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Follow Forefront on Twitter: If you are a Twitter fan, be sure to follow us at http://twitter.com/MS_Forefront ! Our own John "JG" Chirapurath, senior director in the MSFT Identity and Security Business Group, is leading the Forefront Tweet charge in his typically pithy way. Come Read More...
Posted 30 November 09 07:11 by Forefront Blogger | 0 Comments
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Available now: Windows Identity Foundation for building more secure, simplified access to cloud applications: Today at our Professional Developers Conference Microsoft announced the availability of Windows Identity Foundation (WIF), a new extension to the .NET Framework that makes it easier for developers to create more secure applications with interoperable, Read More...
Posted 17 November 09 04:35 by Forefront Blogger | 0 Comments
Filed under Windows Server 2008, SSA Program, Identity & Security News, events, cloud, Windows 7, ID and Security Partners , Geneva and Identity Platform
Developers: Try out the Windows Identity Foundation Release Candidate: Windows Identity Foundation (formerly called code name Genev a framework) is a new Microsoft .NET Framework technology that gives developers a programming model and SDK to create new advanced identity capabilities in .NET applications. It provides developers Read More...
Posted 06 November 09 05:46 by Forefront Blogger | 0 Comments
Filed under Identity & Security News, events, cloud, ID and Security Partners , Geneva and Identity Platform
Forefront secure messaging screencast & interview: Cristian Mora Aguilar, Forefront Technical PM, starts off by briefly telling us about Microsoft's secure messaging solution and what business problems it resolves. He then gives us a screencast / demo of some of the cool scenarios enabled and problems Read More...
Posted 04 November 09 12:15 by Forefront Blogger | 0 Comments
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MSFT Identity and Access news: Forefront Identity Manager RC1 and ADFS 2.0 SAML interoperability: The RC1 release of Forefront Identity Manager 2010 (FIM) is available today here . The next version of Identity Lifecycle Manager 2007, FIM 2010 dramatically improves enterprise identity management by delivering powerful self-service capabilities for Read More...
Posted 30 September 09 02:00 by Forefront Blogger | 0 Comments
Filed under Intelligent Application Gateway, SSA Program, Identity & Security News, events, cloud, Windows 7, ID and Security Partners , Geneva and Identity Platform
Steve Ballmer on The New Efficiency: Making business decisions regarding IT investment is tougher than ever. To help, today Microsoft hosted a special VIP Business Leadership Roundtable event. CEO Steve Ballmer and moderator Robert Youngjohns, President of the Microsoft US Subsidiary, discussed Read More...
Posted 29 September 09 10:56 by Forefront Blogger | 0 Comments
Filed under Forefront Client Security, Forefront Security for Exchange Server, Forefront Security for SharePoint, Internet Security & Acceleration Server, Intelligent Application Gateway, Windows Server 2008, Stirling, SSA Program, Identity & Security News, Forefront Security for Office Communications Server, Forefront Threat Management Gateway, events, cloud, Windows 7, ID and Security Partners , Geneva and Identity Platform
Forefront Identity Manager RC1 at TEC 2009: Forefront Identity Manager Release Candidate 1 will be released on Sept 30 - moving closer to final release next year. In advance of the RC1 release, we will preview it this week at The Experts Conference (TEC) 2009 EMEA . TEC 2009 EMEA presents a great Read More...
Posted 15 September 09 11:49 by Forefront Blogger | 0 Comments
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The ID Element: If you haven't seen it yet, be sure to pay a visit to The ID Element - the one stop shop for all things identity on Channel 9 - where you will find all kinds of material on Identity and Access Control : weekly interviews with product team members, developer Read More...
Posted 31 July 09 12:56 by Forefront Blogger | 1 Comments
Filed under Identity & Security News, cloud, ID and Security Partners , Geneva and Identity Platform
ID and Security in the Cloud: Many companies and IT leaders are eager to realize the benefits of cloud computing, but security is often a concern. For example, a recent study by Maritz Research found that 59% of IT leaders in the US rated security as the biggest risk with cloud. As Read More...
Posted 24 July 09 08:50 by Forefront Blogger | 3 Comments
Filed under Forefront Client Security, Stirling, Identity & Security News, events, cloud, Windows 7, ID and Security Partners , Geneva and Identity Platform
Pushing Information Cards forward: Earlier this week the international open standards consortium OASIS announced that its members - including Microsoft, IBM, EMC, CA, Novell and others - have approved Identity Metasystem Interoperability (IMI) version 1.0 as an OASIS standard. The IMI Read More...
Posted 17 July 09 11:38 by Forefront Blogger | 0 Comments
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Business Ready Security news at WPC: This week in New Orleans Microsoft is hosting its annual Worldwide Partner Conference. We made several announcements today at the conference about our identity and security solutions. This news is part of our Business Ready Security strategy to help both Read More...
Posted 13 July 09 05:01 by Forefront Blogger | 3 Comments
Filed under Forefront Client Security, Forefront Security for Exchange Server, Forefront Security for SharePoint, Internet Security & Acceleration Server, Intelligent Application Gateway, Windows Server 2008, Stirling, SSA Program, Identity & Security News, Forefront Security for Office Communications Server, Forefront Threat Management Gateway, events, cloud, Windows 7, ID and Security Partners , Geneva and Identity Platform
Server & Tools Business Exec discusses state of IT, answers your questions on June 23: Are you interested in hearing about how other IT pros are reacting to economic conditions and where they’re investing (particularly security?) Do you have questions about Microsoft’s efforts to help IT be more cost effective and deliver new solutions Read More...
Posted 18 June 09 05:15 by Forefront Blogger | 3 Comments
Filed under Forefront Client Security, Forefront Security for Exchange Server, Forefront Security for SharePoint, Internet Security & Acceleration Server, Intelligent Application Gateway, Windows Server 2008, Stirling, SSA Program, Identity & Security News, Forefront Security for Office Communications Server, Forefront Threat Management Gateway, events, cloud, Windows 7, ID and Security Partners , Geneva and Identity Platform
Trial and win!: Check out the Forefront Trial Download Sweepstakes : "Don’t miss the chance to win one of three $10,000 Grand Prize server systems for your home, a D-Link DNS-232 2-Bay Network Storage Enclosure, or a $50 Best Buy gift card instantly! Now, through June Read More...
Posted 27 May 09 11:36 by Forefront Blogger | 3 Comments
Filed under Forefront Client Security, Forefront Security for Exchange Server, Forefront Security for SharePoint, Internet Security & Acceleration Server, Intelligent Application Gateway, Windows Server 2008, Stirling, SSA Program, Identity & Security News, Forefront Security for Office Communications Server, Forefront Threat Management Gateway, events, ID and Security Partners , Geneva and Identity Platform
Business Ready Security webcasts: Register here for a new series of webcasts on the entire lineup of Forefront products supporting the Business Ready Security strategy . Starting tomorrow, webcast topics will include: Forefront Identity Manager, the Forefront "Stirling" security suite Read More...
Posted 19 May 09 10:25 by Forefront Blogger | 1 Comments
Filed under Forefront Client Security, Forefront Security for Exchange Server, Forefront Security for SharePoint, Internet Security & Acceleration Server, Intelligent Application Gateway, Windows Server 2008, Stirling, SSA Program, Identity & Security News, Forefront Security for Office Communications Server, Forefront Threat Management Gateway, events, cloud, Windows 7, ID and Security Partners , Geneva and Identity Platform
Video: School District uses "Geneva" to simplify access: As demonstrated at RSA (and reported on CNET ) the Lake Washington School District-- comprised of 50 schools and nearly 24,000 students -- is doing a pilot deployment of "Geneva" to provide students with easier access to education materials and info. Read More...
Posted 15 May 09 10:44 by Forefront Blogger | 0 Comments
Filed under Windows Server 2008, SSA Program, Identity & Security News, events, cloud, ID and Security Partners , Geneva and Identity Platform

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