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Just don't make me use a damn Microsoft live account to login!

petilon 8y ago
Pretty sure this will be the first change after the acquisition. Microsoft has to ease the path from checking in code to Github to building and deploying it on Azure.
- Voloskaya 8y ago
  As stated, no. It will likely be the other way around: Use your GitHub account to login to Azure.
sethgecko 8y ago
It's going to be the other way around. You will log in to Azure etc with a GitHub account.
Voloskaya 8y ago
Nat Friedman, Future CEO of GitHub clearly stated that this wouldn't happen because GitHub's identity management is far superior to MS one. However the opposite might very well happen: Use your GitHub account to sign into MS other services.
- petilon 8y ago
  Far superior in what way?
  - Voloskaya 8y ago
    Users actually like it for a start :) You don't have to go through 3 redirections to login, handling of 3rd party apps authorization is well thought out, and GitHub is already used an auth provider for many dev servcies, Microsoft accounts are not.
- forgottenpass 8y ago
  >clearly stated that this wouldn't happen No he didn't. He said "We love GitHub login. Your GitHub account is your developer identity, and many users are accustomed to signing into developer tools and services (e.g. Travis, Circle) with their GitHub accounts." That leaves open the door for migrating all github accounts into Live accounts within a github namespace. The could have already done it but aren't letting it leak into the github UI yet. >Use your GitHub account to sign into MS other services. This isn't an argument they won't do it. It suggests that they will even more. Implementing GitHub login for Microsoft's other products can be split into three categories of possibility: 1) Other MS services add support for GitHub's authentication systems. 2) GitHub accounts will be mirrored into Microsoft's existing account system. 3) GitHub's backend migrates to Microsoft's exiting account system. The question isn't "if" but "when and with what UI" #3 will happen.

Pretty sure this will be the first change after the acquisition. Microsoft has to ease the path from checking in code to Github to building and deploying it on Azure.

Voloskaya 8y ago
As stated, no. It will likely be the other way around: Use your GitHub account to login to Azure.

sethgecko 8y ago

It's going to be the other way around. You will log in to Azure etc with a GitHub account.

Voloskaya 8y ago

Nat Friedman, Future CEO of GitHub clearly stated that this wouldn't happen because GitHub's identity management is far superior to MS one. However the opposite might very well happen: Use your GitHub account to sign into MS other services.

petilon 8y ago
Far superior in what way?
- Voloskaya 8y ago
  Users actually like it for a start :) You don't have to go through 3 redirections to login, handling of 3rd party apps authorization is well thought out, and GitHub is already used an auth provider for many dev servcies, Microsoft accounts are not.
forgottenpass 8y ago
>clearly stated that this wouldn't happen No he didn't. He said "We love GitHub login. Your GitHub account is your developer identity, and many users are accustomed to signing into developer tools and services (e.g. Travis, Circle) with their GitHub accounts." That leaves open the door for migrating all github accounts into Live accounts within a github namespace. The could have already done it but aren't letting it leak into the github UI yet. >Use your GitHub account to sign into MS other services. This isn't an argument they won't do it. It suggests that they will even more. Implementing GitHub login for Microsoft's other products can be split into three categories of possibility: 1) Other MS services add support for GitHub's authentication systems. 2) GitHub accounts will be mirrored into Microsoft's existing account system. 3) GitHub's backend migrates to Microsoft's exiting account system. The question isn't "if" but "when and with what UI" #3 will happen.