Verify that the federation server proxy is operational

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Applies To: Azure, Office 365, Power BI, Windows Intune

You can use the following procedures to verify that the federation server proxy can communicate with the Federation Service in AD FS. You run this procedure after you run the AD FS Federation Server Proxy Configuration Wizard to configure the computer to run in the federation server proxy role.

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The result of this test is the successful generation of a specific event in Event Viewer on the federation server proxy computer.

  • Verify that the federation server proxy is operational using AD FS 2.0 on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2

  • Verify that the federation server proxy is operational using AD FS on Windows Server 2012

Verify that the federation server proxy is operational using AD FS 2.0 on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2

  1. Log on to the federation server proxy as an Administrator.

  2. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Event Viewer.

  3. In the details pane, double-click Applications and Services Logs, double-click AD FS 2.0 Eventing, and then click Admin.

  4. In the Event ID column, look for event ID 198.

    If the federation server proxy is configured properly, you will see a new event in the Application log of Event Viewer, with the event ID 198. This event verifies that the federation server proxy service was started successfully and now is online.

Verify that the federation server proxy is operational using AD FS on Windows Server 2012

  1. Log on to the federation server as an administrator.

  2. On the Start menu, type Event Viewer, and then press ENTER.

  3. In the details pane, double-click Applications and Services Logs, double-click AD FS Eventing, and then click Admin.

  4. In the Event ID column, look for event ID 198.

    If the federation server is configured properly, you see a new event in the Application log of Event Viewer, with the event ID 198. This event verifies that the federation server service was started successfully and now is online.

Next step

Now that you have verified that the federation server proxy is operational, the next step is to Install Windows PowerShell for single sign-on with AD FS.

See Also

Concepts

Checklist: Configure extranet access for AD FS on legacy versions of Windows Server
Checklist: Use AD FS to implement and manage single sign-on