Mastering Windows® SharePoint® Services 3.0

1.4. SharePoint Service Accounts and Services

After it installs, SharePoint creates and enables certain services and application pools. To be able to do their jobs, these services need to run with some sort of account context. Depending on how you install SharePoint, you may have to create domain accounts to apply to those services. If you want SharePoint to work, it will help to know what the services are, what they do, and what access those accounts need while remaining secure.

1.4.1. Service Accounts

Here are the accounts you need for SharePoint to install and work:

Setup Account (Basic or Stand-alone install)

In order to install SharePoint, you must be logged in on the server with an administrative account. If your server is not in a domain, ...