Service Account Requirements
It is strongly recommended that you create multiple service accounts for SharePoint. Although doing so might seem tedious, SharePoint will not be secure unless multiple service accounts are used. And in any situation, do NOT use a domain admin account for any SharePoint service.
The following provides a recommended list of service accounts that should be created. This should not be considered to be an exhaustive list; more might be needed depending on the requirements of the individual deployment:
• SQL admin account— SQL Server should be administered with a separate set of credentials than those used for SharePoint.
• Installation account— Used to install the SharePoint binaries on the SharePoint role servers. This ...
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