ADFS on Windows Server 2008 R2

Question

Folks,
  Do I need to download Geneva Beta 2 if I'm using Windows Server 2008 R2? I noticed that Win2k8 R2 has a Role called "Active Directory Federation Services", which is the "new" name for the Geneva project... So i'm wondering if there's a naming overlap and these aren't the same product, or if I still need to download Geneva beta 2 to get at the identity framework stuff?

Thanks,
  Kevin

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Answer 1

The R2 role is ADFS 1 - Geneva Server is ADFS 2. So yes - you need to download it.

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Dominick Baier | thinktecture | http://www.leastprivilege.com

Answer 2

Awesome, that's the clarification that I needed.

Edit: Of course, now that I attempt to install Geneva Beta 2 on my Wink28 R2 box, I get an error saying that the installation halted prematurely "because of an error" but it doesn't tell me what the error is and doesn't log anything in the system or application event logs.

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Answer 3

IIRC the Beta 2 does not install on R2 - only "plain" 2008.

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Dominick Baier | thinktecture | http://www.leastprivilege.com