Adding Federation Servers to the Farm

After the first federation server has been configured, the AD FS 2.0 software can be installed to additional servers. The same SSL certificate installed on the primary federation server should be imported to any additional servers, and applied to the IIS Default Web Site before AD FS is configured. By default, when a system restarts after being targeted as a federation server during the AD FS 2.0 software installation, the AD FS 2.0 Federation Server Configuration Wizard automatically starts. To add an additional server to the federation service farm, use the following procedure:

1. At the Welcome page, verify that Add a Federation Server to an Existing Federation Service is selected, and then click Next.

2. At the Specify the Primary Federation Server and Service Account page, under Primary Federation Server Name, enter the name of the primary federation server and click Browse. In the Browse dialog box, locate the domain account of the dedicated service account for the federation server farm, and then click OK. Enter the password for this account, confirm it, and click Next.

3. At the Ready to Apply Settings page, review the details. If the settings appear correct, click Next to begin configuring the AD FS instance with these settings.

4. At the Configuration Results page, review the results. After all the configuration steps have completed, click Close to exit the wizard and complete the configuration.