Biztalk has an SSO server. It appears that this same server is used in other products (Sharepoint, Host Integration, etc).
Can this server be de-coupled and used without any of these products? I've searched the MSDN site and can't sind out anything about this.
Is there a more appropriate forum for this.
Hi,
Thereis a set of APIs for using against SSO and implementing client functionality (Microsoft.BizTalk.SSOClient.Interop). This is typicaly done in custom adapters, where you need to provede authentication credentials against a proprietary system using an SSO application (the FTP adapter in BizTalk allows this).
I'm not sure how much documentation there is out there, the BizTalk docs list the interfaces and methods. You could try building a console application that works against the SSO Serivce. There may be some adapter samples or docs that tell you how to code against SSO.
As for de-coupling it from other products, you can install just the SSO Master Secret serivce in a BizTalk install, and i think you can configure BizTalk and only select the SSO Service. As far as licencing goes, you may will need a Standard edition licence of one of the products in order to use SSO.
Regards,
Alan Smith
Perhaps I should clarify a little bit. I'm comfortable with the technical aspects of the installation, configuration and programming of the SSO server. I'm wondering more about the licensing issue.
I could install it as a subset of Biztalk (needs a Biztalk License) or a subset of Sharepoint (sharepoint license). However, I'm wondeing if there's a licensing structure for just installing this service alone, since it is not intrinsicly a part of Biztalk, Sharepoint, Host Integration Server or any of the other server products.
I don't believe you can get SSO as a separate product. I'll chase this up to make sure.
What do you intend to use it for exactly? Our ILM product is a more "productized" version of some of the major SSO features. (See http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/ilm2007/default.mspx).
Regards,
- Bill Ticehurst
The same product - Microsoft Enterprise Single Sign-On - is shipped with both BizTalk and Host Integration Server (HIS).
However, it is not shipped separately, you have to purchase one of these products to get it. With both products you can install and use only the Enterprise Single Sign-On component.
