Microsoft Sharepoint 2013 : Federated Authentication (part 3) - Active Directory Federated Services - Installing ADFS

Installing ADFS

In this section, I shall walk you through the process of installing ADFS. If you do not have the installation downloaded already, you may download ADFS from the following URL: www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10909. Please ensure you have completed the pre-installation steps in the section titled “Preparing for ADFS Installation.”

1. Execute ADFSSETUP.EXE as an elevated administrator.
2. Click the Next button on the dialog show in Figure 14.

   

   Figure 14. First dialog for installation of ADFS 2.0

3. Accept the license terms on the next dialog and then click the Next button.
4. In the dialog show in Figure 15, choose the Federation server role.

   

   Figure 15. Choose ADFS server role

5. ADFS might show a dialog to install prerequisite software; click the Next button to proceed.
6. When you see the dialog in Figure , you have completed the installation. Next we move on to the configuration—check the check box to start the Management Console, and then click the Finish button.

   

   Figure 16. Completed installation of ADFS

7. When the Management Console launches, you should see something similar to Figure 17.

   

   Figure 17. ADFS Management Console

8. Click the link to launch the ADFS Configuration Wizard, shown in Figure 17.
9. On the next dialog, shown in Figure 18, select the option to create a new federation service.

   

   Figure 18. Create a new Federation Service

10. The next dialog provides you the option to install a federation farm or stand-alone farm.

    Creating a new farm requires a SQL Server connection and is suited to production environments, or systems requiring multiple ADFS instances in a farm. The stand-alone option, much like SharePoint, will configure a local SQL Server instance and perform the configuration for you but will not allow you to add additional ADFS instances alongside the present instance of ADFS.

11. Choosing the farm installation type will prompt the installer to require SQL Server connection settings and credentials.
12. I chose the stand-alone option, and after clicking the Next button, I see a dialog like that in Figure 19.

    

    Figure 19. ADFS—Choose certificate

13. Click the Next button.
14. Provide the ADFS service account to use, and when prompted, click the Next button.
15. On the summary screen, click the Next button to begin the configuration.

    Note  The certificate used by ADFS, and shown in the wizard, is that of the SSL certificate configured for the ADFS default web site in Internet Information Services Manager. If you only have one SSL certificate configured, ADFS wizard fills out the certificate choice for you.

16. After a few dialogs showing installation progress, you should see a status dialog like that in Figure 20, showing the completed installation.

    

    Figure 20. ADFS installation status