AD FS Windows Service Failed to Start Because of a Bad Configuration Format

Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices.2016.FederationServerBadConfigurationFormatErrorMonitor (UnitMonitor)

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<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices.2016.FederationServerBadConfigurationFormatErrorMonitor" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices.2016.FederationServer" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.2SingleEventLog2StateMonitorType" ConfirmDelivery="true">

  <Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices.2016.FederationServerBadConfigurationFormatErrorMonitor_AlertMessageResourceID">

    <AlertOnState>Error</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>Error</AlertSeverity>

    <AlertParameters>

      <AlertParameter1>$Data/Context/Params/Param[1]$</AlertParameter1>

      <AlertParameter2>$Data/Context/Params/Param[2]$</AlertParameter2>

      <AlertParameter3>$Data/Context/Params/Param[3]$</AlertParameter3>

    </AlertParameters>

  </AlertSettings>

  <OperationalStates>

    <OperationalState ID="FirstEventRaised" MonitorTypeStateID="FirstEventRaised" HealthState="Error"/>

    <OperationalState ID="SecondEventRaised" MonitorTypeStateID="SecondEventRaised" HealthState="Success"/>

  </OperationalStates>

  <Configuration>

    <FirstComputerName>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</FirstComputerName>

    <FirstLogName>$Target/Property[Type="Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices.2016.FederationServer"]/ADFSEventLog$</FirstLogName>

    <FirstExpression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="UnsignedInteger">EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">131</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <RegExExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">PublisherName</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>MatchesMOM2005RegularExpression</Operator>

            <Pattern>(^AD FS$)</Pattern>

          </RegExExpression>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </FirstExpression>

    <SecondComputerName>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</SecondComputerName>

    <SecondLogName>$Target/Property[Type="Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices.2016.FederationServer"]/ADFSEventLog$</SecondLogName>

    <SecondExpression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="UnsignedInteger">EventDisplayNumber</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">100</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <RegExExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">PublisherName</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>MatchesMOM2005RegularExpression</Operator>

            <Pattern>(^AD FS$)</Pattern>

          </RegExExpression>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </SecondExpression>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>