purpose is to show off the power of claims and claims transformation, especially in a hosted service like BizTalk Services. Read More...
Claims and the Calculator sample in the BizTalk Services SDK
27 February 08 03:01 PM | justinjsmith | 1 Comments   
The identity provider in BizTalk Services is a way for applications to delegate identity and access control to a hosted service. In other words, an application can use BizTalk Services to answer the all-important question "Who are you and what are Read More...
PictureServices and BizTalk Services
18 January 08 04:47 PM | justinjsmith | 2 Comments   
Previous posts have talked a bit about PictureServices. Now I'd like to run through what it took to bring PictureServices to the BizTalk Services. I've talked a bit in other posts about BizTalk Services, but it has some interesting and very useful messaging Read More...
It's a bird. No, it's a plane. No, what the heck is it?
07 September 07 01:38 PM | justinjsmith | 1 Comments   
I'm not sure if my grammar for the title of this post is correct. I offer my apology to those that I've offended ( Eats, Shoots & Leaves is a great book). Check out Blurb.com . It's a way to self-publish a book that contains practically anything. Read More...
Introduction to BizTalk.NET Services
10 June 07 10:54 AM | justinjsmith | 0 Comments   
Background BizTalk.NET Services ( http://labs.biztalk.net ) is a nascent and experiemental project that is all about generic, secure connectivity. Many WCF customers ask us how to notify client applications that something has happened in a service. If Read More...
BizTalk Services CTP is Public
25 April 07 08:06 AM | justinjsmith | 0 Comments   
The BizTalk Services CTP is available for all to play with. In general, the concept is services in the cloud. It's a gross understatement, but enough for now. It's way cool because it opens the door for some innovative service scenarios. I plan on blogging Read More...
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