Pro SharePoint 2010 Administration

Managed Accounts

SharePoint makes use of various domain-level accounts to operate securely. Even if your SharePoint installation operates on a single server and is part of a workgroup, all accounts used in SharePoint 2010 require the full domain name syntax: DOMAIN\username. SharePoint 2007 had the same requirement.

One notable difference in SharePoint 2010 is the introduction of managed accounts. SharePoint 2007 required different domain accounts for different purposes, and the administrator was responsible for knowing the password of every account and specifying the account name when provisioning services or making changes—such as the Office SharePoint Search Service. If an administrator decides to change the password of a service account in ...