Checklist: Deploy your federation server farm on Windows Server 2012 R2

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

The following checklists include the deployment tasks that are necessary to create the first AD FS federation server in a new farm, create the second federation server, and then join the second federation server to the farm running on Windows Server 2012 R2.

Checklist Checklist: Deploy your federation server farm on Windows Server 2012 R2

Deployment task Links to topics in this section Completed

1. Install the AD FS software on the computers that will become federation servers.

Install the AD FS software on Windows Server 2012 R2

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2. Configure the AD FS software on one of the computers to act in the federation server role. Follow this procedure to create the first federation server in a new farm.

Configure the first federation server in the federation server farm in Windows Server 2012

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3. Configure the second federation server in the AD FS federation server farm.

Add a federation server to the federation server farm in Windows Server 2012 R2

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4. From a client computer, verify that the federation servers are operational.

Verify that the federation server is operational in Windows Server 2012 R2

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Concepts

Checklist: Use AD FS to implement and manage single sign-on