KB article discussing how to change the service account passwords in MOSS 2007 and WSS 3.0 has been released

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   Anonymous
   On 6. April 2007 Permalink

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   Ramen
   On 26. August 2021 Permalink

   Hi Stefan,
   Do you know of a step-by-step guide that details How to update service accounts passwords for SP2016″ ?
   Thanks

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   1. 

      Stefan Goßner
      On 26. August 2021 Permalink

      Hi Ramen,
      the easiest way to achieve this is to use managed accounts with automatic password change:
      https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/administration/configure-automatic-password-change
      Cheers,
      Stefan

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         Ramen
         On 27. August 2021 Permalink

         Hi Stefan
         Password will be generated in another system (Thycotic Secret Server) and AD will be updated from there

         THere are of course multiple service accounts: farm, setup, service, profile, crawl, content, etc.

         Question is: Is there any documentation that guides which account should be done first and which one next, also what area to check after password updated in SharePoint? (I am thinking of a similar guideline as SharePoint Upgrade/Migration)

         Thanks

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            Stefan Goßner
            On 27. August 2021 Permalink

            Hi Ramen,
            each service account should be a managed account – then you only have to update the password in one place. In the managed account settings in the central admin.
            As each account usually has a different expiration date for the password you can set them independently. There is no requirement for a specific sequence.
            If you have special needs or need further guidance I would recommend to open a support case with Microsoft to discuss those in detail.
            Cheers,
            Stefan

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               Ramen
               On 27. August 2021 Permalink

               Thanks Stefan. I will add them all in Managed Accounts

               So once an account’s password is updated in Managed Accounts, other areas like Windows Service, IIS app pool identity does not need updating separately?

            2. 

               Stefan Goßner
               On 27. August 2021 Permalink

               Hi Ramen,

               thats the idea of the managed accounts.
               SharePoint propagates them to all required places.

               Cheers,
               Stefan

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   Ramen
   On 27. August 2021 Permalink

   That’s make sense
   One more question:
   After updating each account’s password in MA, is it necessary to restart all servers as this article is suggesting?
   https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/36418.sharepoint-2013-how-to-change-all-service-account-passwords.aspx

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