Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Server 2012 R2 (ADFS 3.0): Migrating ADFS Configuration Database from WID to SQL

You already have a working ADFS setup which has been configured to use the Windows Internal Database (WID) to store its configuration database. However, things may have changed since you implemented it and you may now have one (or more) of the below requirements which will need an upgrade to SQL server.

Need more than five federation servers in the ADFS Farm (supporting more than 10 relying parties)
Leverage high availability features of SQL or
Enable support for SAML artefact resolution or WS Federation token replay detection.

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ADFS sign-in error: “An error occurred. Contact your administrator for more information.”

22nd of July, 2015 / Lucian Franghiu / 4 Comments

Originally posted @ Lucian.Blog. Follow Lucian on twitter @Lucianfrango.

I’ve not had that much luck deploying Azure AD Connect and ADFS 3.0 in Azure for a client in the last few weeks. After some networking woes I’ve moved onto the server provisioning and again got stuck. Now, I know IT is not meant to be easy otherwise there wouldn’t be some of the salaries paid out to the best and brightest, this install though was simple and nothing out of the ordinary. A standard deployment that I and many others have done before.

Let me paint the picture: ADFS is now running, although not working, in Azure compute across a load balanced set of two servers with a further load balanced set of web application proxy (WAP) servers in front. Theres two domain controllers and a AAD Connect server all across a couple of subnets in a VNET.