Office 365 is a web suite of enterprise-grade productivity applications offered on a subscription basis. As soon as you pay for the subscription plan, Office 365 is ready to use. But you can always configure additional features. One such feature that may be useful for companies using Microsoft Office 365 and Active Directory Domain Services is Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) for Office 365. ADFS offers advantages for authentication and security such as single sign-on (SSO). This document explains how to set up ADFS for Office 365 and contains the following sections:

  • What is ADFS used for?
  • Requirements for Office 365 ADFS setup
  • How to set up ADFS 2016
  • Installing ADCS to create a certificate
  • ADCS configuration
  • Editing a certificate template
  • Creating a new certificate
  • Exporting a certificate for Office 365 ADFS setup
  • Configuring ADFS for Office 365
  • Using Azure AD Connect