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IIS: Disable Strict Name Checking

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This is useful in many scenarios. In this scenario, it’s more useful for disable to keep on prompting credentials in SharePoint 2013 Environment.

In this method, you need to add your domain as an exception list to IIS for not checking the FQDN for loopback.

Open the RegEdit.

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And navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa

Click on MSV1_0

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Add new Mult-String Value

Add BackConnectionHostNames

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Then you will see that it's added to the registry.

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You can double-click and add your fully qualified domain names (one per line) that will be working as an exception.

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Then you can save and restart the IIS.