I want to host the privacy policy created for my windows 8 metro application over the internet. Any way in which i can host HTML file containing such the information for free?
Tim Heuer has an article on using Azure Websites to create a free marketing website for your app which could include a privacy policy, it's available at Using Azure Web Sites to market your Windows App.
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I am planning to use Auth0 service for Chinese users. I noticed that there are no servers that are hosted in China, and because of that my main concern is the firewall that China has. Weather my azure hosting web application will be able to access Auth0 in Australia.
https://auth0.com/docs/api/authentication?http#code-samples
I have a server that is in China and was able to call Auth0 api, but I am not sure how reliable that is. As the authentication and authorisation is so critical that the system I am building will stop working once the app can't access the service. Has anyone done the same integration especially for China and can share their experience?
The great firewall of China has blocked many CDN providers such as AWS CloudFront/S3, Google PageSpeed, Cloudflare, etc, causing an outage for some users in the China region. Auth0 uses AWS servers so China may restrict access. It is previously been reported that cdn.auth0.com fails to load in China.
If you use the Lock library as the login widget from Auth0 CDN, there are workarounds for this.
Lock library references two files:
Client configuration files (JS files that have information about connections enabled for the application, application metadata, etc)
Language files (For Lock Internationalisation)
You would need to change the location where Lock fetches these files using the clientBaseUrl and languageBaseUrl options. Note that any change made to an application configuration means updating the mirror file in your server too.
I want to use On Premise Windows Authenticated SQL with Azure Web App. I am new to Azure. what are all possible ways to achieve this.
Thanks!
I want to use On Premise Windows Authenticated SQL with Azure Web App.
Unfortunately, it is not supported by Azure WebApp. If we want to use the Windows Authenticated, we need to ensure that Windows Authentication is enabled for the web server. We could remote to Azure website to check that there is no Windows Authenticated under the Authentication option, details please refer to the screenshot.
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If you stick on absolutely use On Premise Windows Authenticated and host your website on Azure, you could use Azure Windows VM to host your website. And need to join the VM to your AD, that meanings both VMs are in the same network.
As you use on-premise machine, you will need to create a site to site VPN.
Is it generally possible to have a Microsoft Azure in the background to act as a SSO Authentication server for Apache auth?
The example is:
There are many users inside the Microsoft Azure
I have a Webpage on a Linux server served by Apache2
The webpage should be protected (exactly like basic-auth) by Azure (via SSO)
If the user is signed in into Azure and has rights, he can see the website
If the user is not signed in, he will be redirected back to Azure's login-page and after successful login will back to the webpage.
Is this generally possible?
If so what technologies/modules do I have to use for apache in order to speak with Azure?
Thanks for any hints towards the right direction.
Update
The Azure server is already fully configured. I just need to sort out the end on Apache.
I think what you are looking for is Azure Active Directory. it is an Identity as a Service product that supports modern protocols like OAuth, OpenID Connect. There's a client SDK called ADAL (Active Directory Authentication Library), but since it's standard protocols, you can integrate with other standard based authentication libraries. For example, the node.js tutorial shows how to use passport.
You didn't mention what web stack you are using but it's most likely listed here:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/active-directory-developers-guide/
On a side note: if you can host your app on Azure Web App Service then it has built in integration with Azure Active Directory, so you can add a layer of authentication on top of your website without modifying your application code.
More info on that here: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/app-service-mobile-how-to-configure-active-directory-authentication/
There is Sharepoint 2010 intranet portal with several intranet sites based on Active directory user access. Is it possible to create one more site with quite different security model for Internet access or should I create standalone portal for Internet users? What shall I consider?
You can have different authentication models at "Web Application" level. This means that all your site collections inside your Web Application will work with the same authentication model.
If you already have a web application working with Active Directory and you want to provide Internet Access (probably using Forms Authentication) you will need to create a separate Web Application.
Here is a sample Video on how to create a new Web Application:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z8vb42j1wQ
And this is a video on how to implement Forms Authentication a Web Application:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBqL3E-ne60
I don't have any personal website or url to specify in my app for privacy policy. Is there any alternate for me to specify the same?
Not really, maybe you can create a blogger page or something but you do need an webpage to define your privacy policy.
Tim Heuer has a good article on using Azure Websites to create a free marketing website with a privacy policy. Check it out at Using Azure Web Sites to market your Windows App.
The blog post Common Windows Store certification errors: 4.1 Your app must comply with privacy requirements discusses the privacy policy requirement. It gives tips on how to turn off the Internet capability if you're not using network functionality so you won't need a privacy policy, what to include in the privacy policy, some free sites where you can create a blog to host your privacy policy (WordPress or Blogger), and where you need to provide the privacy policy in your app.