Retrieve the System Accounts
Scenario/Problem: You need to retrieve system account objects.
Solution: Use the Get-SPProcessAccount cmdlet.
Issuing the Get-SPProcessAccount cmdlet without any parameters displays all system and managed accounts on the SharePoint farm, as shown in Figure 4.2.
Figure 4.2. Get-SPProcessAccount displays all system and managed accounts.
Several mutually exclusive switch parameters can retrieve a specific system account. The switch parameters are LocalSystem, LocalService, and NetworkService. Use these separately, as shown in Listing 4.7.
Listing 4.7. Retrieving Individual System Accounts
Get-SPProcessAccount -LocalSystem ...
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