Announcement: Upcoming SAML 2.0 IOP event, July 14-Sept. 4

The Liberty Alliance SAML 2.0 interoperability test event
will be held this year from July 14 through September 4th. Registration
is already open with several products already registered. Test is open to
non-Liberty members, and the test plan (vs. 3.2) can be found at http://www.projectliberty.org/liberty/liberty_interoperable/documents.

 

This week Microsoft notified Liberty of their intention to enter this
year’s Liberty Alliance SAML IOP event for certification in SP Lite, IdP
Lite and eGov profiles. As Microsoft has discussed publicly in news articles
and blogs, they intended for their identity management product, codenamed
“Geneva”,
to be widely interoperable and, as such, are entering the Liberty SAML IOP test
event.

 

To this end, Microsoft took the initiative and asked Liberty to publicize
their test entry and their desire to test with as many vendors as possible to
encourage other prospective vendors to join this year’s test event. New
participants like Microsoft reflect the growth and acceptance of SAML as
leading method of identity federation.

 

If you are planning to sign up for the test event or already
have and you wish to publicize this decision, let us know and we will be glad
to share this information with other registered participants and possible participants
who have expressed interest. If you have any questions about this year’s
event, feel free to contact me. The registration deadline for the SAML IOP test
event is Monday, June 22, 2009. You can register online at: 

 

http://www.drummondgroup.com/html-v2/register-saml.html

 

Kyle Meadors

Drummond Group Inc.

Principal, Test Process

(w) 615-212-0826

(c) 817-709-1627



 

Calendar: http://tinyurl.com/KyleMeadors-DGI-Calendar