Integrating MDI with AD FS

Before we go in on how the MDI sensor will be installed and what needs to be configured on an AD FS server, I want you to understand the basics of how AD FS works.

AD FS enables federated identity and access management by allowing authentication across different organizational boundaries. It’s designed to facilitate Single Sign-On (SSO), allowing users to access multiple applications on different networks using a single set of credentials, thereby enhancing both user convenience and security.

At the beginning of the Microsoft Cloud era with Office 365 (now Microsoft 365), it was very common that hybrid identity implementations were using AD FS together with Web Application Proxy and DirSync/Azure AD Connect. This setup was called Federated Identity.

Let’s not stay in the old days; many of the services have been renamed and rebranded, so I do hope you are following. While Password Hash Synchronization (PHS) and Pass-Through Authentication...