Microsoft is really pushing .Net into the cloud, and along with it, the whole idea of federated identity within the cloud. The company is making significant strides by announcing support for the SAML 2.0 protocol and OpenID. This is good news as these technologies will lower the barriers for those wanting to build applications for Windows cloud services while also making it easier on those wanting a single sign-on to access cloud apps. (A Yahoo ID, for instance, already supports OpenID, which means that Yahoo users can use that same logon on any Web site that uses OpenID for password-restricted services. Microsoft is smart to allow Microsoft’s LiveIDs to do the same.)
While most of the world on Tuesday will be focused on Windows 7, Microsoft will be making this cloud-security splash by unveiling an open identity platform. The platform, code-named Geneva, is intended to help developers build identity into cloud apps with development tools and gateway technologies, including the expected announced support of SAML 2.0 and OpenID.
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