Info: Learn about deploying AD FS with a SQL Server database Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) supports either ...

Info: Learn about deploying AD FS with a SQL Server database  Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) supports either Windows Internal Database (WID) or a SQL Server database to store the AD FS configuration data used by the federation service. Deploying SQL Server is an advanced AD FS deployment topology option that has certain benefits over WID. Learn more at Advanced option: Federation server farm with SQL Server and proxies.