AppFabric

AppFabric refers to two related Microsoft products.
Windows Azure AppFabric is a part of the Microsoft Windows Azure Platform. Positioned by Microsoft as middleware, it provides several cloud computing services:
Provides an easy way for web applications and web services to identify users, and grant access control to the applications and services. The Access Control Service enables authorization decisions to be pulled out of the application and into a set of declarative rules that can transform incoming security claims into claims that applications understand. These rules are defined using a simple and familiar programming model, resulting in cleaner code. It can also be used to manage usersā€™ permissions, saving the effort and complexity of developing these capabilities.
Provides tools and APIs for developing and hosting a composite application expressly for deployment through the service. (Still under development. The first beta release occurred on June 20, 2011.) The first public…

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