What is Access Control in the Azure AppFabric [FAQ]

The Access Control service handles the validation of users of an Azure service. Developers can set up an Access Control for an Azure service and define the users that can access the service and what authorizations those users have.Users hitting the service will then seemlessly be channeled through the Access Control which will generate a token to be taken to the Azure service, this token will contain the authentication and authorization details for the user.