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Hi all, Jonathan here again with the latest edition of the Intermittent Mail Sack. We've had some great questions over the last few weeks so I've got a lot of material to cover. This sack, we answer questions on: Issues upgrading DFSR hub servers to Windows Server 2012 AD FS Sign-out behavior...

Hi guys, Joji Oshima here again. I have had several cases involving the AD FS 2.0 Proxy and there is some confusion on what it is, why you should use it, and how it works. If you are looking for basic information on AD FS, I would check out the AD FS 2.0 Content Map . The goal of this post is to go over...

Hi guys, Joji Oshima here again. On the Directory Services team, we get questions regarding the Claims Rule Language in AD FS 2.0 so I would like to go through some of the basics. I’ve written this article for those who have a solid understanding of Claims-based authentication . If you would like to...

Adam and co. have been busy beavers, creating a comprehensive AD Federation Services 2.0 content map over on the TechNet Wiki site. Being as this is a Wiki, they are encouraging you to contribute and edit. Considering the number of interop and customization scenarios inherent to ADFS, your experience...

Hey all, Rob Greene here again. We have been getting calls recently on how to use ADFS 2.0 to federate with ADP , so today I explain how. Disclaimer: If you have problems with connecting to ADP, your first call should be to them. If after talking with ADP you need further assistance you then open...

Hello everyone! Adam has published a new round of content for Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) to the TechNet Wiki. These articles include troubleshooting information and how-tos to assist you when you are evaluating, implementing, or troubleshooting ADFS. AD FS 2.0 - How to change the...

Adam Conkle has published some great troubleshooting, tips and tricks and how to articles on TechNet that should help you in evaluating and implementing Active Directory Federation Services. AD FS - How to invoke a WS-Federation sign-out AD FS 2.0 - "An unexpected error has occurred" error or blank...

Hi, it’s Adam Conkle again. I am excited about our recent release of AD FS 2.0 on May 5. I wanted to post a blog about AD FS 2.0 and AD FS 1.x interoperability as soon as possible since I think it will be a common scenario for our customers. AD FS 2.0 and AD FS 1.x interoperability was a priority...

Hi, it's Adam Conkle again. Today I’d like to talk about an ADFS case I had recently where the customer ran into some limitations with their Federated WebSSO with Forest Trust setup. They had their environment set up similar to what is described in the TechNet design article : As you can...

Hi, Warren here. I recently worked on a case where I got to do a bit of sleuthing. I found the results interesting and thought other Windows Server admins might notice the same thing this particular administrator had and wonder why. My customer has an all Windows 2003 Standard Edition environment. Windows...

Hi all. This is Sean again and it’s ADFS blog time! Today I’m going to touch on Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) tokens, and an issue we’ve run into when federating with Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM) . I’ll discuss what a SAML token is, why it’s important, and what happens when TFIM...

Hey everyone, I’m Sean from the Directory Services team here at Microsoft. We support an up and coming technology called Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS). ADFS is a component first introduced in Windows Server 2003 R2 that includes web single-sign-on (SSO) that authenticate a user to numerous...