Saturday, April 20, 2013

Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)

Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) extends Active Directory to the Internet while guaranteeing
the authenticity of the accounts attempting to authenticate. Using this technology will not only
enable organizations to work with partner organizations more efficiently; it will also allow interoperability
with a with range of applications and platforms, such as Netegrity, Oblix, and RSA, as well as
leverage client systems that can utilize Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)–based command sets.
When using AD FS, an organization can allow users that exist within separate forests, as well as
amongpartner organizations, to have access to the organization’s web applications and use a single

sign-on. AD FS is based on the Web Services architecture that is being developed with the
cooperation of several companies, including IBM and Microsoft.


Reference :Mastering Active directory for windows server 2008.


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