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Microsoft Geneva Virtual Machines

Want a simpler way to test drive Microsoft’s next-generation federated identity technologies? Well, the Redmond company does offer customers virtual machines of codename Geneva for evaluation, in an effort to streamline as much as possible the testing process. Accompanying the Geneva Virtual Machines offered on the Microsoft Download Center are resources delivered to help consumers build and set up a test lab environment for the federated identity solutions. In this context, in addition to the VMs, the Geneva Server Federated Collaboration Step by Step Guide is also up for grabs from the software giant.

“The Geneva Server Federated Collaboration Step by Step Guide is intended for information technology (IT) professionals and system architects who want to implement secure collaboration between organizations using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and “Geneva” Server. This guide provides a quick demonstration of the features, functionality, and interoperability capabilities of “Geneva” Server Beta 2, “Geneva” Framework Beta 2, and Windows CardSpace “Geneva” Beta 2. The instructions in this guide should take approximately 90 minutes or less to complete,” Microsoft informed.
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Windows 7 and Vista Bridge Sample Library 1.3

Since Windows 7 is nothing more than the evolution of Windows Vista, the two operating systems manage to share a consistent volume of resources. In this regard, Microsoft informes that the Vista Bridge Sample Library 1.3, which, in accordance with its label, is designed for Windows Vista, is capable of stretching all the way to Windows 7. Microsoft’s insistence to ensure backward compatibility with Windows Vista is by no means limited to software solutions and hardware products, and also involves the programming model of the platform.

“The Windows Vista Bridge Sample Library (VBSL) is an ongoing effort by the Microsoft SDK team to bridge between the .NET framework and the native Windows API. The VBSL is a class library that makes it much easier for managed developers to access light-up Windows Vista features with no need to worry about the Interop layer,” revealed a Microsoft representative.

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