AD FS Help Diagnostics Analyzer

Hello HanakJ,

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VP

Hello HanakJ,

The AD FS Help Diagnostic Analyzer website has indeed been permanently retired by Microsoft, meaning you can no longer upload your diagnostic files to the web portal for analysis. As the warning message in your screenshot indicates, the analyzer tool itself has not been abandoned but rather transitioned into a local, offline utility hosted on GitHub. To utilize these options now, you need to navigate to the official Microsoft GitHub repository for AD FS Help and download the AD FS Offline tools package. Once downloaded and extracted to your server, you will still use the Export-AdfsDiagnosticsFile cmdlet exactly as you did before to generate your diagnostic package, which typically outputs a compressed file to a local directory like C:\ADFSDiagnostics. Instead of uploading that file to the internet, you will import the downloaded Diagnostic Analyzer module into an elevated PowerShell session. You can then feed your exported diagnostic file directly into the offline analyzer script provided in the GitHub repository. This local script processes the data and outputs the exact same detailed health checks, certificate warnings, and trust validations that the old web dashboard used to provide, all while keeping your sensitive server configuration data entirely on-premises.

Hope this answer brought you some useful information. If it did, please hit "accept answer". Should you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment.

VP

Hello HanakJ,

The AD FS Help Diagnostic Analyzer website has indeed been permanently retired by Microsoft, meaning you can no longer upload your diagnostic files to the web portal for analysis. As the warning message in your screenshot indicates, the analyzer tool itself has not been abandoned but rather transitioned into a local, offline utility hosted on GitHub.

To utilize these options now, you need to navigate to the official Microsoft GitHub repository for AD FS Help and download the AD FS Offline tools package. Once downloaded and extracted to your server, you will still use the Export-AdfsDiagnosticsFile cmdlet exactly as you did before to generate your diagnostic package, which typically outputs a compressed file to a local directory like C:\ADFSDiagnostics.

Instead of uploading that file to the internet, you will import the downloaded Diagnostic Analyzer module into an elevated PowerShell session. You can then feed your exported diagnostic file directly into the offline analyzer script provided in the GitHub repository. This local script processes the data and outputs the exact same detailed health checks, certificate warnings, and trust validations that the old web dashboard used to provide, all while keeping your sensitive server configuration data entirely on-premises.

Hope this answer brought you some useful information. If it did, please hit "accept answer". Should you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment.

VP