Identity Access

ADFS 2.0 is being released today, but there is a group that has been using it for almost two years: Microsoft's IT department, which dogfooded ADFS 2.0 from the very first pre-release.Brian Puhl, Principal System Architect, and Femi Aladesulu, Service Engineer, share their vast experience in…

Today we are announcing the general availability of Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 (ADFS 2.0). In this lightning-fast video, Stuart Kwan, Group Program Manager for the Identity and Security Division, lists the essential facts about this new, exciting release.Tune in!

In this third and last IdElement installment on the U-Prove CTP series, we once again feature Dr. Stefan Brands, who spends an hour describing the crypto behind U-Prove. Wrapping your head around all the mathematical details may require some effort, but if you are interested in this space it is…

In basic terms, minimal disclosure is a solution that discloses the least amount of identifying information while best limiting and constraining the use of identity-related information. In this episode of the IdElement, Dr. Stefan Brands, Principal Architect, shares the details of the highly…

In this second episode of the IdElement special on the U-Prove CTP, you get to know Christian Paquin and Greg Thompson, the team behind the U-Prove implementation since the Credentica times. Christian positions U-Prove in the context of the identity metasystem, and Greg goes into the details of…

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…

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…

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…

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…

A team led by Eugenio Pace at p&p has been busy working on the Claims based Identity and Access Control guide. We are thrilled to announce the availability of early drafts. Check out the CodePlex project site at http://claimsid.codeplex.com.In this video, Eugenio Pace gives an overview…