How to use the Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control service to federate identities in a Windows Azure ASP.NET Application

Alik Levin, from the Access Control service content and documentation team, has written these great step-by-step instructions on how you can use the service for federated authentication using Windows Live ID and Google accounts in your Windows Azure ASP.NET application.

Read the step-by-step instructions, and find a number of great resources related to the Access Control service in these posts:

• Securing Windows Azure Distributed Application Using AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2 – Scenario and Solution Approach
• Windows Azure Web Role ASP.NET Application Federated Authentication Using AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2 – Part 1
• Windows Azure Web Role ASP.NET Application Federated Authentication Using AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2 – Part 2
• Windows Azure Web Role ASP.NET Application Federated Authentication Using AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2 – Part 3
• Live demo - https://wawithacsv2.cloudapp.net:8085/

The capabilities of the Access Control service mentioned in these instructions will be added to the production service soon. In the meanwhile they are available for you to check-out in the Community Technology Preview (CTP) service in our LABS/Previews environment.

In order to use the CTP service just sign up here: https://portal.appfabriclabs.com/

To use the production service you can sign up to our free trial offer, just click on the image below and get started!