Since its introduction with Windows Server 2008, Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.0 has been Microsoft’s answer to extending enterprise identity beyond the firewall. However, building an identity management solution with the AD FS toolkit has many hidden costs. While AD FS solves some identity challenges for Microsoft’s product family, as is typical from Microsoft, many more gaps exist when attempting to integrate with cloud or mobile applications from other vendors. You might be considering implementing AD FS in your company, or maybe you already have. Download our whitepaper "Avoid the Hidden costs of Microsoft ADFS" to learn more. For those of you considering it: AD FS is rarely free for enterprises. There are many hidden costs that creep up once companies decide to implement AD FS. IT departments must spend their time installing, configuring and maintaining each individual cloud application. That alone can easily cause headaches.