Windows Live ID Commits to Support OpenID
In February 2007 I noted that Craig Mundie announced collaboration on the use of Windows CardSpace with the OpenID 2.0 specification. A year later, in February 2008, Microsoft joined the board of the OpenID foundation.
Beginning today, Windows Live ID is publicly committing to support the OpenID digital identity framework with the announcement of the public availability of a Community Technology Preview (CTP) of the Windows Live ID OpenID Provider.
The current Technology Preview release is for testing purposes only, and is not intended for widespread adoption at this stage. After a period of industry testing and feedback, we will be incorporating any necessary fixes and feature enhancements into the next revision, to be released to Production sometime in 2009.
OpenID can also be used with the Windows Azure Services Platform.