Azure File Share with Entra Kerberos NO AD "specified network password is not correct"

Question

I am building an Azure File Shares environment from scratch after a ransomware attack wiped our entire network, including local DC and AD.

I am creating a cloud-only Entra Kerberos environment, no AD, using this cookbook:

https://www.thetechtrails.com/2025/11/azure-file-share-entra-kerberos-configuration-guide.html

I can resolve DNS and ping on 445, but cannot map a drive.

Resolve-DnsName -Name databases.file.core.windows.net | Format-List

Test-NetConnection -ComputerName databases.file.core.windows.net -Port 445

New-PSDrive -Name R -PSProvider FileSystem -Root "\databases.file.core.windows.net\reports -Persist

New-PSDrive : The specified network password is not correct

Answer 1

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The specified network password is not correct

The error ‘The specified network password is not correct’ in a cloud-only Microsoft Entra Kerberos (preview) deployment always indicates that the identity or Kerberos trust is not fully configured, rather than an actual incorrect password.

Step 1: Clients must be Microsoft Entra joined or Microsoft Entra hybrid joined. They can't be joined to Microsoft Entra Domain Services or joined to AD only.

Is the machine where you run New-PSDrive

Run this on the client machine: dsregcmd /status and check the result

If AzureAdJoined = NO → Kerberos will fail.

Step 2: The cloud-only identities currently preview mode, Please enable share-level permissions to ‘Enable permissions for all authenticated users and groups’

Ref: Share-level permissions for all authenticated identities

As I can see, the link you provided is not from Microsoft documentation. Please follow the Microsoft documentation to configure Azure File Share with Entra Kerberos.

Enable Microsoft Entra Kerberos authentication for hybrid and cloud-only identities (preview) on Azure Files

If you are still facing the issue after following the steps above, please debug the issue by following the steps outlined Debugging

Unable to mount Azure file shares with AD credentials

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