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Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) is a Microsoft software framework for building identity-aware applications.^[1] It provides APIs for building ASP.NET or WCF based security token services as well as tools for building claims-aware and federation capable applications.^[2]^[3]

Windows Identity Foundation is supported on IIS 6/Windows Server 2003, IIS 7/Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7. Version 1.0 shipped as a standalone product, but the product is now included as a part of Microsoft .NET Framework v4.5.^[4]^[2]

^ Improve Authentication with Windows Identity Foundation -- Visual Studio Magazine
^ ^a ^b Windows Identity Foundation Now Included in .NET 4.5
^ What is claims-based identity? - Definition from WhatIs.com
^ "Windows Identity Foundation 4.5 Overview". Microsoft Corporation. Retrieved January 24, 2012.