<servicePrincipalName>

Specifies the identity of a service by its Service Principal Name (SPN).

For more information about setting the SPN, see Specifying Service Identity.

<system.serviceModel>

  <client>

    <endpoint>

      <identity>

                                    
                                    <servicePrincipalName value = "String" />
                                

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements

Attributes

Attribute	Description
value	The name by which a client uniquely identifies an instance of a service. If you install multiple instances of a service on computers throughout a forest, each instance must have its own SPN. A given service instance can have multiple SPNs if there are multiple names that clients might use for authentication.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

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Element	Description
<identity>	Specifies the identity of the service to be authenticated by the client.

See Also

Other Resources

Specifying Service Identity

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