How can I get my linked server working using Windows authentication? I'm trying to get a linked server to ServerA created on another server, ServerB using "Be made using the login's current security context" in a domain environment. I read that I'd need to have SPNs created for the service accounts that run SQL Server on each of the servers in order to enable Kerberos. I've done that and both now show the authentication scheme to be Kerberos, however, I'm still facing the error:

"Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON'".


In Active Directory, I can see that the service account for ServerB is trusted for delegation to MSSQLSvc, but I noticed that the service account for ServerA does not yet have "trust this user for delegation" enabled. Does the target server also need to have that option enabled? Is anything else necessary to be able to use the current Windows login to use a linked server?
Every machine in the chain from your desktop to the server you are calling has to be Kerberos enabled for the trust to advance past the first hop.  So, yes the server needs to trust the user for delegation.  

The "Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON'" almost always indicates a delegation problem. 


Your Windows Account must have access to both ServerA and ServerB.
You must not have the setting "Account is sensitive and cannot be delegated."
Both ServerA and ServerB must have their own SPN registered.
The servers must be TCP/IP or named pipes connected.


The SQL Server Books Online article that offers some more detail is "Configuring Linked Servers for Delegation": 
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189580(v=sql.105).aspx