Overview ADFS Windows Server 2012 r2 and Step by Step Guide

Article about deployment ADFS on Windows Server 2012 R2 and Advantage using ADFS on External Network

1. What is ADFS on Windows Server 2012 r2
   1. Why using ADFS on Windows Server 2012 r2
   2. How Deployment ADFS on Windows Server 2012 r2
   3. Recomendation using ADFS on Windows Server 2012 r2

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1. What is ADFS on Windows Server 2012 r2

   Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) allows you to extend distributed identification, authentication, and authorization services to Web-based applications across organization and platform boundaries. In addition, you can extend your organization's existing identity management capabilities to the Internet.

   1. Why using ADFS on Windows Server 2012 r2

      Dependencies using ADFS is provide users with single sign-on access to systems and applications located across organizational boundaries, The easiest example is when you have multiple servers that you host in cloud solutions such as windows azure, of course if you do not build an active directory in the same IP Address segment with the IP Address in windows azure, it will certainly impact on bandwidth and performance server (feared bottleneck). By utilizing this ADFS I will certainly help in terms of federation between one Active Directory with another Active Directory with very secure from the side of security.

   2. How Deployment ADFS on Windows Server 2012 r2

      My assumption is that you already have active directory server, but if not please follow step by step on this link. Following step by step :
      1. Open Server Manager on Windows Server 2012 R2
      2. Choose and Click Tools
      3. Click AD FS Management
      4. Click AD FS Federation Server Configuration Wizard
      5. Then Create a new Federation Service
      6. New Federation Server Farm – Please note that Choose this option all the time, even if you only plan on deploying one server. If you choose Stand-alone federation server, then you won’t be able to add more servers.
      7. Click Next
      8. SSL Certificate – This should be pre-populated. If it isn’t, go back and assign/bind the third party certificate to the default web site
      
      
      9. Federation Service Name – This should match the SSL certificate name
      10. Click Next
      11. Enter the AD FS service account name and password
      12. Click Next
      13. Click Next
      14. All green check marks mean everything is setup correctly
      15. Click Close

   3. Recomendation using ADFS on Windows Server 2012 r2

      When we think of security issues, of course ADFS is our solution (other than firewall device). There are still many that can be explored in this regard, the author will update the results of the outcomes, both positive and negative.

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