{"id":7062,"date":"2023-06-20T22:23:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T22:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/?p=7062"},"modified":"2025-10-09T03:40:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T03:40:34","slug":"how-to-clear-old-adfs-instance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pariswells.com\/blog\/research\/how-to-clear-old-adfs-instance","title":{"rendered":"How to clear old ADFS Instance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Recently installed Windows Defender for Identity and got the Alert “Auditing on the ADFS container is not enabled as required on domain.com”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ADFS was not being used and had not been cleared properly fro the domain <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. In the ADSIEdit tool, connect to the Default naming context by following these steps:\n
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    1. Right-click ADSI Edit<\/strong>, and then click Connect to<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Under Connection Point<\/strong>, click Select a well-known Naming Context<\/strong>, and then select Default naming context<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Click OK<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Expand the following node:
      Default naming context, {your domain partition}, CN=Program Data, CN=Microsoft, CN=ADFS<\/strong> NoteUnder CN=ADFS<\/strong>, you see a container named CN={GUID}<\/strong> for each AD FS 2.0 farm that you have deployed, where {GUID}<\/strong> matches the CertificateSharingContainer<\/strong> property that you captured by using the Get-AdfsProperties<\/code> PowerShell command in step 1.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Right-click the appropriate {GUID}<\/strong> container, and then select Delete<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Really just the CN=Microsoft,CN=Container,CN=Schema,CN=Configuration,DC=aha,DC=local<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Needs to exist , so for change control , I just moved the ADFS Folder to a new OU before I deleted<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      CN=Restore,DC=aha,DC=local<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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