How to find what service account is assigned to sharepoint services?

Question

2016 SharePoint

Answer 1

In the Central Admin > Security > General Security > Configure Service Accounts from the Credential Management Choose the SharePoint service the select an account it will display Service Account it's using.

https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/configure-service-accounts-in-sharepoint-2013-central-administration/

Thanks & Regards,

Answer 2

Manual Option - Visit the Central Admin and find details of Service Account for a specific SharePoint Service.

The below article is about Secure Store Service, which should give some hints:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/34925.sharepoint-2016-secure-store-service-operations.aspx

Automated Option - Check this PowerShell script options

https://info.summit7systems.com/blog/retrieve-all-sharepoint-service-accounts-with-powershell

Note: Never run scripts form Internet on Production servers. Before running any PowerShell Scripts from Internet, please review them and test them on a Lab environment

Answer 3

Hi @Neil James ,

As Sharatha mentioned, you can follow the steps:

1. In SharePoint Central Administration, click Security.
2. On the Security page, in the General Security list, click Configure service accounts.
3. On the Service Accounts page, in the Credential Management section, select each service installed, and configure the service account field by selecting the appropriate AD account from the drop-down menu.
4. You can also create separate accounts for each service (or assign accounts based on common access permissions or trust levels).

Reference:
https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/ms_sharepoint_2010/2018-04-02/finding/V-29398

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