Test-FederationTrust

Reference

Module:: ExchangePowerShell

Applies to:: Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019

This cmdlet is available only in on-premises Exchange.

Use the Test-FederationTrust cmdlet to verify that the federation trust is properly configured and functioning as expected.

For information about the parameter sets in the Syntax section below, see Exchange cmdlet syntax.

Syntax

Test-FederationTrust
    [-Confirm]
    [-DomainController <Fqdn>]
    [-MonitoringContext <Boolean>]
    [-UserIdentity <RecipientIdParameter>]
    [-WhatIf]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The first time you use this cmdlet, you might be required to create a test user. To create a test user, run the following command:

& $env:ExchangeInstallPath\Scripts\New-TestCasConnectivityUser.ps1

You can run the Test-FederationTrust cmdlet from the Exchange Management Shell, or a monitoring system can run the test periodically.

The Test-FederationTrust cmdlet runs the following series of tests to ensure that federation is working as expected:

A connection to the Microsoft Federation Gateway is established. This test ensures that communication between the local Exchange server and the Microsoft Federation Gateway is working correctly.
Certificates are checked to ensure they're valid and can be used with the Microsoft Federation Gateway.
A security token is requested from the Microsoft Federation Gateway. This test ensures that a token can be properly retrieved and used.

You need to be assigned permissions before you can run this cmdlet. Although this topic lists all parameters for the cmdlet, you may not have access to some parameters if they're not included in the permissions assigned to you. To find the permissions required to run any cmdlet or parameter in your organization, see Find the permissions required to run any Exchange cmdlet.

Examples

Example 1

Test-FederationTrust

This example validates the federation trust deployed in the Exchange organization and checks whether a security token can be retrieved from the Microsoft Federation Gateway.

Parameters

-Confirm

The Confirm switch specifies whether to show or hide the confirmation prompt. How this switch affects the cmdlet depends on if the cmdlet requires confirmation before proceeding.

Destructive cmdlets (for example, Remove-* cmdlets) have a built-in pause that forces you to acknowledge the command before proceeding. For these cmdlets, you can skip the confirmation prompt by using this exact syntax: -Confirm:$false.
Most other cmdlets (for example, New-* and Set-* cmdlets) don't have a built-in pause. For these cmdlets, specifying the Confirm switch without a value introduces a pause that forces you acknowledge the command before proceeding.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Aliases:	cf
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False
Applies to:	Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019

-DomainController

The DomainController parameter specifies the domain controller that's used by this cmdlet to read data from or write data to Active Directory. You identify the domain controller by its fully qualified domain name (FQDN). For example, dc01.contoso.com.

Type:	Fqdn
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False
Applies to:	Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019

-MonitoringContext

The MonitoringContext parameter specifies whether to include the associated monitoring events and performance counters in the results. Valid values are:

$true: Monitoring events and performance counters are included in the command results. Typically, you include the monitoring events and performance counters in the results when the output is passed to Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM).
$false: Monitoring events and performance counters aren't included in the command results. This is the default value.

Type:	Boolean
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False
Applies to:	Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019

-UserIdentity

The UserIdentity parameter specifies a mailbox user to request a token for. You can use any value that uniquely identifies the mailbox. For example:

Name
Alias
Distinguished name (DN)
Canonical DN
Email address
GUID

If you don't specify a mailbox, the command uses the default test mailbox.

Type:	RecipientIdParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False
Applies to:	Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019

-WhatIf

The WhatIf switch simulates the actions of the command. You can use this switch to view the changes that would occur without actually applying those changes. You don't need to specify a value with this switch.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Aliases:	wi
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Required:	False
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False
Applies to:	Exchange Server 2010, Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019

Inputs

Input types

To see the input types that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Input Type field for a cmdlet is blank, the cmdlet doesn't accept input data.

Outputs

Output types

To see the return types, which are also known as output types, that this cmdlet accepts, see Cmdlet Input and Output Types. If the Output Type field is blank, the cmdlet doesn't return data.

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