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<userPrincipalName>

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Specifies the User Principal Name (UPN) of a service to be authenticated by the client.

For more information about setting the UPN, see Service Identity and Authentication.

<configuration>
  <system.serviceModel>
    <client>
      <endpoint>
        <identity>
          <userPrincipalName>

Syntax

<userPrincipalName value="String" />

Attributes and Elements

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

Attributes

Attribute Description
value A user account name (sometimes referred to as the user logon name) and a domain name identifying the domain in which the user account is located. This is the standard usage for logging on to a Windows domain. The format is: someone@example.com (as for an email address).

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

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

Remarks

A secure Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) client that connects to an endpoint with this identity uses the UPN when performing SSPI authentication with the endpoint.

Example

The following configuration code specifies the UPN of the service to be authenticated by the client.

<identity>
  <userPrincipalName value="someone@cohowinery.com" />
</identity>

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