1 Introduction

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The Microsoft Web Browser Federated Sign-On Protocol is primarily a restriction of the protocol specified in [WSFederation1.2] section 13. The restrictions are designed to enable greater interoperability by reducing the number of variations that have to be implemented. This document specifies minor additions to [WSFederation1.2] section 13 to handle common scenarios. This protocol is designed to enable the communication of a requestor's identity and attributes for the purpose of enabling access to a protected HTTP web application or its resources.

This protocol is based on the Web Service (WS) Federation Protocol described in [WSFederation] and [WSFederation1.2] section 13.

Sections 1.5, 1.8, 1.9, 2, and 3 of this specification are normative. All other sections and examples in this specification are informative.