How to deploy AD FS in Windows Server 2012 R2

Updated: June 24, 2013

Applies To: Windows Server 2012 R2

About This Guide

This guide provides instructions for setting up Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) on a computer running Windows Server® 2012 R2 operating system. It explains how to install and configure the software that is required for setting up a first federation server (running AD FS software) in a federation server farm or how to join a federation server to an existing farm.

What this guide does not provide

This guide does not provide instructions for setting up and configuring the following:

1. An Active Directory domain

   Note

   For AD FS to function, each computer that functions as a federation server must be joined to an Active Directory domain.

2. Setting up AD FS in a production environment

Deploying a federation server in Windows Server 2012 R2

To set up a federation server in Windows Server 2012 R2, perform the following steps:

• Step 1: Join a Computer to a Domain

• Step 2: Enroll an SSL Certificate for AD FS

• Step 3: Install the AD FS Role Service

• Step 4: Configure a Federation Server

• Step 5: Configure a federation server with Device Registration Service

• Step 6: Add a Host (A) and Alias (CNAME) Resource Record to Corporate DNS for the Federation Service and DRS

• Step 7: Verify That a Federation Server Is Operational

• Step 8: Deploy the Web Application Proxy

See Also

Concepts

AD FS Technical Reference