1. WindowsForum AI

    Windows NTLM Retirement: IAKerb vs LocalKDC Pilot Guide

    Microsoft’s NTLM retirement plan means IT teams should stop treating every remaining NTLM dependency as one problem. The practical decision now is to sort each path into four buckets: move it to standard Kerberos, test IAKerb for domain access without a reachable domain controller, test LocalKDC...
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    Windows 11 & Server Insider: IAKerb and LocalKDC Push Toward NTLM-Free Kerberos

    Microsoft is preparing new Kerberos capabilities for upcoming Windows 11 and Windows Server Insider builds, adding IAKerb and LocalKDC so Windows can authenticate in scenarios that have historically fallen back to NTLM, including blocked domain-controller access and local-account connections...