DEV Server Least Privilege for Administrators

sco gordo 301 Reputation points
2020-12-07T16:23:13.53+00:00

I'm aware that "Least Privilege" and "Administrator" are oxymoron-ish, but I want to allow certain users Admin server access EXCEPT to run services using their own account.
What are the settings to apply?
Thanks

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  1. Xiaowei He 9,876 Reputation points
    2020-12-08T08:45:58.103+00:00

    Hi,

    but I want to allow certain users Admin server access EXCEPT to run services using their own account.

    I'm not clear about your requirements in the above description.

    Do you want the user to use the common user account to manage certain services instead of Administrator account?

    If so, as far as I know, some service has its management group, like DNS service, Hyper V service, etc, we may add the user account to the certain group to manage the service.

    Thanks for your time!
    Best Regards,
    Anne

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  2. sco gordo 301 Reputation points
    2020-12-08T19:23:13.087+00:00

    Thank you, XiaoweiHe.

    Clarification:

    On the server, I need to prevent a user to be able to set up a service to run under his/her credentials , like

    46365-serviceexample.png

    The user would have to use, for example, contoso\ServiceDuplicati, or request someone with the ability to do so review and configure .

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