“Geneva” Server helps simplify access to applications and other systems with an open and interoperable claims-based model. The "Geneva" platform is the successor to Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS).

• "Geneva" Server Step-by-Step and How To Guides
  
  Here you will find links to Step-by-Step and How To guides that IT Professionals can use to evaluate the “Geneva” Server beta 2 and Windows CardSpace “Geneva” beta 2 technologies.
  
  
• "Geneva" Server Design Guide
  
  This guide provides recommendations to help you plan a new deployment of "Geneva" Server, based on your organization’s deployment goals and the particular design that you want to create. This guide is intended for use by an infrastructure specialist or system architect. Before you read this guide, you should have a good understanding of how "Geneva" Server works on a functional level. You should also have a good understanding of the organizational requirements that will be reflected in your "Geneva" Server design.
  
  
• "Geneva" Server Deployment Guide
  
  This guide provides detailed guidance for deploying "Geneva" Server in your organization. This guide is intended for use by system administrators and system engineers. It provides detailed guidance for deploying a "Geneva" Server design that has been preselected by you or an infrastructure specialist or system architect in your organization. If you have not yet selected a design for your organization, we recommend that you review the design options in the "Geneva" Server Design Guide and select the most appropriate design for your organization, before you deploy "Geneva" Server in your organization.
  
  
• "Geneva" Server Product Help
  
  This content includes a brief introduction to the features, benefits and terminology of "Geneva" Server. It offers material for IT professionals about concepts and procedures that are essential for using the "Geneva" Server Management Console and to install and configure a new server instance.
  
  

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