System Center Service Manager Service Account Password Considerations

Chanuka Francis 361 Reputation points
2020-09-28T13:06:57.53+00:00

Can we set the Service Account passwords of SCSM Server to expire according to the corporate security policy? Please Advice 😇

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  1. Leon Laude 85,816 Reputation points
    2020-09-28T13:12:43.733+00:00

    Hello @Chanuka Francis ,

    Yes you can set the passwords according to the organisation's password policy.

    Note that once these passwords expire, you must update the new passwords in Service Manager orcwith the Service Manager PowerShell cmdlets. In addition, if you decide that the user names must change, you also must change them in Service Manager.

    For more information, see:

    Manage Run As accounts in Service Manager
    https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/system-center/scsm/run-as-accounts?view=sc-sm-2019

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    Best regards,
    Leon

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  1. SChalakov 10,391 Reputation points MVP
    2020-09-28T14:03:25.15+00:00

    Hi Chanuka-Francis,

    or automate this using PowerShell:

    Update-SCSMRunAsAccount

    Here an example: 

    $Credential = Get-Credential  
$Account = Get-SCSMRunAsAccount -UserName "ServiceUser"  
$Account.Password = $Credential.Password  
$Account | Update-SCSMRunAsAccount

    Hope I was able to help.

    Regards,
    Stoyan

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