Claims-based identity is a common way for applications to acquire the identity information they need about users inside their organization, in other organizations, and on the Internet. It also provides a consistent approach for applications running on-premises or in the cloud.

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Weird error when creating a site collection from a Claims authentication WCF service

I'm having trouble adding a new site collection, from a service hosted in a claims enabled SharePoint web application. The authentication works just fine (I can confirm the identity of the user while ...
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Access Denied on Site Collection after Migrating to Claims

I'm running into an issue with some site collections in a SharePoint 2010 web application. After migrating to claims, there are a couple site collections that give Access Denied, even to users that ...
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Central login page - different portals (SP2010)

I would like to have some advice for the logical structure for a corporate portal. I really appreciate your feedback. AS IS At the moment we have a 'partly' public facing site. Assuming this site is ...
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Does SharePoint 2013 support Single Sign Out?

Really simple question, that I can't seem to find a definitive answer for. Does SharePoint 2013 support single sign-out?
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Sharepoint 2013 mixed mode authentication custom login

I've configured 2 zones in sharepoint 2013. Both zones are configured to use NTLM and FBA authentication in order to have full availability of all users in the people picker. My extranet zone (FBA) ...
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pickerentity.key with Claims

In a Sharepoint 2010 page, I am using a people picker to pick users or groups, SPgroups as well as Active directory groups. I am then retrieving every item that was picked as a PickerEntity.Key which ...
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Windows Authentication and Trusted Identity Provider - User mapping to a single identity store

First, let me describe the scenario: I have a Web Application with 2 enabled Identity Providers Windows Authentication Custom Trusted Identity Provider (that provider handles PingFederate SAML ...
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Claims/Forms Auth and Secure Store - good use?

I have a need to provide single sign on capabilities within the same enterprise - meaning sometimes I'll need access to the user's name and password. A few examples: SSO to OWA (forms based) SSO ...
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Sharepoint - user can log in only from one computer

We are using claims based authentication and observing strange behavior - one user can log in only from one browser. The moment the same user logs in from the second browser his session dies in the ...
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SharePoint 2010 FBA InfoPath access denied to webservice

I have a SharePoint 2010 web application using Claims based authentication. Anonymous access enabled Windows authentication enabled, integrated Windows authentication, NTLM Forms Based ...
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Top Visitors Report displaying IP addresses

We have a SharePoint 2010 CBA site where anonymous access is disabled. Recently the Top Visitors reports started displaying IP addresses. Could this be related to client vpn's? I havent been able to ...
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Using Person field in Datasheet view with Claims/FBA

Is it possible to use a person field in datasheet view when the site is configured to use Claims/FBA? It's currently not working, when I click the field I get the usual dropdown but it has a check box ...
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Authentication not persisting with Claims

We are using Claims Based Authentication for an application that was upgraded from 2007. It actually uses a custom forms provider for the front-end, but to edit content we use Windows Authentication. ...
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Issue with Excel Services work book with Integrated Security but logged in from Claims auth

I am trying to use an embedded Excel work book within a SharePoint site. This workbook connects to SSAS using Integrated Security. It works correctly when I log in to SharePoint using windows ...
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SharePoint 2010 Export to Excel Fails Claims Based Authentication

We have a 2010 SharePoint implementation and the clients are using Office 2007 SP2 and IE 8. Security is handled using claims-based authentication over http. In Office 2010 we are able to go to a ...
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NullReferenceException on LogOut, LogInAsAnotherUser

After getting Kerberos working with Classic authentication, we're trying to switch to Kerberos & Claims-Based authentication. This seems to work with respect to logging in, but we get ...
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Pass custom data to FBA Membership Provider

I need to have some additional data sent to each call to my membership provider. For example SPClaimsUtility.AuthenticateFormsUser takes a URI, a username and a password. The username and password ...
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AuthenticateFormsUser with no password

I believe in SharePoint 2007 you could authenticate a user programatically (without a password) using something like this: FormsAuthentication.RedirectFromLoginPage(username, false); In SharePoint ...
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70 - 667 Exam question confusion

I am bit confused with this question for 70 - 667 exam question, seems like there are more then 1 right answer to the question. You configure a SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1) farm. ...
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Why and when to use claims-based authentication?

I understand MS recommends claims-based authentication for new installations of SP 2010. This authentication model is based on WIF. It is a new authentication model available in SP 2010. But, I would ...
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Claims based authentication and adding users

I set up claims based authentication on one of our web applications. It works with forms authentication. There are 20,000 users that need to access to this site but I don't know how to add them. Do I ...
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How to map Claims to SPUser object?

I have SharePoint 2010 with Claims Authentication (SAML / AD FS v2). I have made an incoming mapping for UPN, Role, CommonName. I want to show the user's "DisplayName" in the right corner (the Name on ...
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Update Users Personal Settings on Sharepoint with Custom Trusted Login Provider

Am not able to see the logged in user's email address in the Personal Settings. I have configured Custom STS Provider on Sharepoint. I also have a claim type mapping like below. Can any one please ...
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Converted site from claims back to Windows auth - accesss denied

We attempted to convert a web app that was set up in claims back to NTLM/Windows auth. First we unchecked the claims provider in the web app properties in CA. We realized we were still getting claims ...
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What is the practical limit for the quantity of entities listed in a claim based peoplepicker?

What is the practical limit for the quantity of entities listed in a claim based peoplepicker in SharePoint 2010? Is there a limit? We are trying to get a list of 200,000+ plus users to work in the ...
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Claims-based or classic authentication mode - how to figure out in a given SharePoint 2010 installation?

How do I figure out whether a web application in my SharePoint 2010 farm is using claims-based or classic authentication mode? I know that authentication provider (default zone) is Windows, but ...
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Login a user from code with claims authentication (fba)

i have a problem with logging in a user from server side on a claims (fba) enabled site. Users can register themselves on the site and get an email with a confirmation link. After they click on the ...
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SharePoint 2010 - Dual Authentication - FBA works, Windows doesn't

I have a new SP 2010 web-application configured for Claims authentication, with both 'windows' and 'forms' authentication. Initially, I created a root site collection, set a windows ...
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Limiting a view based on authentication by writing qualified username

This article http://www.thesharepointbar.com/?p=340 how to limit a read on a user in BCS, but we can't find the correct syntax for fba-users. (MS Quote: If the login mode for the user is claims-based, ...
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Claim Based Auth Webapplication issue in SharePoint 2013

I have done FBA configuration in IIS. I am getting success to login through FBA User. But when click on sign out through any SharePoint user or FBA user, it will give error "Exception of type ...
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SharePoint 2013, ADFS, “not a trusted issuer”

First let me start by saying I feel like this is an easy question, but I am beating my head against the wall on it. I am trying to get SharePoint 2013 to accept claims from another organization's ...
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How to insert Case Sensitive Login Name for a Sharepoint User

I'm in a claim based installation of sharepoint 2010. My users are matched by user GUID in this form: provider|GUID@mydomain.dom My GUID is case sensitive. If I use ...
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Claims Authentication (ADFS &STS)

Can i have ADFS authentication mechanism for 1 subsite and SSO implementation for 3-4 subsites ? i am using Claims based authentication.I have ADFS already configured.I have 1 webapplication and have ...
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Claims auth + LDAP user display setting in SharePoint

I have a claims auth site setup right now with both Windows & Forms. Providers are configured for LDAP auth. This works without an issue. I want users to be able to sign in to SharePoint using ...
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Web Services and Claim Based Authentication Problem

I'm facing some problems accessing by Claim Based to my web service. On my App there's only Claim Based: windows auth is disabled and NTLM also. If I access to Sharepoint by web based interface, this ...
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Ideal way to Secure Custom Application

We are developing an application which is going to do some CRUD operations for a couple lists and offer our customers to download files. We are using REST services as well as Sharepoint Web Services. ...
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Sharepoint 2010 - FBA provider count and iterate

My SP web application use FBA authentication (AD and aspnetSQLmembership providers). Requirement : I want the count of providers and display name for the provider.After that i want to check if user ...
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Multiple webapplications using same STS?

I have set up and SP 2010 web application with claims based authentication with simple, custom STS. How can I connect another web application to the same STS? For my first web application I used a ...
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ADFS redirects to login screen when calling site via http web request

I have configured Sharepoint with ADFS (claims-based auth). There is another web site (probably on a different machine) that shall be shown in a web part - just like page viewer it is hosted in an ...
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Claims based login from apps

I was wondering how to deal with claims based SharePoint sites related to login from other devices. An example: I have a SharePoint site setup with claims based authentication for both Active ...
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claims authentication

We are using claims authentication which means sp-sts authenticates the user. we have a custom membership provider that authenticates but we want to change the username. we tried setting the name ...
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User Profile Synchronisation to Multiple Domains

I cannot find a definitive trusted resource that specifies whether or not the FIMS service can sync with multiple domains. Has anyone got any good information on this? Also if we sync to an AD source ...
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NTLM web service call to sharepoint 2013 web application with claim authentication over NTLM users

I have a webservice (no vcf) with Windows authentication(impersonate="true"), that uses the SharePoint 2013 Object Model. When I call a webservice method that operates on a SharePoint Web Application ...
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Sharepoint foundation 2013, claims/FBA based authentiction and SSO

My Scenerio is this: I have a big client that supplies services to a few partners of his. he would like to create a sharepoint farm (hosted on a VM) for each of his clients, installed with ...
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Elevated Account during unit testing when using Claims Based Authentication

I am using SharePoint 2010 and we have switched to using Claims Based Authentication. When I run unit tests and running code with elevated privileges the web.CurrentUser.LoginName is ...
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Sharepoint claims authentication returns 500 internal server error

I have Sharepoint web app with claims based authentication and ADFS as Identity Provider. In my test enfironment ADFS and Sharepoint are on the same machine. I'm using TMG for mapping between external ...
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Windows Claims / Forms Claims - Augmentation - How to

Can claims augmentation be used to "map" a Windows Claim to a Forms Claim? Scenario: WebApp1: Forms Claims Auth (LDAP Provider) WebApp2: Windows Claims Auth With Claims Augmentation, can I make ...
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Custom Claims Provider in Specific Zone

We have a custom IdP/STS (Identity Provider/Security Token Service) used as a trusted provider in all Internet zones of our applications that fall under our umbrella of SSO enabled applications. ...
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Claims Authentication Unexpected Error in Developer Dashboard

The error below is listed in the developer dashboard in our environments. We have recently changed to claims authentication. The contentdatabase has been converted from classical authentication. We ...
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Enabling forms based authentication for existing Sharepoint Web Application

I have an site collection in a web application for which I need to enable forms based authentication (rather than using the standard Windows/AD authentication). I followed the rather good ...