Category: Active Directory

Appendix A: Reviewing AD FS 2.0 Requirements Updated: October 20, 2011 Applies To: Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.0 So that the organizational partners in your Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.0 deployment can collaborate successfully, you must first make sure that your corporate network infrastructure is configured to support AD FS 2.0 requirements for accounts, name resolution, and certificates. AD FS 2.0 has the following types of requirements: Tip You can find additional AD FS 2.0 resource links at the AD FS 2.0 Content Map page on the Microsoft TechNet Wiki. This page is managed by members […]

Certificate Requirements for Federation Servers Updated: August 4, 2011 Applies To: Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.0 In any Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.0 design, various certificates must be used to secure communication and facilitate user authentications between Internet clients and federation servers. Each federation server must have a service communication certificate and a token-signing certificate before it can participate in AD FS 2.0 communications. The following table describes the certificate types that are associated with federation server. Certificate type Description Token-signing certificate A token-signing certificate is an X509 certificate. Federation servers use associated public/private key pairs […]