Overview of Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) in Windows Server 2003 R2
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Summary
The Active Directory Federation Services solution in Windows Server 2003 R2 helps administrators enable organizations to share a user's identity information securely by addressing some of the commonly faced challenges. Federated systems operate across organizational boundaries and connect processes that are using different technologies, identity storage, security approaches, and programming models. Within a federated system, an organization needs a standardized and secure way of expressing not only the services it makes available to trusted partners and customers, but also the policies by which it runs its business, such as which other organizations and users it trusts, what types of credentials and requests it accepts, and its privacy policies.
Included in This Document
| • | Federation identity management overview |
| • | Introduction to ADFS |
| • | Extending Active Directory to the Internet |
| • | Federation scenarios |
| • | ADFS requirements |
| • | ADFS terminology |
