Windows Live ID now supports OpenID Identity Framework

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It looks like the Windows Live product teams are giving some love to OpenID with committed support open authentication standards. There is no doubt that the OpenID specification has matured and has an increased use in the industry.

Announced at PDC and beginning today, Windows Live ID is publicly committing to support the OpenID digital identity framework with the announcement of the public availability of a Community Technology Preview (CTP) of the Windows Live ID OpenID Provider.

You will soon be able to use your Windows Live ID account to sign in to any OpenID Web site!

The initial release is a Community Technology Preview (CTP) Release in the Windows Live ID Integration (INT) environment. It is intended primarily for relying-party Web sites and developers of relying-party client libraries, to enable them to test the interoperability of their implementations against the Windows Live ID OP endpoint and flush out any bugs or incompatibilities.

Note: that the Windows Live ID OP supports only the OpenID 2.0 protocol.

[Update: Screencast Overview]

Windows Live ID OpenID Provider Screencast from Angus Logan on Vimeo.

 

Want to try it out?

The current Technology Preview release is for testing purposes only, and is not intended for widespread adoption at this stage. After a period of industry testing and feedback, we will be incorporating any necessary fixes and feature enhancements into the next revision, to be released to Production sometime in 2009.

We do NOT recommend that anyone use their INT alias as their permanent OpenID account at this time; users should wait until the final release of the OP to Production.

If you want to try the Windows Live ID OpenID Provider CTP release here are the instructions:

To prepare:

  1. Go to https://signup.live-int.com/ to set up a Windows Live ID test account in the INT environment.
  2. Go to https://login.live-int.com/beta/ManageOpenID.srf to set up your OpenID test alias.

Then:

  • Users -- At any Web site that supports OpenID 2.0, type OpenID.Live-INT.com in the OpenID login box to sign in to that site by means of your Windows Live ID OpenID alias.
  • Library developers -- Test your libraries against the Windows Live ID OP endpoint and let us know of any problems you find.
  • Web site owners -- Test signing in to your site by using a Windows Live ID OpenID alias and let us know of any problems you find.

You can provide feedback at:openidfb@microsoft.com

 

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