{"id":919,"date":"2011-01-21T18:46:51","date_gmt":"2011-01-21T17:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tsls.co.uk\/?p=919"},"modified":"2017-06-19T14:05:54","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T14:05:54","slug":"how-to-change-the-farm-service-account-in-sharepoint-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsls.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/01\/21\/how-to-change-the-farm-service-account-in-sharepoint-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"How to change the Farm Service Account in SharePoint 2010, 2013 and 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Following steps describes how to change the Farm Service Account Credentials in SharePoint 2010:<br \/>\ncomplete the following on each server<br \/>\nLaunch SharePoint 2010 Central Administration (logon as Setup Farm Account)<br \/>\nNavigate to \u2018Application Management\u2019<br \/>\nIn \u2018Security\u2019 Section Click<br \/>\n\u2018Configure Manage Accounts<br \/>\nClick Register Managed Account<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tsls.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/2010CredImage1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-922 colorbox-919\" title=\"2010CredImage1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tsls.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/2010CredImage1-300x76.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"76\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAdd the New Account<br \/>\nUser Name (NEW USER)<br \/>\nPassword (NEW PASSWORD)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tsls.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/2010CredImage2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-923 colorbox-919\" title=\"2010CredImage2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tsls.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/2010CredImage2-300x177.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the command prompt execute the following commands on all SharePoint servers<\/p>\n<p>REM On First CA Server<br \/>\n&#8220;c:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedWeb Server Extensions14Binstsadm.exe&#8221; -o<br \/>\nupdatefarmcredentials -userlogin &#8220;DOMAINSP_SPIT05_MGN&#8221; -password &#8220;<a href=\"mailto:P@ssw0rd\">P@ssw0rd<\/a>&#8221;<br \/>\nREM On each of the other Servers<br \/>\n&#8220;c:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedWeb Server Extensions14Binstsadm.exe&#8221; -o<br \/>\nupdatefarmcredentials -userlogin &#8220;DOMAINSP_SPIT05_MGN&#8221; -password &#8220;<a href=\"mailto:P@ssw0rd\">P@ssw0rd<\/a>&#8221; -local<br \/>\nREM IISRESET<br \/>\niisreset \/noforce<\/p>\n<p>Update Security Groups on Each SharePoint Server.<br \/>\nStart \u2013 Administrative Tools \u2013 Computer Management<br \/>\nExpand System Tools -&gt; Local Users and Groups \u2013 Groups<br \/>\nSet the permissions as below:<\/p>\n<p>ADMINISTRATORS \u2013 add the new farm accountconfirm it exists<br \/>\nWSS_WPG \u2013 add the new farm accountconfirm it exists<br \/>\nWSS_ADMIN_WPG \u2013 add the new farm accountconfirm it exists<\/p>\n<p>Launch Central Administration<br \/>\nSelect Security<br \/>\nSelect Configure Service Accounts<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tsls.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/2010CredImage3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-924 colorbox-919\" title=\"2010CredImage3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tsls.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/2010CredImage3-300x141.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a>Update the following Accounts:<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Farm Account<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Windows Service \u2013 Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Sandboxed Code Service<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Windows Service \u2013 User Profile Synchronization Service<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Windows Service \u2013 Web Analytics Data Processing Service<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Service Application Pool \u2013 SecurityTokenServiceApplicationPool<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Service Application Pool \u2013 SharePoint Web Services System<\/p>\n<p>Remove the old Manage Account<br \/>\nConfirm that the application pools and Services have been updated, if not repeat on each sharepoint server to refresh<\/p>\n<p>The Post Applies to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SharePoint Server 2010,2013,2016<\/li>\n<li>SharePoint Foundation 2010,2013,2016<\/li>\n<li>Search Server 2010 (Express\\Standard)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Following steps describes how to change the Farm Service Account Credentials in SharePoint 2010: complete the following on each server Launch SharePoint 2010 Central Administration (logon as Setup Farm Account) Navigate to \u2018Application 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