Microsoft officially names Geneva project

13.07.2009
Microsoft Monday unveiled the names of the pieces that will make up its single sign-on platform that was formerly named Geneva.

The comprises three components and is the foundation for a claims-based access model and Security Token Service (STS) technology that Microsoft has been developing over the past few years as part of its industry effort to create a single identity system based on standard protocols.

This is the second name change for the Geneva components and Microsoft says these names will be the official ones when Geneva ships before the end of this year.

Microsoft on May 11. 

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Geneva Server, formerly called Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) 2.0, will go back to the ADFS name. The Geneva Framework, formerly called Zermatt, will be called the Windows Identity Foundation, which matches naming conventions for other Windows sub-systems such as Windows Workflow Foundation and Windows Presentation Foundation.