Claims Based Security with Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) and Azure Access Control Service (ACS)

Role based authorization is a high level approach in determining user rights in performing actions or accessing resources. For simple applications with high level authorization needs, role based security may suffice. For more complex authorization requirements, claims based security provides fine grain control on application access and action decisions for a given user. In this presentation you will experience on how to easily federated user authentication on-premise with Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) and in the cloud with Azure Access Control Service (ACS). We will easily configure a client application and service to use claims based security based on the Windows Identity Foundation (WIF). We will walk through on how security tokens are created in our token providers (ADFS and ACS) and how our applications inspects the claims for authorization decisions.