User Principle Name (UPN)

UPN:Ø UPN or User Principal Name is a logon method of authentication when user enters the credentials
    as username@domainname.com instead of Windows authentication method: domainame\username     to be used as login.
Ø So UPN is BASICALLY a suffix that is added after a username which can be used in place of
    “Same account” name to authenticate a user.
Ø So lets say the company is called ABC, then instead of ABC\Username user can use
    username@ABC.com at the authentication popup.
Ø The additional UPN suffix can help users to simplify the logon information in long domain names
    with an easier name.
Example: instead of “username@this.is.my.long.domain.name.in.stbs.com”, change it to “username@stbs”, if you create an UPN suffix called stbs.



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