SSO Isn't Worth it!?

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Hi All

Well it is officially done. I have participated in my first podcast. Check it out here:

https://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=193478

I did this podcast just prior to a roundtable session at the Microsoft National Architect Forum in Vail Colorado in April 2006. We discussed the challenges of Identity.

One person had some very interesting feedback during that roundtable while discussion Single Sign On. She noted that why have it, when it is more of a convenience. Efforts should be focused on Identity Management.

In another rag that I read a couple of weeks later, they stated that SSO is a bad term, and should be looked at as reduced sign on. Getting to SSO is a rather unrealistic goal.

All very interesting to me. Could we be in search of the Holy Grail? Is it worth it to focus on SSO?

What do you all think?