Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 solution guide

Updated: July 31, 2012

Applies To: Unified Access Gateway

Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) can be used to create highly extensible, Internet-scalable, and secure identity solutions that can operate across multiple platforms, including both Windows and non-Windows environments.

AD FS 2.0 helps simplify access to applications and other systems with an open and interoperable claims-based model.

Note

AD FS 2.0 is supported only on Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2.

It is strongly recommended that you use AD FS 2.0 and not AD FS 1.x for a better deployment and user experience.

About this guide

This guide is intended for the Forefront UAG and AD FS 2.0 administrators responsible for integrating Forefront UAG with an existing AD FS deployment to provide access to remote and partner employees to applications published through Forefront UAG.

If you are reading this help from the Forefront UAG Management console, the latest version of this guide is available in the Forefront UAG TechNet library https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=205670.

Note

It is not supported to use AD FS 2.0 and AD FS 1.x servers concurrently within your organization. It is recommended that you migrate your AD FS 1.x servers to AD FS 2.0. See Migrating from AD FS 1.x to AD FS 2.0 (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=200711).

This guide contains the following topics: