AD FS Deployment

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2025-04-08
Applies to: ✅ Windows Server 2025, ✅ Windows Server 2022, ✅ Windows Server 2019, ✅ Windows Server 2016

Important

Instead of upgrading to the latest version of AD FS, Microsoft highly recommends migrating to Microsoft Entra ID. For more information, see Resources for decommissioning AD FS

This document contains a list of all of the documentation for deploying AD FS for Windows Server 2016.

Best Practices for Securing AD FS
Deploy Microsoft Entra Connect Health to Monitor your on-premises identity infrastructure in the cloud
Plan Device-based Conditional Access on-premises
Required Updates for AD FS and WAP
Set up Geographic Redundancy with SQL Server Replication
Set up the lab environment for AD FS in Windows Server 2012 R2
Upgrading to AD FS in Windows Server 2016 using a WID database
Upgrading to AD FS in Windows Server 2016 using a SQL database
Deploy AD FS in Azure
AD FS in Azure with Azure Traffic Manager
Windows Server 2016 and 2012 R2 Deployment Guide
Windows Server 2012 Deployment Guide

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