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Task Scheduler with Virtual Accounts, possible?
Currently I'm using LOCAL SERVICE as the user account for various regular tasks, and was wondering if it was possible to use a Virtual Account instead.
Task Scheduler seems to reject NT SERVICE\ ...
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TFS2012 - Reporting Services Permissions?
I'm currently working through an upgrade of TFS2010 to TFS2012. In our old configuration, TFS, Sharepoint, and Reporting Services were on the same server, with the rest of the DBs on a separate SQL ...
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Tips on organizing Active Directory for a global company with different departments [closed]
I have started to read and implement some of the basic domain architecture implementation, one of the question I have is what is the latest trend in organizing the active directory OU's, Groups and ...
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Locating services running as an Active Directory user account
My organization's password policy requires that passworsds for two accounts in particular be updated/changed on a regular basis.
Is there a way to determine where a particular AD user account has ...
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BITS http download job fails to connect for owner Local SYSTEM account
A service I have written that uses BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service) to auto update itself is having a problem on some machines (Windows 7 so far).
I have been investigating and have ...
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Allow members of a group to be unlocked by a specific account on AD
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I'm creating a service to allow support staff to enable their firecall accounts out of hours (i.e. if there's an issue in the night and we can't get hold of someone with admin rights, ...
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Using a Group Managed Service Account (gMSA) for a scheduled task
Back in Windows Server 2008 R2, when stand-alone Managed Service Accounts (sMSA) were new, they could not be used to execute scheduled tasks. In Windows Server 2012 however, there is a new type of ...
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Impersonation Service Account
I am bringing up AppXtender Workflow Manager. One of the instructions is to create an Impersonation Service Account. I have never heard of such. What is it and how do I create an impersonation service ...
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If account is disabled while logged in can it remain logged in?
We have an account that connects in via VPN to pull data from one of our databases. Recently it has not been able to pull the data down.
Looking at it the account is disabled however I feel that ...
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SQL Server 2008 - Service account for backups
I am setting up a backup software to backup all the databases on my MS SQL Server 2008.
I want to configure a service account with administrator rights on the database. The service account have ...
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Can TFS 2010 be configured with managed service accounts?
I'm trying to deploy TFS 2010 in a sandbox environment, and I created a managed service account for TFS. However, I seem to be unable to configure it in the Advanced Configuration Wizard.
The ...
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How many TFS 2010 Service Accounts for This Topology?
I am a newbie on this stuff.
I want to create an environment consist of TFS Server (App&Build), Sharepoint2010, and SQL Server. the TFS server are interacting continuously with three servers : ...
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Which user should a backup service run as?
I'm working on an application which uses Volume Shadow Copy Service to backup a particular file at regular intervals. This works when run as admin but when I run the service under the "Network ...
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Can I schedule Windows Server Backup using a managed service account?
I've set up a scheduled backup using the Windows Server Backup. Also, I've created a managed service account that should execute the backup, but the Schedule wizard doesn't accept the user account.
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How can I run a process as “NT Authority\NetworkService”?
I'm toying with an idea for a script that would update a computer's details in Active directory with its make and model information. Ideally, I'd like this script to access AD via its computer ...
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Change regional settings on
How do you change the regional settings of the various system accounts (local system, local service and network service) on older versions of Windows ?
I can only find the page on MSDN that refers to ...
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Whats the point of a service account?
At work they want me to create a service account to run the app pool for my web application in iis under.
Why would this be useful and/or necessary?
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How do I setup a “service account” for apache on XP pro?
This question has been spawned from this:
http://serverfault.com/questions/195675/vpc-running-winxp-sp3-with-wamp-403-error-on-network-drive
The real question:
Basically i need to know how to setup ...
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How do I create a Managed Service Account in Windows 7
I'm trying to create a Managed Service Account on Windows 7. I've followed the steps in the guide to Managed Service Accounts to enable the Active Directory Powershell snap-in.
The first thing I ...
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The function of service principal names in Active Directory
I am thinking about taking a service that runs on multiple servers in my domain currently as "NETWORK SERVICE" and configuring it to run as an AD domain account for various reasons. If I have this one ...
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Recommended service account setup for MS SQL Server 2005/2008
We have a number of MS SQL servers in our environment running either SQL Server 2005 standard/enterprise or SQL server 2008 enterprise. Currently the SQL services are running as local service or ...
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Creating Limited User Accounts on Ubuntu Server
Using Ubuntu server, I need to create some user accounts that have the following limitations:
(1) User may only view and manipulate files in their home directory.
(2) User may only execute commands ...
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Prevent service accounts from logging in locally or remotely
We have a company doing development for us in-house and they have access to several service accounts. The company rotates people in and out, and instead of requesting accounts the developers are using ...
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Sql Server Reporting Services stops working after changing service Logon account
Using Sql Server 2008.
I am attempting to install Team Foundation Server as a dual server setup (due to one server being the DC.) Part of the installation requirements is that Sql Server Reporting ...
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When should new service accounts be created/used?
At my organisation there are conflicting schools of thoughts around service accounts. This has come up because they wish to deploy SQL Server for the sole purpose of running SharePoint databases.
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