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Federation Metadata Processing Error

Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices.2016.TrustManagementTrustMonitoringMetadataProcessingErrorMonitor (UnitMonitor)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This monitor indicates that the trust monitoring service failed to read the federation metadata document.

The default setting for AD FS trust monitoring time interval is 1 day. This monitor will generate a Yellow state if Event ID 166 occurs at least four times within 5 days. If the same problem does not happen again within 1.5 days, the health state of this monitor will change back to a Green state and the alert that is generated by this monitor will be resolved automatically.

Causes

The metadata document that the Federation Service received back from its trust partner contained unexpected data.

Resolutions

Use the additional details that are provided within this event to learn the exact context of the metadata document error.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices.2016.TrustManagement
Parent MonitorSystem.Health.ConfigurationState
CategoryConfigurationHealth
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityWarning
Alert PriorityNormal
Alert Auto ResolveTrue
Monitor TypeMicrosoft.Windows.RepeatedEventLogTimer2StateMonitorType
RemotableTrue
AccessibilityPublic
Alert Message
Federation Metadata Processing Error
The trust monitoring service failed to process the data in the metadata document from '{0}'. Check the Alert Context tab for event details.
RunAsDefault

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices.2016.TrustManagementTrustMonitoringMetadataProcessingErrorMonitor" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.ActiveDirectoryFederationServices.2016.TrustManagement" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.ConfigurationState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.RepeatedEventLogTimer2StateMonitorType" ConfirmDelivery="true">

  <Category>ConfigurationHealth</Category>

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

    <AlertOnState>Warning</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>Warning</AlertSeverity>

    <AlertParameters>

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

    </AlertParameters>

  </AlertSettings>

  <OperationalStates>

    <OperationalState ID="RepeatedEventRaised" MonitorTypeStateID="RepeatedEventRaised" HealthState="Warning"/>

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

  </OperationalStates>

  <Configuration>

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

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

    <RepeatedExpression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

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

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="UnsignedInteger">167</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <RegExExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

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

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>MatchesMOM2005RegularExpression</Operator>

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

          </RegExExpression>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </RepeatedExpression>

    <Consolidator>

      <ConsolidationProperties/>

      <TimeControl>

        <WithinTimeSchedule>

          <Interval>432000</Interval>

        </WithinTimeSchedule>

      </TimeControl>

      <CountingCondition>

        <Count>4</Count>

        <CountMode>OnNewItemTestOutputRestart_OnTimerSlideByOne</CountMode>

      </CountingCondition>

    </Consolidator>

    <TimerWaitInSeconds>129600</TimerWaitInSeconds>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>