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WS-Federation

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What is WS-Federation?

WS-Federation is a Microsoft specification for identity federation. It defines mechanisms to allow different security realms to trust each other and enable single sign-on (SSO) scenarios. WS-Federation relies on security tokens, usually in the form of SAML tokens, to represent a user's identity and attributes. It's commonly used to establish trust relationships between organizations, enabling users to access resources and applications across different domains without needing separate credentials for each.

What other technologies are related to WS-Federation?

WS-Federation Competitor Technologies

SAML 2.0 is a competing federation protocol that provides similar functionality for identity and authentication.
mentioned alongside WS-Federation in 9% (287) of relevant job posts
OpenID Connect is a modern authentication layer on top of OAuth 2.0 that provides similar functionality to WS-Federation.
mentioned alongside WS-Federation in 2% (387) of relevant job posts
SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) provides similar functionality for web-based authentication and authorization compared to WS-Federation.
mentioned alongside WS-Federation in 1% (524) of relevant job posts
OpenID is an authentication protocol, predating OpenID Connect, which competes with WS-Federation in some scenarios.
mentioned alongside WS-Federation in 1% (111) of relevant job posts
OIDC (OpenID Connect) is a modern authentication layer on top of OAuth 2.0, competing with WS-Federation in terms of providing identity federation.
mentioned alongside WS-Federation in 1% (144) of relevant job posts

WS-Federation Complementary Technologies

WS-Trust is often used in conjunction with WS-Federation to handle the exchange of security tokens and trust establishment.
mentioned alongside WS-Federation in 29% (93) of relevant job posts

Which job functions mention WS-Federation?

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Jobs mentioning WS-Federation
Orgs mentioning WS-Federation

Which organizations are mentioning WS-Federation?

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WS-Federation
Okta
Scientific and Technical Services
WS-Federation
Universal Music Group
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
WS-Federation
Elevance Health
Health Care and Social Assistance

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