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 the new features/changes as per the post:
- Improved error messages by adding sub-codes and more detailed descriptions.
- Adding primary/secondary flag to the certificate to allow an administrator to control the lifecycle.
- Added support for importing the Relying Party from the Federation Metadata.
- Updated the Management Portal to address usability improvements and support for the new features.
- Support for custom error handing when signing in to a Relying Party application.
Details on each change and new feature are available at Release Notes - December Labs Release.
Related Books
- Programming Windows Identity Foundation (Dev - Pro)
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