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ACS Scenarios and Solutions
By scenario I mean what customers want to achieve. By solution I mean collection of technical...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 04/13/2011
ACS Academy – Short Introductory Videos And Slides
Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control April release available now! and it is announced today ACS at...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 04/12/2011
ACS Configuration For Development and Production Or Staging
During the work on Securing Windows Azure Web Role ASP.NET Web Application Using Access Control...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 04/11/2011
How-To’s And Scenarios Indexes For Windows Azure, Visual Studio Tools For Windows Azure, SQL Azure, Service Bus, And ACS
Windows Azure How-to Index Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio Scenario: Creating a New...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 04/08/2011
Invalid Web.Config Caused Failure To Deploy ASP.NET App To Windows Azure: “All role instances have stopped”, “Busy”, “Aborted”, “Recovering role...”, “Preparing node…”
Improper configuration settings in web.config caused failure to deploy and start Windows Azure role...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 04/07/2011
Windows Azure: Changing Configuration In Web.Config Without Redeploying The Whole ASP.NET Application
[UPDATE April 6, 2011] Dominick Baier of www.leastprivilege.com brought to my attention several...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 04/06/2011
5 Step-By-Step AD FS 2.0 How-To Guides: Federation With Identity Solutions From CA, Oracle, Shibboleth, Ping Identity, And IBM
The list of guides is hosted at this page - AD FS 2.0 Step-by-Step and How To Guides. ADFS 2.0...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 04/04/2011
I Built SaaS Web Application And I Deployed It To Windows Azure, Now What? - Solution Summary For Identity, SSO, Authentication, And Authorization
I am an ISV or entrepreneur I developed multitenant SaaS Web app. I deployed it to run on Windows...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 03/30/2011
WCF Data Services How-To’s Index
From WCF Data Services WCF Data Services (formerly known as "ADO.NET Data Services") is a...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 03/29/2011
World’s Identity Authorities Speak About Claims, Access Control Service (ACS) v2, Federation in the Cloud – Videos And Presentations
Identity & Access Control in the Cloud (Microsoft PDC, October 28-29, Redmond) Vittorio Bertocci...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 03/28/2011
Widows Azure Content And Guidance Map For Developers – Part 2, Case Studies
Interactive map of Windows Azure Case Studies based on Pivot technology Silverlight control. Here...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 03/27/2011
The closed type Common.ACS.Management.Issuer does not have a corresponding SystemReserved settable property.
This is the exception that you may get when using samples that use ACSv2 Management Service and were...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 03/25/2011
Windows Azure Web Role WCF Service Federated Authentication Using AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2 – Part 2
This is a continuation to Windows Azure Web Role WCF Service Federated Authentication Using...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 03/25/2011
WCF How To’s Index
This is index of available How-To’s for Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) distilled from the...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 03/24/2011
Windows Azure Web Role WCF Service Federated Authentication Using AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2 – Part 1
This is continuation to the series on how to build distributed application hosted in Windows Azure...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 03/24/2011
Widows Azure Content And Guidance Map For Developers – Part 1, Getting Started
Can you quickly tell me what’s Windows Azure, what scenarios it fits and how to make it work...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 03/22/2011
Common Tasks For Developing Windows Azure Web Role ASP.NET Web Applications Using Visual Studio 2010 – Index of How-To’s, Vol 1.
How to create and run an ASP.NET service for Windows Azure in Visual Studio 2010 How to configure...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 03/21/2011
Windows Azure Web Role ASP.NET Application Federated Authentication Using AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2 – Part 3
Before proceeding with further reading, review the following previous posts: Securing Windows Azure...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 03/20/2011
Windows Azure Web Role ASP.NET Application Federated Authentication Using AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2 – Part 2
This post is continuation to Windows Azure Web Role ASP.NET Application Federated Authentication...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 03/18/2011
Windows Azure Web Role ASP.NET Application Federated Authentication Using AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2 – Part 1
Note: this is work in progress. In this post I will show how to create Windows Azure Web Role...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 03/17/2011
Securing Windows Azure Distributed Application Using AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2 – Scenario and Solution Approach
This post is a continuation of How To: Configure Windows Azure Web Role ASP.NET Web application for...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 03/16/2011
Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2 As A Cloud Single Sing On (SSO) Service – Scenarios and Solution Approaches
Here are couple of scenarios that could resonate with you depending how you run your business. I am...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 03/15/2011
Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) – The Difference Between ActAs and OnBehalfOf
Reading several resources (Vittorio’s book, ActAs vs. OnBehalfOf, Identity Delegation Scenario,...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 03/14/2011
Identity Delegation and Security Context Flow Through Physical Tiers
This post lists solution approaches for flowing identity and security context through physical tiers...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 03/11/2011
Prepare For Your Next Job – From Windows Server Security To Windows Azure Security
This post is triggered by the following tweet (emphasis is mine): We are hiring - CSS is looking for...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 03/05/2011
How To: Configure Windows Azure Web Role ASP.NET Web application for Federation with Access Control Service (ACS) v2
This post outlines how to create basic Windows Azuer Web Role ASP.NET application configured for...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 03/03/2011
Running Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) Extensions For OAuth 2.0 Sample
In this post I have captured steps required to run Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) Extensions for...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 03/03/2011
New Content Available For Windows Azure Developers - Windows Azure Code Quick Launch Samples and Walkthroughs
There are several new Windows Azure topics are available cloud developers. The topics are as...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 03/02/2011
Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2 Labs - Breaking Changes Update, Feb 28 2011
Recent update of ACS v2 in Labs environment requires recompiling your code that uses Management...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 03/01/2011
Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) Configuration – New Topic on MSDN
Configuration for Windows Identity Foundation The topics in this section explain how to configure a...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 02/28/2011
Windows Azure Web Role ASP.NET Application and Access Control Service (ACS) V2 – Quick Checklist
This post outlines a quick checklist what’s needed to make the web app run on Windows Azure...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 02/27/2011
patterns & practices Extend Claims Guide With Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2 Guidance
Eugenio Pace of pattern & practices announced couple of weeks ago about extending current Claims...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 02/17/2011
Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) Configuration – Part V ()
he information in this post is based on Windows Identity Foundation Config.xml file that ships with...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 02/09/2011
Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) Configuration – Part IV (Certificate Related Configuration)
The information in this post is based on Windows Identity Foundation Config.xml file that ships with...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 02/08/2011
Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2 – Programmatically Adding OpenID as an Identity Provider Using Management Service
Adding OpenID as identity provider using Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 02/07/2011
Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) Configuration – Part III ()
The information in this post is based on Windows Identity Foundation Config.xml file that ships with...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 02/04/2011
Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) Configuration – Part II (, , )
The information in this post is based on Windows Identity Foundation Config.xml file that ships with...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 02/01/2011
Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) Configuration – Part I
The information in this post is based on Windows Identity Foundation Config.xml file that ships with...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 01/28/2011
Help Shaping PowerShell Guidance Experience
My colleague and a good friend, Jason Hogg, posted a call for helping to shape the guidance...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 01/21/2011
Authorization In Claims Aware Applications – Role Based and Claims Based Access Control
I tried to come up with a quick view on available options for implementing authorization in claims...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 01/20/2011
Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2– Returning Friendly Error Messages Using Error URL Feature
Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2 has a feature called Error URL that allows a...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 01/15/2011
Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2 – Programmatically Adding Facebook as an Identity Provider Using Management Service
This simple walkthrough shows how to use Management Service of Windows Azure AppFabric Access...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 01/13/2011
Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service v2 - Adding Identity Provider Using Management Service
This is quick intro to how to use Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2 Management...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 01/07/2011
Videos: Windows Azure Security Essentials For Decision Makers, Security Architecture, Access, and Secure Development
Good Windows Azure security videos just published by SCOE organization. SCOE stands for Security...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 01/06/2011
Video: Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2 Prerequisites
My colleague, Gayana, produced nice short video that outlines the prerequisites for working with...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 01/05/2011
Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2 – Error Codes and How To Troubleshoot And Fix It
ACS Error Codes page is invaluable resource when you need to troubleshoot and fix errors related to...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 12/28/2010
Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) Questions & Answers - Vol. 2
Volume 2 for Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) Questions & Answers is published. The idea...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 12/22/2010
Just Published: Single Sign-On from Active Directory to a Windows Azure Application Whitepaper
Just released: Single Sign-On from Active Directory to a Windows Azure Application Whitepaper....
Author: Alik Levin Date: 12/21/2010
Video: Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2 Key Components and Architecture
In this short video I am covering ACS architecture and its key components. Related Videos:...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 12/20/2010