OrganizationService error "Expected non-empty string. Parameter name: authenticationInfo"

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Hi, all.

I am using custom WCF Service which invokes OrganizationService.Create method.

When I am using it from visual studio debug - it works well and successfully returns me guid of created record.
But when I am trying to call the same service hosted at IIS - it returns a strange error.

<s:Envelope xmlns:s="schemas.xmlsoap.org/.../envelope">
<s:Body>
<s:Fault>
<faultcode xmlns:a="schemas.microsoft.com/.../dispatcher">a:InternalServiceFault</faultcode>
<faultstring xml:lang="ru-RU">Expected non-empty string.</faultstring>
<detail>
<ExceptionDetail xmlns="schemas.datacontract.org/.../System.ServiceModel" xmlns:i="www.w3.org/.../XMLSchema-instance">
<HelpLink i:nil="true"/>
<InnerException>
<HelpLink i:nil="true"/>
<InnerException i:nil="true"/>
<Message>Expected non-empty string.
Parameter name: authenticationInfo</Message>
<StackTrace i:nil="true"/>
<Type>System.ArgumentException</Type>
</InnerException>
<Message>Expected non-empty string.</Message>
<StackTrace>at Microsoft.Crm.Exceptions.ThrowIfEmpty(String value, String parameterName)
at Microsoft.Crm.Authentication.UserManagementFactory.ValidateSpecialUser(String authenticationInfo, Guid organizationId)
at Microsoft.Crm.Authentication.UserIdentityAuthorizationManager.ValidateSpecialUser(String authenticationInfo, Guid organizationId)
at Microsoft.Crm.Authentication.ClaimsIdentityAuthorizationManager.CheckAccess(AuthorizationContext context)
at Microsoft.Crm.Authentication.WindowsIdentityAuthorizationManager.Authenticate(OperationContext operationContext)
at Microsoft.Crm.Authentication.WindowsIdentityAuthorizationManager.CheckAccessCore(OperationContext operationContext)
at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.AuthorizationBehavior.Authorize(MessageRpc& rpc)
at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ImmutableDispatchRuntime.ProcessMessage11(MessageRpc& rpc)
at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.MessageRpc.Process(Boolean isOperationContextSet)</StackTrace>
<Type>Microsoft.Crm.CrmArgumentException</Type>
</ExceptionDetail>
</detail>
</s:Fault>
</s:Body>
</s:Envelope>

I checked it and found - this exception comes from OrganizationService.
What can be the reason of such behaviour? Any ideas?

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It works in visual studio probably because it might be using your credentials to connect to CRM organization service.

Your wcf service will be using the app pool identity it is running under to connect to CRM.

Try setting the app pool identity to your account and see if it works.

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Hello,

Please provide code where you instantiate crm service instance.

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private OrganizationServiceProxy serviceProxy;
private Uri osUri = new Uri("dyncrm2012/.../Organization.svc");

private ClientCredentials cc = new ClientCredentials();
cc.UserName.UserName = contact.Login;
cc.UserName.Password = contact.Password;

serviceProxy = new OrganizationServiceProxy(osUri, null, cc, null);

...

sResponse.Id = serviceProxy.Create(NewContact);

At the moment of exception - correct CRM user's login and password are in client credentials of serviceProxy object. I checked it in debug mode.

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Hi, thank you for your help.

I created new app pool with domain user as identity - and in this pool my service works.

But it is still unclear for me, why it doesnt work in CrmAppPool with network service identity account?

Shouldnt it work by default?

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Seems that you use Domain Authentication and that means that you incorrectly pass credentials

Instead of

private ClientCredentials cc = new ClientCredentials(); cc.UserName.UserName = contact.Login; cc.UserName.Password = contact.Password;

you should use

private ClientCredentials cc = new ClientCredentials(); credentials.Windows.ClientCredential = new NetworkCredential(contact.Login, contact.Password, "<Put domain here>");

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Thank you very much, Andrii.

Now it works even from CRMAppPool.

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