SharePoint Tip #9. Do you know “when server name is used in account pattern of a new web application”?
When you are configuring a new application pool and assigning the user account, you need to specify just the <username> for the ApplicationPoolUserName field only if SharePoint is the part of workgroup.
In case of SharePoint as the part of Active Directory, you need to use <server>\<username> pattern.
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