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How to keep track of accounts?

Answered How to keep track of accounts?

  • Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:21 PM
     
     
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    Hello Community

        After you install Sharepoint 2010 there are other
    accounts you create. After you create so many it can become
    difficult to keep track of them.   How can I determine which
    account I created for the farm account and the database
    access account using Powershell or Central Administration?

        Thank you
        Shabeaut

     

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  • Sunday, May 20, 2012 3:20 AM
     
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    If you have set them up as managed accounts then you could use this cmdlet to list them:

    Get-SPManagedAccount

    This will get you many of the accounts:

    Start with:

      (get-SP-Farm).DefaultServiceAccount

    and then

      Get-SPServiceInstance | Select Service, {$_.Service.ProcessIdentity.UserName|

    Keep in mind there are more possible accounts used with the Search crawl accounts.

    Mike Smith TechTrainingNotes.blogspot.com

     
  • Sunday, May 20, 2012 8:50 AM
     
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    one more addition to what Mike has written .. maybe a consistent naming convention for your accounts might help. Like sp.farm is used for farm account etc ..

    Marek Chmel, WBI Systems (MCTS, MCITP, MCT, CCNA)
    Please Mark As Answer if my post solves your problem or Vote As Helpful if a post has been helpful for you.

     
  • Tuesday, May 22, 2012 2:48 AM
     
     
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    Hello Mike Smith

        I understand you can get managed accounts
    using the Central Administration and you can
    also use Powershell to see the managed accounts.

        I was trying to find out the last time I
    installed Sharepoint 2010 because I had
    reinstalled a few times or a way Sharepoint 2010
    would tell you when it was installed.  Then I realized
    I also neede to know the database access account and
    the farm account when Sharpoint was installed.  They
    say there is a difference between the
    farm account and the farm administration
    account. 

        So I was wondering if Central Administration
    or Powershell provided a way to display the
    database access account, farm and the farm account
    and the farm administration account associated
    with the Sharepoint farm and when the Sharepoint
    was installed. 

        Thank you
        Shabeaut