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Acronyms

API Application Programming Interface CAPs Connection Authorization Policies DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DNS Domain Name Service FVEK Full Volume Encryption Key HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol IIS Internet Information Services LOB Applications Line of Business Applications MMC Microsoft Management Console NAP Network Access Protection NAT Network Address Translation NPS Network Policy Server RAPs Resource Access Policies RDP Remote Desktop Protocol SHA System Health Agent SHV System Health Validator SoH Statement of Health TPM Trusted Platform Module TS Terminal Services VHD Virtual Hard Disk VM Virtual Machine VMK Volume Master Key VMM Virtual Machine Manager VSC Virtualization Service Consumer VSP Virtualization Service Provider VSS Volume Shadow Copy Service WAS Windows Activation Service WinPE Windows Pre-execution Environment WinRE Windows Recovery Environment WMI Windows Management Instrumentation WWW World Wide Web XML eXtensible Markup Language

Active Directory Feature Components

Active Directory Federation Services

Product Scenario: Security and Policy Enforcement

Active Directory federation Services (AD FS) provides Web single sign-on (SSO) technologies to authenticate a user to multiple Web applications over the life of a single online session. AD FS securely shares digital identity and entitlement rights, or "claims," across security and enterprise boundaries.