New in the ADFSv2 Release Candidate

From the Geneva Team blog:

What’s new in the AD FS 2.0 RC:

· SAML 2.0 protocol support for Identity Provider Lite, Service Provider Lite and the eGov 1.5 Profile verified by Liberty Interoperable™ SAML 2.0 interoperability testing

· Simplified user experience for configuring high availability federation server farm and proxy deployments

· Automatic encryption and signing certificate distribution and rollover across a farm of multiple federation servers, enabling zero touch management of trust relationships

· Choice of deploying without SQL Server for storing AD FS 2.0 configuration data

· Claims based authorization rules for restricting security token issuance

· Improved events, audits, and tracing for diagnostics

· Complete PowerShell support for end to end AD FS 2.0 management

· Lots of other fixes and UI improvements!