SharePoint Dragons

We always find ourselves looking for this info, so we’re posting it on our own blog for future reference. Here’s an explanation of problems caused if you don’t Disable Loopback on your SharePoint 2013 machines: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896861?wa=wsignin1.0 (and solutions as well).

Alternatively, you can just run the following PowerShell script:

new-itemproperty HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa -Name “DisableLoopbackCheck” -Value “1” -PropertyType DWORD