Executive View: Microsoft ADFS: Active Directory Federation Services - 71126

There is a growing demand from organizations for tighter communication and collaboration with external parties and, in some cases, customers. At the same time the rapid growth of cloud services is driving the need for robust and flexible authentication solutions. As the network boundary fades, access management becomes increasingly important for agile organizations and drives the need for more sophisticated solutions. ADFS (Active Directory Federation Services) is Microsoft’s solution for federated authentication to allow users in one domain to log into a resource in another. ADFS creates a trust between a user’s home environment where they maintain their account details and a remote environment where an application resides to which a user requires access.