Working with AD FS

AD FS works by inputting information about connected partners, such as AD forests or AD LDS organizations, and inputting specific partner and application information. Each set of information can be inputted by running the various wizards installed by AD FS, as follows:

Add Claims Provider Trust Wizard—This wizard, shown in Figure 8.8, allows for resource partners to be manually created or automatically imported by using an Extensible Markup Language (XML) file or by pointing to the published metadata the partner provides online. Resource partners contain information about the specific web-based applications that users can access.

Figure 8.8. Selecting a trust policy for AD FS.

Add Relying Party Trust Wizard—This wizard ...

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