Answer by MikeTeeVee for Error: Cannot Generate SSPI context
I ran into this error when my Account was Locked-Out and I wasn't aware of it yet.I was still logged into Windows at the time, so I couldn't figure out why at first.Lock your station and try logging...
View ArticleAnswer by Asher for Error: Cannot Generate SSPI context
When you are running your service account using a local account you will not have this issue, but if you run your serice accounts as an active directory user, then it will need permissions to create...
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Answer by Bill Appleton for Error: Cannot Generate SSPI context
I experienced this issue and it has been resolved by removing the SPN entry in the attributes of the computer account in AD for the serverFind the machine account in AD Users and Computers(Advanced...
View ArticleAnswer by Rob Hawthorne for Error: Cannot Generate SSPI context
I experienced this issue just recently. I was running as the NT SERVICE account and when I switched to using a service account, I could no longer connect using SSMS with the machine name or the FQDN. I...
View ArticleAnswer by Jason Geiger for Error: Cannot Generate SSPI context
In some situations you will get this error due to SPN settings. For example if you are doing disaster recovery testing to a new sever you may get an SSPI error while connecting to SQL Server. Even more...
View ArticleAnswer by blizz for Error: Cannot Generate SSPI context
For me the solution was to run SQL Studio as the domain user with this command:runas /user:OtherDomain\User SSMS.exe
View ArticleAnswer by Adrian Morson for Error: Cannot Generate SSPI context
Cannot generate SSPI context can mean exactly that. When a client connects to an SQL server it uses a generation method that includes the service type (MsSQLsvr) Server FQDN and port. It uses DNS to...
View ArticleAnswer by DJSkippy for Error: Cannot Generate SSPI context
I had a similar issue. I ended up having to remove entries from the SPN information on the computer account in ADSIEdit.After removing the entries, I restarted the SQL service and it registered the SPN...
View ArticleAnswer by Bob Sullentrup for Error: Cannot Generate SSPI context
We had this problem after we took a database from PROD and restored it in QA. Our application called three databases on three servers and aside from that was not complicated. It turns out a spurious...
View ArticleAnswer by Racer SQL for Error: Cannot Generate SSPI context
We changed the SQL SERVICE user to one that is "Domain Admin".I've made some researches to know why this happens. It says that when you shutdown the service, you need an account with privileges do...
View ArticleAnswer by Remus Rusanu for Error: Cannot Generate SSPI context
'Cannot generate SSPI context' is a generic error. It can be caused by many issues, like an outaded password, clock drift, Active Directory access permissions, failure to register an SPN and so on and...
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When someone tries to connect to a SQL Server instance, the error shows up:It's not possible do generate SSPI context.Yesterday we had a blackout (don't know how to say this expression in English) and...
View ArticleAnswer by Andleeb Hasan for Error: Cannot Generate SSPI context
It mostly happens when you are working on an office laptop and you are changing password at home. It worked for me this way.Connect to the VPN on you laptop and make sure everything else is closed.Lock...
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