Hey Everyone, Both Lu Zhao and I on the AD FS product team have been working on a new community-based Wiki page we are calling the AD FS 2.0 Content Map that we want to encourage members of the AD FS 2.0 community to blog about, evangelize and even...

Here's the list of new Deployment topics we just posted to the AD FS 2.0 Design Guide recently. Determine Your AD FS 2.0 Deployment Topology AD FS 2.0 Deployment Topology Considerations Stand-Alone Federation Server Using WID ...

We have recently posted new capacity planning topics for AD FS 2.0 in the Design Guide. Here are the links to the new topics: Planning for AD FS 2.0 Server Capacity · Planning for Federation Server Capacity · Planning for Federation...

It's no secret, troubleshooting ADFS can be tough. That's why a few key members from our ADFS Test Team (Krish Shenoy and Marcelo Mas) took it upon themselves to create a diagnostics tool that can make troubleshooting ADFS much easier. I am inserting...

Additional AD FS event driven troubleshooting content has just been added to the Windows Server 2008 TechCenter web site today. Please take a look and let us know if you have any feedback or suggestions.

We have updated the R2 version of the ADFS Design and Deployment Guides so that they now include Win2k8 specific guidance (where necessary). Most of the content changes are in the Deployment guide and address the various UI changes from R2 to Win2k8....

Just wanted to give you all a heads up that we are in the last stages of the web publishing cycle to upload the new Windows Server 2008 version of the AD FS Design and Deployment Guides. I'll be in touch soon with more details.

Jason Wells has worked closely with the AD FS development team to produce some targeted enhancements to the AD FS SDK . These new topics include: Customizing Client Logon and Home Realm Discovery Pages This topic discusses the customization of...

Just found out about a new ADFS Webcast that was released earlier this month. Check out the details below: Title: Secure Collaboration in an Interconnected World with Rights Management Services and Active Directory Federation Services (Level 200) ...

I know, I know. Windows Server 2008 hasn't even shipped yet and here we are releasing new AD FS event driven troubleshooting content. First, let me assure you that this is very good content and that it will help you to take out some of the guess work...

You can now find documentation about how to set up and configure a test lab using ADFS and Oracle Identity Federation ( ADFS Step-by-Step Guide: Federation with Oracle Identity Federation ). Take a look and send me your feedback!

Here is yet another fine ADFS interop document authored by Dave Martinez. This new document titled ADFS Step-by-Step Guide: Federation with IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager has you install and configure IBM's Tivoli federation software to work with...

We've dropped the content update for July's MSDN update. We weren't able to touch all of the promised content in time for the drop, but we'll give you a more complete list when it shows up on MSDN. I'd like to introduce you to Jason Wells, an experienced...

Soon new event driven troubleshooting content will be available for those of you using AD FS in Windows Server 2008. This content can be most useful in cases where you have been provided with one or more AD FS event message and are not sure how to resolve...

I've been away working on some other documentation, but am rolling back onto the Federated Identity scene ready to rock!The AD FS team and I are working together in a small window to develop some V1 SDK content to release for the July MSDN update. ...

Using this step-by-step guide, titled ADFS Step-by-Step Guide: Federation with CA SiteMinder Federation Security Services , you can now successfully configure an ADFS/SiteMinder test lab environment. Note: This guide assumes you have an ADFS test lab...

The AD FS Longhorn TechCenter page is now live and contains links to all AD FS content associated with the LH Beta 3 release. Please spread the word and feel free to let me know if you have any feedback or suggestions.

Good news. The following new content will become available on the web sometime late next week: AD FS Overview What's New in AD FS for Windows Server "Longhorn" Beta 3? Step-by-Step Guide for AD FS in Windows Server "Longhorn" Beta 3 I'll...

As we've built up a list of topics that should be covered in the AD FS v1.x SDK, it rapidly became clear that we do not have the resources to develop all of this content as quickly as we would like. So, like in so many other places, we must prioritize...

Those of you who have been lucky enough to install ADFS in Longhorn Server have probably noticed what may appear to be a major discrepancy in the name spacing for the acronym ADFS. For instance, the Add Roles Wizard, which replaces Add/Remove Programs...

My name is Jim Causey, and I'm a Programming Writer working at Microsoft. One of my responsibilities is maintaining and developing developer-oriented content for ADFS. As Nick mentioned, I've spent a large amount of time on documentation for the next...

The design and deployment guides have now been combined into a single Word document to improve your searching and cross-linking experience. You can find this document here .

You can now find documentation about how to configure Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (also referred to as MOSS) as a claims-aware application in your ADFS environment from two different sources. The first is official documentation that comes...

I wanted to formally introduce everyone to Jim Causey who is the new programming writer assigned to ADFS. Jim has been ramping up on ADFS for a couple of months now and has already written content for the first CTP release of ADFS 2.0. Jim will also be...

Here is a birds-eye view of what's new in the area of ADFS Documentation for 2007: More blogging - including new blog posts in February from our new ADFS SDK programming writer (Jim Causey) An additional writer will be coming on board to help...