7 Appendix B: Product Behavior

The information in this specification is applicable to the following Microsoft products or supplemental software. References to product versions include updates to those products.

  • Windows Server 2003 R2 operating system

  • Windows Server 2008 operating system

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system

  • Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.0

  • Windows Server 2012 operating system

Exceptions, if any, are noted in this section. If an update version, service pack or Knowledge Base (KB) number appears with a product name, the behavior changed in that update. The new behavior also applies to subsequent updates unless otherwise specified. If a product edition appears with the product version, behavior is different in that product edition.

Unless otherwise specified, any statement of optional behavior in this specification that is prescribed using the terms "SHOULD" or "SHOULD NOT" implies product behavior in accordance with the SHOULD or SHOULD NOT prescription. Unless otherwise specified, the term "MAY" implies that the product does not follow the prescription.

<1> Section 3.1.3: AD FS 2.0 does use the SOAP endpoint address net.tcp://localhost/samlprotocol to establish local connections and the SOAP endpoint address

https://contoso.com/adfs/services/trust/samlprotocol/proxycertificatetransport, where contoso.com represents the STS server domain name, to establish remote connections.

<2> Section 3.2.3: AD FS 2.0 does use the SOAP endpoint address net.tcp://localhost/samlprotocol to establish local connections and the SOAP endpoint address

https://contoso.com/adfs/services/trust/samlprotocol/proxycertificatetransport, where contoso.com represents the STS server domain name, to establish remote connections.

<3> Section 3.3.3: AD FS 2.0 does use the SOAP endpoint address net.tcp://localhost/samlprotocol to establish local connections and the SOAP endpoint address

https://contoso.com/adfs/services/trust/samlprotocol/proxycertificatetransport, where contoso.com represents the STS server domain name, to establish remote connections.