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The second lab of the workshop explores some of the patterns discussed in the former section. One lab demonstrates how a generic web site can be enhanced with identity provider capabilities regardless of the authentication technology it uses, simply by adding an STS page. Another lab shows how to…

When it comes to identity management intensive applications, it's hard to top Sharepoint. Whether you are signing in a portal, accessing a document or using a webpart for reaching out to external web services, your identity is going to be the factor that drives it all.Vittorio went to…

In this episode Alex Weinert, Group Program Manager, provides an in-depth interview around Identity Management in the enterprise. He begins with an overview of the current identity synchronization technologies on the Microsoft platform, MIIS and ILM 2007, and then pushes into a whiteboard…

In this episode Jan Alexander, Sr. Program Manager, Federated Identity, takes a deep dive into the powerful, all new claims transformation language in Geneva Server beta 2. This language is used in claims processing, acceptance and issuance, and Jan provides a primer on the flexibility and…

The release candidate of Windows Identity Foundation is here! Chock-full of improvements driven by YOUR feedback, WIF RC gives a very good idea of how the final release will look like.Vittorio went to visit Sidd, Govind and Sesha to learn about the new features and explore the rationale…

The wait is over!Today at our Professional Developer Conference Microsoft announced the availability of Windows Identity Foundation (WIF), a new extension to the .NET Framework that makes it easier for developers to create applications with open, identity-based access capabilities.Vittorio…

Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) 2.0 finally reached the Release Candidate phase! This special episode of the Id Element is all about the new features introduced in the RC: Matt Steele, Senior PM in the ADFS team, makes his second appearance on the show and gives us an…

Jorgen Thelin, Senior Program Manager, looks after key identity services in Microsoft such as Windows Live ID and the Microsoft Federation Gateway (MFG). In today's interview Jorgen describes the role of MFG, and touches on the many wonders it enables: using AD accounts to SSO (single…

In this episode Matt Steele, Sr. Program Manager for the Geneva Server, calls out a number of great new features in the beta 2 release. These include managing  Geneva Server with Windows PowerShell, automated monitoring for federation metadata changes, Information Card management via Group…

Welcome to The Id Element! In this short inaugural video, Donovan and Vittorio talk about this new show and what to expect in the coming weeks. Here we'll feature interviews with product team members and others to bring you information around the topic of Identity and the products and services…