Chapter 14. Configure Identity and Access Solutions

In its original form on the 70-412 exam, the Configure Identity and Access Solutions domain covers three general topics: Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.1, Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS), and Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS). However, of these three, just AD FS 2.1 has been tagged as a 70-417 exam topic.

AD FS 2.1 is essentially AD FS 2.0 built into Windows Server 2012. AD FS 2.0 first appeared as a downloadable update to Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2. In those operating systems, the built-in version of AD FS was 1.1.

The purpose of AD FS is to use claims (described in Chapter 11) to securely extend the reach of Active Directory ...

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