Summary
In this chapter, we learned how to build the first core integration point for AD FS to support authentication services with Office 365. We installed an internal AD FS server and configured a proxy server with the remote access role, and then configured the web application proxy service to improve security. Users can now authenticate to your on-premises network to gain access to the Office 365 portal and services. As your user base grows, you can build out your AD FS farm to improve redundancy and performance as required, by adding additional internal AD FS servers.
We now have our Office 365 tenant configured for single sign-on, improving the users' sign on experience. In our next chapter, we will focus on the build out of Directory Synchronization using Azure Active Directory Connect (Azure AD Connect). Azure AD Connect is a critical component to the AD FS authentication. Directory Synchronization allows us to leverage the AD FS deployment by synchronizing and informing the...
