Microsoft Identity and Access Management Series v1.4 Readme
June 22, 2006
© 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Contents

  1. Download and on-line locations for Microsoft Identity and Access Management Series
  2. Brief description of the series
  3. Getting started
  4. Download component locations and descriptions
  5. Copyright and license agreement

1. Download and on-line locations for Microsoft Identity and Access Management Series v1.4

2. Brief description of Microsoft Identity and Access Management Series v1.4

This collection of technical papers is designed to help organizations understand identity and access management issues in heterogeneous IT environments and the related solutions that Microsoft technologies can provide. This download contains all of the papers provided with the series as listed below, plus several sample Tools and Templates that accompany each paper in the Identity and Access Management Tools and Templates.msi file.

Warning  These samples are provided as examples only. Be sure to review, customize, and test the provided tools before using them in any non-test environment.

Note  In version 1.4, the default install path for the Tools and Templates is %UserProfile%\My Documents\Identity and Access Management Tools and Templates. If you have a long user or domain name, you may receive an error message when installing the Tools and Templates. If you do see an error, shorten the length of the installation path, for example, to %UserProfile%\My Documents\IdM.

3. Getting started

To begin using the solution, see the "Overview" document of the Microsoft Identity and Access Management Series.

4. Download component locations and descriptions

 Microsoft_Identity_and_Access_Management_Series_v1.4.zip
This folder extracts from the WinZip archive to the computer location that you specified. It contains the following files:
 Overview
This paper describes the structure of the Microsoft Identity and Access Management Series and gives information on how to access the Tools and Templates which accompany the series.
 Fundamental Concepts
This paper describes key concepts, terminology and technologies for identity and access management. Includes common business, technology and security challenges and approaches for overcoming them.
 Platform and Infrastructure
This paper describes the common platform requirements and technology infrastructure for identity and access management solutions.
 Identity Aggregation and Synchronization
This paper describes the approaches and technologies available for integrating identity stores across a heterogeneous environment.
 Password Management
This paper describes the approaches and technologies available for managing passwords and enforcing strong password policy. The paper includes step-by-step implementation guidance for managing intranet passwords, managing extranet passwords and enforcing strong password policy.
 Provisioning and Workflow
This paper describes how to provision identities into multiple heterogeneous directory stores or applications. It also discusses managing security and e-mail distribution groups.
 Intranet Access Management
This paper describes the approaches available for intranet single sign on (SSO), access management, and platform and application integration. It also provides implementation guidance for Integrating UNIX workstations with Active Directory and Integrating SAP R/3 Application Server authentication using the Kerberos version 5 authentication protocol.
 Extranet Access Management
This paper describes the approaches available for extranet SSO, access management, and providing business-to-consumer (B2C),business-to-business (B2B), and business-to-employee (B2E) services. It also provides implementation guidance for B2E extranet Web access and SSO using X.509 certificates and B2C extranet Web access and SSO using Microsoft Passport.
 Developing Identity-Aware ASP.NET Applications
This paper discusses how to develop ASP.NET multi-tier extranet and intranet Web applications in Microsoft Visual C# and Microsoft Visual Basic .NET that are integrated with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 directory and security services. It also provides detailed implementation guidance and ASP.NET code samples (in C# and VB.NET) for Intranet Web applications that use Windows-integrated authentication and Windows Authorization Manager and Extranet Web applications for B2B, B2C, and B2E scenarios using Windows authentication (including Forms-based authentication, X.509 certificates, and Microsoft Passport) and Windows Authorization Manager.
 Release Notes
Contains information about outstanding issues with the Identity and Access Management Series.
 Readme
You are currently reading this file.
 Identity and Access Management Tools and Templates.msi
Installs the Identity and Access Management Series on your computer.
 Identity and Access Management Tools and Templates
This is the top-level folder created in the computer location you choose when you run the .msi file. The default is %UserProfile%\My Documents\Identity and Access Management Tools and Templates. This package includes the following subfolders and files:
 Developing Identity-Aware ASP.NET Applications
Contains all the tools for the Developing Identity-Aware ASP.NET Applications paper.
 Extranet Access Management
Contains all the tools for the Extranet Access Management paper.
 Identity Aggregation and Sync
Contains all the tools for the Identity Aggregation and Synchronization paper.
 Intranet Access Management
Contains all the tools for the Intranet Access Management paper.
 Password Management
Contains all the tools for the Password Management paper.
 Platform and Infrastructure
Contains all the tools for the Platform and Infrastructure paper.
 Provisioning and Workflow
Contains all the tools for the Provisioning and Workflow paper.
 Microsoft Software License Terms.doc
The license agreement for the contents of the .msi
 ReadmeT&T.htm
The Tools and Templates Readme file

5. Copyright and license agreement

© 2006 Microsoft Corporation.  This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 543 Howard Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.