Test-DbaConnectionAuthScheme

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Synopsis

Returns the transport protocol and authentication scheme of the connection. This is useful to determine if your connection is using Kerberos.

Description

By default, this command will return the ConnectName, ServerName, Transport and AuthScheme of the current connection.

ConnectName is the name you used to connect. ServerName is the name that the SQL Server reports as its @@SERVERNAME which is used to register its SPN. If you were expecting a Kerberos connection and got NTLM instead, ensure ConnectName and ServerName match.

If -Kerberos or -Ntlm is specified, the $true/$false results of the test will be returned. Returns $true or $false by default for one server. Returns Server name and Results for more than one server.

Syntax

Test-DbaConnectionAuthScheme
    [-SqlInstance] <DbaInstanceParameter[]>
    [[-SqlCredential] <PSCredential>]
    [-Kerberos]
    [-Ntlm]
    [-EnableException]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Examples

Example: 1

PS C:\> Test-DbaConnectionAuthScheme -SqlInstance sqlserver2014a, sql2016

Returns ConnectName, ServerName, Transport and AuthScheme for sqlserver2014a and sql2016.

Example: 2

PS C:\> Test-DbaConnectionAuthScheme -SqlInstance sqlserver2014a -Kerberos

Returns $true or $false depending on if the connection is Kerberos or not.

Example: 3

PS C:\> Test-DbaConnectionAuthScheme -SqlInstance sqlserver2014a | Select-Object *

Returns the results of "SELECT * from sys.dm_exec_connections WHERE session_id = @@SPID"

Required Parameters

-SqlInstance

The target SQL Server instance or instances. Server(s) must be SQL Server 2005 or higher.

Optional Parameters

-SqlCredential

Login to the target instance using alternative credentials. Accepts PowerShell credentials (Get-Credential).
Windows Authentication, SQL Server Authentication, Active Directory - Password, and Active Directory - Integrated are all supported.
For MFA support, please use Connect-DbaInstance.

-Kerberos

If this switch is enabled, checks will be made for Kerberos authentication.

-Ntlm

If this switch is enabled, checks will be made for NTLM authentication.

-EnableException

By default, when something goes wrong we try to catch it, interpret it and give you a friendly warning message.
This avoids overwhelming you with "sea of red" exceptions, but is inconvenient because it basically disables advanced scripting.
Using this switch turns this "nice by default" feature off and enables you to catch exceptions with your own try/catch.