New version of the Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control Service Released.

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A new version of the Windows Azure AppFabric Access Control service (ACS) has just been released. 

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It adds the following capabilities:

  • Federation provider and Security Token Service supporting out of the box Federation with Active Directory Federation Services 2.0, Windows Live ID, Google, Yahoo, Facebook
  • New authorization scenarios such as Delegation using OAuth 2.0
  • Improved developer experience with a new web-based management portal, fully programmatic management using OData and works with Windows Identity Foundation
  • Additional protocol support: WS-Federation, WS-Trust, OpenID 2.0, OAuth 2.0 (Draft 13)

To learn more visit the Windows Azure AppFabric Team Bog.