Best ADFS protocol support for node js

Question

I am completely new to ADFS. I need to access the ADFS server through node.js. I am searching for good reference notes, with implementation. And suggest me which protocol is best for requesting. Video tutorials are also heplful.

Answer 1

I assume what you want is to authenticate users in AD (via ADFS), for your nodejs based web app. I'd recommend looking first at passport.js.

ADFS supports 2 protocols for web sites: WS-Federation or SAML-P. WS-Fed might be simpler. We open sourced the strategy for WS-Fed and SAML that we use in our product. A strategy is essentially a plug-in for passport.

That strategy should give you a good start.

Answer 2

ADFS v3.0 exposes OAuth2. *

You could use Passport.js with OAuth support or Kong with OAuth support.

You could go the ADFS 2016 OpenId Connect route for ease of implementation (passport.js, only a feature request for kong).

If you're going the Azure route, there's one (passport-azure-ad by the Windows Azure team) specifically for that.

It includes OpenID Connect, WS-Federation, and SAML-P authentication and authorization.

Otherwise, versions disallowing etc., I recommend Eugenio Pace's answer.