Posts Tagged ‘Claims Authentication’

In case you’ve missed it, I’ve written a few posts on the new additions to the SharePoint 2013 claims infrastructure.  I cover the Distributed Cache Service, OAuth and Apps, Search, and Server to Server (S2S) Authentication.  You’ll find each of them at the links below: Part I – Distributed Cache Service OAuth and Apps Claims, […]

Welcome to the final part of my series on the Claims Infrastructure in SharePoint 2013.  In the previous parts, I spoke on Distributed Cache Service and how it’s improved the authentication model in SharePoint 2013.  Then I looked at OAuth and SharePoint Apps in relation to their use of claims through the OAuth model.  Finally, […]

Welcome to Part II of SharePoint 2013 SharePoint Claims Infrastructure.  Previously in Part I, I wrote about the Distributed Cache Service and how it has helped revolutionize the authentication model in SharePoint 2013 by allowing for active load balancing in the farm as it pertains to authentication.  In Part II, I focused on OAuth and […]

Welcome to Part II of SharePoint 2013 Claims Infrastructure.  Previously I wrote about the Distributed Cache Service and how it will revolutionize the authentication model in SharePoint 2013 (along with a lot of other great use cases).  In this post, I want to focus on the way Open Authentication (OAuth) works with SharePoint Apps and […]

If you’ve used claims with SharePoint 2010, you know that it can be incredibly frustrating to work with. Setting it up is only half the battle. When you want to interface with it either via web services or your own client applications, it can quickly become a nightmare. In addition, you had to make sure […]

SharePoint 2013 (or “Wave 15” as we unabashed Microsoft fanboys have been calling it) has been in public beta for a little over two weeks now, and we’re starting to see some more discussion of new features and functions around the web.  Our own Microsoft blog is no exception. A number of our customers have […]

In case you haven’t heard, all web applications in SharePoint 2013 will default to claims-based authentication. While it’s possible to create a “classic” web application still, Microsoft has deprecated the functionality in favor of the future. That means many organizations will be defaulting to a claims-enabled world. Fear not! Claims is not the end of […]

What’s New in SharePoint 2013’s Authentication Model SharePoint 2013 brings with it significant changes in the authentication model behind the scenes. To the end user, it will appear as if nothing has changed when they log in. These are the major behind the scenes changes that exist in SharePoint 2013 and I’ll go through each […]

On my current project we are doing a migration from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010. Updating our current authentication scheme (a mix of .Net forms and Windows authentication) to utilize claims authentication is one of the requirements for this project. One major difference between how SharePoint treats users in SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010 claims […]