Certificate-based authentication is recommended for replication

Applies to: Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016

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Property Details
Operating System Windows Server 2016
Product/Feature Hyper-V
Severity Warning
Category Configuration

In the following sections, italics indicates UI text that appears in the Best Practices Analyzer tool for this issue.

Issue

One or more virtual machines selected for replication are configured for Kerberos authentication.

Impact

The replication network traffic from the primary server to the replication server is unencrypted. This impacts the following virtual machines:

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Resolution

If another method is being used to perform encryption, you can ignore this. Otherwise, modify the virtual machine settings to choose certificate-based authentication.