Hi, this is originally from https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/sqlserver/en-US/f15bd9f3-2e14-42e1-a6d0-576f7dd74ded/msa-account-naming-rules?forum=sqlsetupandupgrade. Does anybody know of any special naming rules for MSAs? We have an issue with embedded $ characters in the name. I seen other report issues when using more than 15 characters, but have not tried it myself. For the $ within the account name, there was no error creating the account; however, the account was not to be found. It works fine once we removed the embedded $ chars. Is this a known limitation in directory services or the tools used to mange it? I'm interested in knowing the details because we are starting to use MSA. A naming standard will be affected by rules - hopefully now rather than later. Thanks.
Randy in Marin