Microsoft Announces Azure Active Directory Developer Preview

The developer preview of WAAD was formally launched on June 7, and was incorporated into the spring release of Windows Azure, according to John Shewchuk, a Microsoft Technical Fellow focusing on Active Directory, in a blog post. However, the developer preview additions that were released this week support a couple of new features. One new feature is a REST-based “directory graph API,” which allows an application to tap WAAD data. The other is a “Web single sign-on” capability that developers can use to build cloud-based applications that will have a single user. Read the full details here.