Microsoft Federation Extensions for SharePoint 3.0

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The Microsoft Federation Extensions for SharePoint 3.0 Package adds powerful capabilities to existing SharePoint deployments. These capabilities include enabling federation for SharePoint applications, externalizing user authentication from SharePoint applications to a Security Token Service (STS), and the ability to make SharePoint applications claims-aware. The federation extensions can be used in both Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 deployments.

This section contains topics that provide background and discuss how to deploy and configure Federation Extensions for SharePoint 3.0.

  1. Overview of Microsoft Federation Extensions for SharePoint 3.0

  2. Prerequisites and Components for Federation Extensions for SharePoint 3.0

  3. Quick Start: Enabling Federation in a SharePoint Application with AD FS 2.0 as the STS

  4. Configuration and Deployment Considerations for Federation Extensions for SharePoint 3.0

  5. Known Issues and Additional Resources for Federation Extensions for SharePoint 3.0

  6. Upgrading Federated Applications to SharePoint 2010