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In Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) in Windows Server 2012 R2 , the role of a federation server proxy is handled by a new Remote Access role service called Web Application Proxy. To enable your AD FS for accessibility from outside the corporate network, which was the purpose of deploying a federation server proxy in legacy versions of AD FS, such as AD FS 2.0 and AD FS in Windows Server 2012 , you can deploy one or more web application proxies for AD FS in Windows Server 2012 R2 .
In the context of AD FS, Web Application Proxy functions as an AD FS federation server proxy. In addition to this, Web Application Proxy provides reverse proxy functionality for web applications inside your corporate network to enable users on any device to access them from outside the corporate network. For more information, about the Web Application Proxy role service, see Web Application Proxy Overview.
To plan the deployment of Web Application proxy, you can review the information in the following topics:
To deploy Web Application proxy, you can follow the procedures in the following topics:
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Best Practices for securing AD FS and Web Application Proxy
Best practices for the secure planning and deployment of Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) and Web Application Proxy.
AD FS Requirements for Windows Server
Learn more about: AD FS Requirements for Windows Server
Creating an AD FS farm without Domain Administrator privileges
Using the Install-AdfsFarm cmdlet and script to create an AD FS farm using delegated admin credentials
Required Updates for Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)
Learn more about: Required Updates for Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) and Web Application Proxy (WAP)