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Server Farm: Account Name

Asked By: Darren Andrews Date: Aug 11, 2007 Category: MOSS Views: 221

I'm creating seperate security accounts for SharePoint 2007, the setup,
sql, search, search_content, ssp, mysites etc... In my documentation,
I don't understand what the "Server Farm Account" is. Do I create a
Farm account or is it created during setup with the name like
[ServerName]$.

Tagged:server farm account name

3 Answers Found

Answer #1 Answered By: Irving Hurley Answered On: Aug 11, 2007

Create a domain account to serve as the farm account. It will not be
created automatically. The only account I've seen set up automatically
is a document conversion local account on the WFE server(s) (and three
WSS local security groups).

Answer #2 Answered By: Allyson Burgess Answered On: Aug 11, 2007

I created and used these accounts, (renamed a bit):

* xx_setup

* xx_sql

* xx_search

* xx_search_content

* xx_ssp1

* xx_mysites

I installed SharePoint 2007 with my xx_setup user account. I'm assuming
it's this account or maybe just a new domain account that I'd use myself
when logging onto the SharePoint server itself.

At any rate, everything is working fine.

Answer #3 Answered By: Vinay Thakur Answered On: Aug 11, 2007

You're welcome. I'd suggest logging into the server as yourself unless
you have a specific to log in as the setup account (i.e. running the
configuration wizard).

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