Windows Azure Learning Path–Level 300 : Exercise 4

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Exercise 4 - Use Access Control Service to Federate with Multiple Business Identity Providers

Previously we worked multiple identity providers in the public internet. now in this hands-on lab you will learn how to use the Access Control Service for managing trust relationships with multiple business identity providers. Before starting this exercise read the overview and download Hands-on Lab Source Files into the local folder.

Getting Started: Creating a Service Bus Namespace

In this task, you will set up Service Bus namespace in preparation for the rest of the tasks.

Task 1 - Creating the Initial Solution

In this task you will create the initial solution required for the rest of the tasks

Task 2 - Configure one entry for the application in the Access Control Service with the Windows Azure Portal

In this task, you will configure ACS to authenticate ASP.NET web site created previously

Task 3 - Configuring a Website to Accept Tokens from Access Control Service

In this task you will configure the ASP.NET application created previously, to accept ACS authentication.

Task 4 - Use the ACS Management Portal to Trust a Business Identity Provider and Process User Attributes via Claims Mapping Rules

You will now establish federated trust with the first business identity provider

Task 5 - Use the ACS Management API to Trust a Second Business Identity Provider and Create Claims Mapping Rules.

You will now establish federated trust with the 2nd business identity provider through ACS management API.

Verification

You will verify if the application is working by pressing F5 in VS 2010