| Event Id | 673 |
| Source | Microsoft-Windows-ADFS |
| Description | The AD FS role provider was not able to be initialized. The Federation Service Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is not configured. The AD FS membership provider will not function until this condition is resolved. |
| Event Information | According to Microsoft : Cause : This event is logged when the AD FS membership provider was not able to be initialized. Resolution : Configure the Federation Service URL in the web.config file Configure the Federation Service Uniform Resource Locator (URL) in the web.config file of the Web application. To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the local Administrators group, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. To configure the Federation Service URL in the web.config file: 1.In Notepad or another text editor, open the web.config file that is in the Web application directory (typically, in \Inetpub\wwwroot\ApplicationName) on the Web server. 2.Search for fs. 3.Configure the domain name portion of the URL. 4.Save and close the web.config file. Verify : 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. If a failure occurs, verify that the web.config file is configured with correct URL values and that all configuration parameters contain valid values. To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the local Administrators group, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. To verify that the web.config file is configured with a Federation Service URL value: 1.On a resource federation server, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Federation Services. 2.Double-click Federation Service, double-click Trust Policy, double-click My Organization, click Applications, right-click the application in the list that represents this claims-aware application, and then click Properties. 3.Verify that the value specified between the fs tags within the web.config file is valid. |
| Reference Links | Event ID 673 from Source Microsoft-Windows-ADFS |
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