Enable or disable an account store

Applies To: Windows Server 2003 R2

If an account store needs to be taken offline temporarily, you can disable the store in Active Directory Federation Service (ADFS) to stop authentication requests by federation servers. If you have disabled an account store in ADFS and you want to enable it, you can use the same procedure to enable the store.

Perform this procedure on an account federation server.

Administrative credentials

To complete this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer.

1. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Federation Services.

2. Double-click Federation Service, double-click Trust Policy, double-click My Organization, and then double-click Account Stores.

3. Right-click the account store you want to enable or disable and do one of the following:

   • If the account store is disabled and you want to enable it, click Enable.

   • If the account store is enabled and you want to disable it, click Disable.

   Note

   You can also perform this procedure by right-clicking the account store, clicking Properties, and then selecting or clearing the Enable this account store check box.