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OpenSSO Express 8, an early access version of next release of Sun's Web Access Management solution (and that's fully supported and indemnified by Sun Microsystems for customers), is now available for download. You can download OpenSSO Express 8 by visiting, https://opensso.dev.java.net/public/use/index.html.

OpenSSO Express 8 introduces number of exciting new features such as:

- One Time Password based Strong Authentication
- Federated SSO for Dot Net applications using DotNET Fedlet.
- Support for MySQL as an user data store.
- Entitlement Service
- A new look Beta Administration Console that allows to administer Entitlement Service and makes available easy to use workflows for Federation and Web Services Security.
- Common task based workflow for federated SSO setup with Salesforce.COM.
And more...

A list of all the new features and enhancements in OpenSSO Express 8 is available as part of Release Notes, at - http://wikis.sun.com/display/OpenSSO/OpenSSO+Express+8+Release+Notes#OpenSSOExpress8ReleaseNotes-WSS

Detailed documentation on OpenSSO Express 8 and the features, is available on OpenSSO Documentation wiki, at - http://wikis.sun.com/display/OpenSSO/Sun+OpenSSO+Documentation

Congratulations to all OpenSSO community members and special thanks to those that contributed towards OpenSSO Express 8!