I have a Windows Server 2008 SP2 Standard 32 bit which was running ADFS Proxy server at one point but has been replaced with a newer server. I now want to use is as an ADFS Server. I removed the ADFS Proxy server configuration by the following steps.
- Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 (KB974408) update under Windows Features in Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel
- From IIS I removed the ADFS and LS web sites and the ADFS Application pool
- From Windows Explorer I removed the ADFS subfolder under InetPub
I patched the server from Windows Update service and then went to install the ADFS Setup program again selecting ADFS Service this time.
Using the same ADFSSetup.exe that I used when installing the ADFS Proxy the installation stops while 'Installing AD FS 2.0 components' and presents a dialog box saying "The installation of 'AD FS 2.0 components' failed. Error: Catastrophic failure"
I replicated this by using my an old ADFS Server that I had removed from the ADFS Server Farm earlier. The ADFS server farm now consist of a single ADFS Server on Windows Server 2012 Standard.
I need to attempt to use one of these two servers. I think that all the prerequisites are there since I had the services running previously on both of these servers. Likewise I am using to correct AdfsSetup.exe since it also was used previously.
