We have a Setup windows R2 2012 server with ADFS enabled and able to add MFS successfully, Now I would like to promote this as a Primary authenticator.
I know that from ADFS 2019 we can override the primary authenticator, but how it can be achieved in the older version ?
Is there any other possibilities like integrate ADFS with any SAML provider. If so, where will be the authentication takes place ?
This is not possible on 2012. 2016 allows you to add Azure MFA as a primary authenticator and 2019 allows you to add custom authenticators as primary. See here and here.
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In ADFS on Windows Server 2019,
We plan to set the developed authentication provider as the only authentication method.
However, if I set a custom authentication provider as the only authentication method,
There was a problem that the content customized in Onload.js had not reflected.
We have confirmed that it has been reflected in the case of default Form Authentication.
What was customized in Onload.js is that you do not need to enter the domain name when entering the user ID.
If this became ineffective, it is quite inconvenient because the input increases.
Could you give me any advice?
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masapiko
I created Federation Metadata using FedUtil tool on local, but on adfs server i did not use that federationmetadata for autoclaims I added claims manually.
Now I want to deploy my changes to other enviorment, Can anyone please tell what is the use of FederationMetadata in RP? and how it differs in different enviorment?
The adfs fed-Metadata which I used to configure local RP is having different X509 and other cryptic tags which are different in other adfs federation metadata? Why? Basically what is the use of it and when it come into the picture?
Note: I am using VSTS 2010 asp.net C#, WIF 3.5 and adfs 2.0
The RP metadata for WS-Fed is just a nice-to-have. You can use it to configure the RP on ADFS by importing the metadata but you can do it just as easily by doing it manually. Basically it just contains the entityID and the endpoint.
RP on WS-Fed doesn't use a certificate (unless you chose the encrypt RP claims option).
If you want to hook up the RP to another ADFS just re-import the RP metadata on the new box or do it manually.
Each token minted by ADFS is signed and each ADFS has a different signing certificate which is reflected in the metadata.
This is a follow up to my question on ASP.NET MVC / Web API Custom Authentication. The answers I was given told me to investigate claims-based authentication protocols and I've been reading through the following book to try and gain a better understanding of Microsoft technologies that will allow me to do this.
According to the linked book, you can use Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) 2.0 to issue claims. What isn't clear is whether the users are required to be stored in Active Directory. Let's say I have an existing legacy application which handles authentication and in which user information (username, password, email, etc.) is stored in an Oracle database (as per my previous question), can I still use ADFS to issue claims or will I need to build my own claims issuer (STS) into this existing application?
Given the Active Directory in Active Directory Federations Services it would seem that having the users stored in AD is a requirement but the book also has the following image
and also this
ADFS requires users to have an account in Active Directory or in one of the stores that ADFS trusts.
which is adding to my confusion. Can someone help shed some light on this?
You can use an ADFS Attribute Store and then create a Claims Provider Trust that has claim rules that query the attribute store. This post has someone using a SQL attribute store to SQL and then a linked server to Oracle. There's also a recommendation to use a custom attribute store and query Oracle from it. I've used both types of stores and it's maybe a bit of a question of what do you want to manage and maintain over time, code or SQL. I may lean towards the custom attribute store.
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/3418078f-1bb5-4f5f-9d6e-6907d0222600/using-an-oracle-database-as-an-attribute-store?forum=Geneva
In ADFS 2.0, 2.1 and 3.0, it is mandatory to have users in Active Directory for authentication.
Once authentication is performed, ADFS can retrieve user information from any sources to create the token; these sources are called "attribute stores". As shown in your diagram, ADFS provides attribute store for AD, ADLDS and SQLServer. If you need to access other systems such as Oracle, you'll have to build a custom attribute store (there are examples on technet on how to do this).
Note: in the upcoming version of ADFS on Windows Server 2016, you'll be able to authenticate users in any LDAP store.
I am developing an ASP.NET application. I have successfully added an STS reference to a stand-alone AD FS 2.0 server, so I can authenticate against a 3rd party's active directory. The problem is that I have more than one client who wishes to be able to authenticate against their own active directory. It seems that I can only add one STS reference to a project. How do I add multiple identity providers to an ASP.NET application and then programatically choose which provider I want to redirect the browser to for authentication? Thanks!
Ralphie
That's not the normal federation pattern.
You normally "bind" your application to one STS (say STS1) using FedUtil and then at the STS level federate with other STS (say STS2 and STS3). Then when the user accesses the application, WIF redirects to STS1 and you get a "Home Realm Discovery" screen that asks "Who would you like at authenticate against (STS1 / STS2 / STS3).
Your question doesn't indicate whether you already knew this or whether you are wondering how to authenticate against multiple STS.
Update: You can use VS to create a custom STS - not sure if HRD is out-the-box. What other authentication stores do you need to cater for? Why do you think you need a custom STS? You can use multiple instances of ADFS all federated against each other or federate ADFS with PingIdentity or OpenAM ... Have a look at IdentityServer. That's a custom STS which is a very good base to use.
Update 2: Yes - you are correct.
We have ADFS 2.0 running and have federated with various STS.
Is it possible to federate with Windows Live, OpenID and Facebook?
Some of our users already have these types of credentials and it would be a bonus to be able to use them.
If so, what URL would be used for the federation metadata address in the "Add Claims Provider Trust" wizard?
Any other gotchas?
ADFS doesn't natively support the protocols of those IP-STSs (with the possible exception of Windows Live). You'll need to put an FP-STS that understands those protocols (e.g., PingFederate) between ADFS and them.
We have been investigating this question a lot.
It seems that the best setup is to use ACS in combination with AD FS 2.0 as described in this article.
This setup also enables claims transformation, for example, if you want to add the corporate customer number as a claim.
We have not yet seen any examples where you can connect AD FS 2.0 directly to Facebook however.
Yes . there are no direct way to get the claims from ADFS , need to configure the ACS and need to set the ACS as ID providers to ADFS.
But the token validation for ACS is 24 hours at max , so you need to be happy with short-lived token for Social Id providers.