Big-IP and ADFS Part 2 - APM: An Alternative to the ADFS Proxy

So let’s talk Application Delivery Controllers, (ADC).  In part one of this series we deployed both an internal ADFS farm as well as a perimeter ADFS proxy farm using the Big-IP’s exceptional load ba...
Published Mar 09, 2012
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Apr 15, 2015
A quick question relating to the scenario where an external user connects to an ADFS Farm which is secured by F5+APM (i.e. not using an ADFS Proxy). In the instructions above, after a user enters AD credentials on the F5 APM page, and the following occurs (as described above), would the user need to re-enter their credentials on the AD FS page, or will the credentials be passed through? * Authenticated users are directed to an AD FS server farm member.