Shetab Windows Live Authentication for SharePoint allows you and your member's to sign in your SharePoint site with Windows Live ID. You can manage member's access before and after user's login to your site via SharePoint standard access pages and controls.
Why using Windows Live Authentication?
SSO (Single Sign-on) become more popular and important in network security. Just imagine you always login to your own computer, bank account, email and many online accounts just by your smart card and pin code with maximum security without any worry about reminding many passwords, lost or stolen password. Still we are on the road to this goal but the current standard and technology are indicated that we are very close to it. Today even large organizations try to use systems such as Active Directory Federation System (ADFS) to reach SSO.
Using Windows Live Authentication has many advantages for you and your users.
What you will get:
- Over 300 million users already have Windows Live ID account and they can simply sign in to your site without need to sign up and create username and password.
- Bypass all authentication system to reliable service of Microsoft network.
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Provide most security in login process for your members.
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Reduce spam profiles.
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Your login and authentication system will be upgraded and tested without any cost. It may contain smart card or authentication with token (hardware key) in future.
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You will not be worried about to implement login system such as password reminder, saved password, encrypt saved password, secure connection for login, install SSL for login and …(It will reduce the time and cost of support).
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Use already created Help and Tutorials for login process such as sign in, sign out, and password reminder problem and so on.
What your users will get:
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They will not need to sign up for each site.
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They will not need remind many usernames and passwords.
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They will not worry about their data privacy used for sign-up.
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They will use same sign in page for any site that use Live ID, same password reminder process and so on.
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They will have complete Help, Tutorial, FAQ always that already exist for login process such as sign in, sigh out, and password reminder problem and so on.
Administrate your SharePoint site with Shetab Windows Live Authentication for SharePoint
Windows Live Authentication just perform authentication and after Windows Live User login to your site, you don't know anything about he/her just an ID, and other Identification and Authorization is belong to you. To know how to get username of Windows Live ID click here.
Shetab Windows Live Authentication for SharePoint integrate your site Authentication to Windows Live Authentication and install some Authorization and Identification system to your SharePoint site. It is not necessary for you to know what is different between Authentication and Authorization or Identification, if you just want to add Windows Live Users and set access to them in your SharePoint site just see the step by step configuration of managing SharePoint security with Shetab Windows Live Authentication for SharePoint by clicking here.
Sample
For example this site use Shetab Windows Live Authentication for SharePoint. Press "Sign In" in top right of screen to see how it work or download free trial version and check it in your site.