Microsoft to link with Live for single sign-on
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Microsoft aims to sync its Active Directory with its Live Web-based services to give users single sign on for applications and services both inside a company network and on the Web.
The plan will be made possible through Windows Live ID, formerly Microsoft's Passport service, though the company has not set a time line for when the functionality will be available, Michael Stephenson, director of product management for identity and access at Microsoft, said on Tuesday.
Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie briefly mentioned the plan to allow for federated network identity between Active Directory and Microsoft's Live online services during a keynote at the Tech Ed conference in Boston last week.