Today we released a refresh of the Identity and Access Tool for Visual Studio 2012.We moved the current release # from 1.0.2 to 1.1.0.VS should let you know that there’s a new version  waiting for you, but if you’re in a hurry you can go here and get it right away. We didn’t…

It took some time, but the IRL version of A Guide to Claims-Based Identity and Access Control is finally out. Whereas the 148 pages of the first edition were a groundbreaker, the 374 pages of the 2nd edition are the herald of an approach well into the mainstream. Just look at that the…

Ah, what a day! The news on the Windows Azure AD features in the Windows Azure portal were on fire today if you missed them, check this out before going any further. The phone-based multifactor authentication preview is probably my favorite new feature. For details, check out this walkthrough; but in a nutshell, …

Here there’s the first of three super quick visual guides about playing with the new Windows Azure Active Directory features in the Windows Azure portal. Please make sure you read Alex’s announcement and watch Abhishek’s video first! I’ll try to keep the word count down, and let the screenshots speak! Hopefully this will…