Event ID 10154 – The WinRM service failed to create the following SPNs

HOW TO – Fix WinRM Service failed to create

Windows 2016, Event ID: 10154, Source: WinRM, Type: Warning

The WinRM service failed to create the following SPNs: WSMAN/hostname.domainname.local; WSMAN/INK.

User Action

   1. Run ADSIEDIT.MSC
   2. Browse to Domain
         1. DC=domainname
               1. OU=Domain Controllers
                     1. CN=<HOSTNAME>
   3. Right click on CN=<HOSTNAME>, where <HOSTNAME> is the name of the server throwing the error, in this case it is the SRV-DC01, click Properties.
   4. Click the Security Tab
         1. click Add / “Network Service”
         2. Then check (X) to allow access to “Validated write to service principal name”
         3. Click OK
   5. Run Services.msc
   6. Restart the “Windows Remote Management (WS-Management)” service
   7. Check event log for errors.
  8. Re-Run – setspn -L <hostname>
  9. Locate entries for WSMAN/<hostname> or WSMAN/<FQDN>