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Enable more secure, identity-based access to applications on-premises and in the cloud from virtually any location or virtually any device.
The benefits of deploying Microsoft technologies for Identity & Access Management can be best viewed through three core principles:
Help Protect Virtually Everywhere and Access Virtually Anywhere
Help protect corporate assets from misuse through user provisioning.
Provide more secure, appropriate access to corporate assets through strong authentication.
Deliver more secure, seamless user and partner access to on-premise and cloud services.
Integrate and Extend Security Across the Enterprise
Enable collaboration with partners using standards-based , interoperable identity sharing.
Maximizes existing investments in identity infrastructure through support for heterogeneous environments.
Simplify the Security Experience and Manage Compliance
Simplify user account management through delegated self-service capabilities in Microsoft Office and Windows.
Help reduce costs with centralized, automated identity and access management via SharePoint Server.
Use the resources below to learn more about the Identity & Access Management solution.
Webcasts
Identity and Access Management Solution
Technet Webcast, Level 200Thursday, October 29, 2009 1:00 PM Pacific Time
White Papers
This white paper reviews how solutions from CA (CA SiteMinder, CA FederationManager) and Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (formerly Code Named "Geneva") provide this middleware software layer, while supporting standards based communication protocols that enable cross-technology access management and identity federation scenarios. Specific interoperability oriented uses cases are discussed in detail.
Get started building claims-aware applications using Microsoft Windows Identity Foundation.
Highlights of the changes made between Beta 2, which was released during TechEd 2009 in May 2009, and Release Candidate, which was released in October 2009.
Learn about the need for standards-based identity federation, and the solutions that improved the interoperability for mixed technology directory environments.
Read how Sun and Microsoft are utilizing the SAML federation standard in both the Sun OpenSSO Enterprise federation solution and the forthcoming Microsoft "Geneva" Server federation solution.
Case Studies
Watch a video on how the Lake Washington School District benefits from Microsoft Forefront.
Self-Service Online HR to Save MOD Millions of Pounds Over 10 Years
Trade Association Enhances Security, Cuts Credential Management
Trial Software
Beta Test the Next Version
Free for 120 days.
System Requirements
Expires July 13, 2010.
Active Directory Rights Management Services
Free for 180 days.
Evaluate the Current Product
Windows Identity Foundation
Windows Identity Foundation helps .NET developers build claims-aware applications that externalize user authentication from the application, improving developer productivity, enhancing application security, and enabling interoperability.
Download the beta now
Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 and Windows CardSpace 2.0
Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 helps IT professionals efficiently deploy and manage new applications by reducing custom implementation work, helping establish a consistent security model, and facilitating seamless collaboration between organizations with automated federation tools. Windows CardSpace 2.0 helps users navigate access decisions and helps developers build customer authentication experiences for users.
Use the links to find technical resources for products in the Identity & Access Management solution
Management
Protection & Access
Protection
Identity Based Access
Platform Technologies
