I realized after reviewing the past few posts that I omitted a new piece of functionality introduced in SQL Server 2008 R2. This feature, known as Extended Protection for Authentication (Extended ...

A service principal name, also known as an SPN, is a name that uniquely identifies an instance of a service. For proper Kerberos authentication to take place the SPN’s must be set properly. SPN’s are ...

I built a new 2012 SQL server named "SQL2012", and once got it configured, cloned it to a new "SQL2012TEST". I went in with setspn and deleted and re-added the "-TEST" SPN, but I am still seeing ...

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(where 12345 is the port number of the site being tested). Chrome has a command-line switch '--enable-auth-negotiate-port' (disabled by default) that adds this port number to the SPN for sites that ...

Somewhere along the line in the past couple days another account in AD was setup with the same SPN (servicePrincipalName) used by one of our SQL service accounts and thus broke remote connections to ...

As we continue to chat about some of the benefits of Server 2008 R2, I thought we could take a couple of minutes to mention Automatic SPN Management. This feature takes effect when you raise the ...