Microsoft pushing ADFS 2.0 as the foundation for identity in cloud computing environments. Microsoft: “Identity is the glue that will make it all work. We firmly believe that it’s all about identity” Analyst: “Federation is now important because of the cloud. It’s not domain-centric — it’s looser partnerships, more loosely aligned” IBM: Legacy applications don’t have the ability to easily work under a SAML-based framework, though they can be made to work that way.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2125233/microsoft-pushes-adfs-2-0–federated-id-for-cloud.html