Verifying That the Federation Service Is Operational

After the federation service has been configured, there are two methods that can be used to verify that the service is operational:

• On a client computer that is a member of the same AD forest as the federation service, open a web browser and connect to the following URL, where <fedservFQDN> is the fully qualified domain name of the federation service: https://<fedservFQDN>/FederationMetadata/2007-06/FederationMetadata.xml.

At the certificate warning prompt, click Continue to This Website. If the connection is successful, the expected output is a federation service description document in XML format.

• On a server where the federation service role has been installed, open the Event Viewer. Under Applications and Service Logs, expand AD FS 2.0 Eventing, and then click on Admin. In the Event ID column, search for an event with ID 100. If event ID 100 is shown, this indicates that the federation server was able to successfully communicate with the federation service.