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Solution Engineering for Performance & Security
Video: What Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2 Can Do For Me?
This is another short video covering what ACS can do for you. Consider watching What’s Windows...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 12/19/2010
Video: What’s Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2?
I am testing another approach of carrying out main messages of what ACS is about. Here is a short...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 12/18/2010
Windows Azure AppFabric CTP December 2010 – New Features in Access Control Service
Original announcement is available on Windows Azure AppFabric team’s blog here Here is the list of...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 12/15/2010
Integrating RESTful WCF Services With Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) – Scenario and Solution
Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2 allows externalizing authentication from...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 12/14/2010
Shaping Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service 2.0 Documentation on Codeplex
I have published on Codeplex the first draft of the upcoming documentation for Windows Azure...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 12/13/2010
Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) & Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2 - Mapping User to ASP.NET Profile In Claims Aware Applications
I have captured quick steps for creating Claims Aware ASP.NET Web Site that utilize ASP.NET Profile...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 12/07/2010
Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) Questions & Answers - Vol. 1
Volume 1 for Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) Questions & Answers is published. The idea...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 12/07/2010
Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2 Token Transformation Rules
Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2 provides powerful feature of token transformation....
Author: Alik Levin Date: 12/06/2010
Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) Security for ASP.NET Web Applications – Threats & Countermeasures
Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) is a security feature that offers broad functionality. Federated...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 12/01/2010
Authorization With RoleManager For Claims Aware (WIF) ASP.NET Web Applications
This post outlines necessary steps in order to implement basic ASP.NET RoleManager for claims aware...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 11/17/2010
Windows Phone 7 and RESTful Services: Delegated Access Using Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) And OAuth
This post is a summary of steps I have taken in order to run the Windows Phone 7 Sample that Caleb...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 11/12/2010
Integrating ASP.NET Web Applications With Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) – Scenario and Solution
Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v2 allows integrating Internet authentication...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 11/08/2010
IsInRole Authorization in ASP.NET Application Configured for Federated Authentication Using Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) and ClaimsAuthenticationManager
In this post I will show how to use Windows Identity Foundation’s (WIF)...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 11/04/2010
IsInRole Authorization in ASP.NET Application Configured for Federated Authentication Using Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) and Azure AppFabric Access Control Service
To implement Role Based Access Control using IsInRole in your ASP.NET web application that is...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 11/03/2010
Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) Code Samples
To start writing code using Windows Identity Foundation download Windows Identity Foundation SDK....
Author: Alik Levin Date: 11/01/2010
Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) Fast Track
I want to taste from WIF. Sell me on it. Not too broad and not too deep. Just enough. What would you...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 10/25/2010
SSO, Identity Flow, Authorization In Cloud Applications and Services – Challenges and Solution Approaches
Regardless of the physical deployment the high level schema of canonical cloud application can be...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 10/22/2010
Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) SDK Help Overhaul
Overview Identity Challenges – SSO, Identity Flow, Fine Grained Authorization (Changed from:...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 10/20/2010
Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) Configuration Sections in ASP.NET Web.Config
This post outlines common configuration settings in web.config related to Windows Identity...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 10/06/2010
Windows Identity Foundation (WIF)/Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) Survival Guide Published
I have just published Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) and Azure AppFabric Access Control (ACS)...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 10/01/2010
Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v 2.0 High Level Architecture – REST Web Service Application Scenario
This is a follow up to a previous post Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v 2.0 High Level...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 09/30/2010
Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) v 2.0 High Level Architecture – Web Application Scenario
Azure AppFabric Access Control Service (ACS) is one of the core components for Windows Azure...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 09/27/2010
Customer Types and Scenarios
Before starting a job in my new role as programming writer I met with few super smart people. I...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 09/27/2010
Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) Explained – Web Browser Sign-In Flow (WS-Federation Passive Requestor Profile)
In his book Programming Windows Identity Foundation (Dev - Pro) Vittorio provides good...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 09/22/2010
Protocols Supported By Windows Identity Foundation (WIF)
Some information in this post is based on Vittorio’s new book Programming Windows Identity...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 09/20/2010
Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) By Example Part III – How To Implement Claims Based Authorization For ASP.NET Application
This post is based on what I am reading now in Vittorio’s new book Programming Windows Identity...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 09/17/2010
Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) By Example Part II – How To Migrate Existing ASP.NET Web Application To Claims Aware
In this post I outline the steps I needed to complete in order to migrate ASP.NET site from using...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 09/02/2010
Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) By Example Part I – How To Get Started.
This post reflects on the steps I needed to perform to create my first Windows Identity Foundation...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 08/09/2010
SQL Server – SELECT Query & JOIN Types
The notes taken while reading MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-442): Designing and Optimizing...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 07/20/2010
Configuring Application Data Access and Network Protocols for SQL Server
The notes taken while reading MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-442): Designing and Optimizing...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 07/16/2010
Resolve “Unable to start Debugging.The SilverLight Developer Runtime Not Installed. Please Install a matching version” – Visual Studio 2010, Silverlight 4
The Problem Recently hit an issue of inability of debugging in Visual Studio 2010. I was receiving...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 07/13/2010
LINQ – What You Need to Know First
Inspired while reading a book LINQ in Action. Following are the essential topics for better...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 06/09/2010
RESTful WCF Architecture – Hosting RESTful WCF Services in IIS
Inspired by the book RESTful .NET: Build and Consume RESTful Web Services with .NET 3.5. Hosting in...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 06/06/2010
Walkthrough: Build, Host, and Test Simple RESTful WCF Service
This post summarizes the steps needed to create basic self hosted RESTful WCF service based on the...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 06/04/2010
Notes on RESTful Architecture – II. Read Only RESTful Services
From the book RESTful .NET: Build and Consume RESTful Web Services with .NET 3.5. RESTful binding,...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 06/03/2010
Notes On RESTful Architecture - I
This post is a summary of notes I am taking while reading a book RESTful .NET: Build and Consume...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 06/02/2010
Solution Architecture For The Masses. Step 4: Design Your Presentation Layer – Part II
This post is a follow up of Part I. I am following the Web Application...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 05/30/2010
Inspecting Solution For Performance
In this post I’d like to share my approach to managing performance...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 05/27/2010
Robust, Efficient, & Fast Data Access With LINQ to SQL
In the post I have quickly captured the steps required to access a database...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 05/24/2010
Solution Architecture For The Masses. Step 4: Design Your Presentation Layer – Part I
In Step 1 I have structured my Visual Studio Solution. In Step 2 I have...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 05/24/2010
Improving Productivity & Readability With Auto-Implemented Properties, & Object Initializers
I have improved readability dramatically by re-implementing my Entities...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 05/23/2010
Solution Architecture For The Masses. Step 3: Design Your Cross Cutting Utilities
In Step 1 I have structured my Visual Studio Solution. In Step 2 I have...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 05/15/2010
Solution Architecture For The Masses. Step 2: Design Your Entities & Business Components
After I have structured my solution in Visual Studio I decided to first design my...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 05/10/2010
Solution Architecture For The Masses. Step 1: Structure Your Solution
This is a first post in series “Solution Architecture for the Masses”. I...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 05/06/2010
File Upload In A Web Test: The Case Of Submitting A Form With JavaScript
This post documents steps we have taken to simulate file upload with Web Test when the form is...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 04/26/2010
Tracing & Instrumenting ASP.NET Application For Performance
Tracing or Instrumentation is invaluable, most effective, and efficient...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 04/20/2010
Are You Ready To Test For Performance?
This post is inspired by a post Load Testing 101 by Andreas Grabner. The...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 04/15/2010
Fiddler Extensibility: Flagging ASP.NET Performance Problems
Although Fiddler PowerToy - Part 2: HTTP Performance is quite dated article...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 04/10/2010
Web Performance Session Slides From p&p Summit Israel 2010
Few months ago MCS Israel hosted patterns & practices summit. I have presented too. I was...
Author: Alik Levin Date: 04/06/2010