Reset service account password

Question

Hi,

We have to reset the password of more 100 service accounts to apply the new password policy.

Which impact can we have after the password reset?

Answer 1

Hi,

Before reset the password of service account , you should check where is used to avoid impact the production environment.

If the service account is used to generate a keytab file , when you reset the password you will increase the KVNO value therefore you break the keytab and kerberos authentication for this reason. If you want reset it you have to generate a new keytab file.

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Answer 2

Which impact can we have after the password reset?

The services will no longer work until the passwords have been updated, unless MSA accounts are used.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2012-R2-and-2012/hh831782(v=ws.11)?redirectedfrom=MSDN

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Answer 3

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