What is Windows Identity Foundation (WIF)?
Windows Identity Foundation (formerly called code name Geneva framework) is a new extension to the Microsoft .NET Framework that helps developers build claims-aware applications that externalize user authentication from the application, improving developer productivity, enhancing application security, and enabling interoperability. Based on interoperable, standard protocols, WIF and the claims-based identity model can be used to enable single sign on, personalization, federation, strong authentication, identity delegation, and other identity capabilities in ASP.Net and WCF applications running both on-premises and in the cloud.
