Tag: Server 2012

Active Directory, Desktop, Server

Certificate Requirements for Setting up AD FS (Active Directory Federation Services)

Certificate Requirements for Setting up AD FS During my recent evaluation of AD FS, I have gone through various articles but there wasn’t any clear mention or details about how the certificates be configured for AD FS.  Here is my attempt to share all of my learning and how I got it setup working.  I found the relevant MS article after I got whole of my setup done, it doesn’t show up in the search results 🙁 Environment: Windows Server 2012 AD FS 3.0 (which comes as default in server 2012 OS) Domain Functional Level: Windows Server 2008 R2 AD […]

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Active Directory, Server, Windows Technologies

Step by Step Guide for Installing and Configuring ADFS 3.0 on Windows Server 2012

Step by Step Guide for Installing and Configuring ADFS 3.0 on Windows Server 2012   Installation Sequence:     Configuration Sequence:   Welcome to the Active Directory Federation Services Configuration Wizard. Before you begin configuration, you must have the following: An Active Directory domain administrator account. A publicly trusted certificate for SSL server authentication. AD FS pre-requisites   This server will be configured as the primary server in a new AD FS farm ‘fs.poc.lan’. AD FS configuration will be stored in Windows Internal Database. Windows Internal Database feature will be installed on this server if it is not already installed. […]

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