SharePoint 2013 - Authentication, authorization, and security

• User sign-in

1. Classic-mode authentication is deprecated  and manged only by powershell , now claims is the default one. PowerShellcmdlet called Convert-SPWebApplication  can be used to migrate accounts , MigrateUsers method is deprecated  Ref :  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg251985.aspx


2. Requirement to register claims providers is eliminated


3. SharePoint 2013 Preview tracks FedAuth cookies in the new distributed cache service using Windows Server AppFabric Caching.


4. Better log management and depth of logs .

•  Services and app authentication

1. for more info on app principal , please visit  Build apps for SharePoint.


2. server-to-server security token service (STS) provides access tokens for server-to-server authentication .

Ref : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms457529.aspx

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