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"AD FS Proxy could not be configured" error in WAP post-installation configuration wizard in Windows Server 2012 R2

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Symptoms

This issue occurs if Device Registration Service (DRS) is not initialized on a server that belongs to a forest that has multiple global catalogs. When this issue occurs, you receive the following error message:

AD FS Proxy could not be configured. Unable to retrieve proxy configuration data from the Federation Server.

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Cause

This issue occurs when finding DRS objects times out. The Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) service tries to connect to every global catalog in the forest during DRS discovery. However, the DRS objects cannot be found because DRS is not initialized. Therefore, AD FS proxy times out.

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

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References

See the terminology that Microsoft uses to describe software updates.

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Article Info
Article ID : 3009351
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 12/9/2014
Exists online : False
Views : 215