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Active Directory Monitoring

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Active Directory

Active Directory (AD) is a tool from Microsoft that helps you manage Windows networks. It comes with most Windows Server systems and does many things. At first, Active Directory only helped you control domains. But now, it also helps you with many other things related to identity.

It stores information about objects on the network, such as users, computers, groups, printers, and policies. It also provides methods for authenticating and authorizing users and devices. Active Directory can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD).

vCenter 'Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password': SSO failures

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The “Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password” string is the exact message operators see in the vSphere Client, in PowerCLI sessions, and in API responses when SSO authentication fails. The text is misleading: the cause is rarely a typo. For a single user it is usually a credential or permission problem. For every account at once it is an SSO/STS infrastructure failure.

The first triage question is scope: does the local SSO administrator account (administrator@vsphere.local) still work? If yes, the STS signing certificate and token service are healthy, and the problem is in an identity source (AD/LDAP) or a service account. If administrator@vsphere.local also fails, the STS infrastructure itself is broken: expired STS signing certificate, clock skew rejecting SAML tokens, or STS memory pressure.

Webinar: Real-Time Windows Server Monitoring

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000