Summary

.NET Passport services offer a convenient, easy, and secure way to consolidate usernames and passwords. Although the initial release of .NET Passports extended only from e-commerce sites to individuals, Windows Server 2003 provides the ability to establish client-to-network .NET Passport communications. .NET Passports provide centralized profile storage and a tracking mechanism that can be used for single sign-on authentication to multiple network services. No longer do users need to log on to their Web email server, then log on to their corporate intranet server, and then log on separately to their LAN or WAN network. .NET Passports simplify logon authentication and provide a way for organizations to synchronize user logon access to multiple network resources from a single logon account.