| Event Id | 610 |
| Source | Microsoft-Windows-ADFS |
| Description | An unexpected exception was encountered when reading the web.config section '%1': Section: %1 Additional Data Exception information: %2 |
| Event Information | According to Microsoft : Cause : This event is logged when an unexpected exception was encountered when reading the web.config section. Resolution : Review invalid fields in the web.config file This error was generated because there is an invalid field in the web.config file on the federation server proxy or because the user has manually modified the web.config file without using the Active Directory Federation Services snap-in to set the audit level. To fix the problem, use one of the following procedures. To perform these procedures, you must be a member of the local Administrators group, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. Open the web.config file on the federation server proxy, and make sure that a valid value is present in the FSURI field. To check the FSURI value using the web.config file:
To check the Federation Service Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) value using the Active Directory Federation Services snap-in:
Verify that you can access the Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)-enabled application from a client browser and that the resource can be accessed. |
| Reference Links | Event ID 610 from Source Microsoft-Windows-ADFS |
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