AD FS 2.0 Interop Step-By-Step Guide: CA Federation Manager
Microsoft has published the first of a series of step-by-step guides on configuring AD FS 2.0 to interoperate with partner products. This guide describes how to configure AD FS 2.0 and CA Federation Manager r12.1 to federate using the SAML 2.0 protocol. The guide is available in HTML and Word format. Thanks go to author...
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Issuing Information Cards with ADFS 2.0
Adoption of federation and the shift toward cloud computing make Information Card technology more important than ever
Interview on Identity and the Cloud
Cloud computing is impossible without federated identity
AD FS 2.0 Has Shipped
Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.0 shipped today. In addition to supporting WS-Federation, as the first version did, this release also supports the SAML 2.0 and WS-Trust protocols. At this milestone, I’d like to thank the numerous partners who did extensive interop testing with us as AD FS 2.0 was being developed, helping ensure...
Catalyst Europe is Coming Up Fast!
Blogger: Bob Blakley We hit the stage for Catalyst Europe on April 19. If you haven't already made your plans to join us in Prague, we've got a little treat for you at the end of this post. We're going...
SPML Is On Life Support ….
Blogger: Mark Diodati But it (or something like it) is desperately needed. At Burton Group, we closely watch emerging identity standards. In particular, we pay close attention to the development and adoption of the Service Provisioning Markup Language. We have...
Updated Federated Identity Product Releases
Today Microsoft announced the availability of new releases of several identity products: Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.0, the Windows Identity Foundation, and CardSpace 2 (which collectively were formerly referred to as “Geneva”), as well as Federation Extensions for SharePoint. See Announcing the AD FS 2.0 Release Candidate and More and Announcing...
Liberty Alliance SAML 2.0 Interoperability Testing Results
I’m pleased to report that Microsoft passed the Liberty SAML 2.0 interoperability tests that it participated in, as did fellow participants Entrust, IBM, Novell, Ping Identity, SAP, and Siemens. Testing is an involved process, as you can read about on the team blog, with numerous tests covering different protocol aspects and scenarios, which are...
