Installing a Managed Service Account,Deleting a Managed Service Account

Deleting a Managed Service Account

This topic explains how to use the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell to delete a managed service account.

Example

The following example demonstrates how to delete the managed service account SQL-SRV1:
Remove-ADServiceAccount -Identity SQL-SRV1

Additional information

For a full explanation of the parameters that you can pass to Remove-ADServiceAccount, at the Active Directory module command prompt, type Get-Help Remove-ADServiceAccount –detailed, and then press ENTER.

Installing a Managed Service Account

This topic explains how to use the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell to install a managed service account.

Example

The following example demonstrates how to install the managed service account SQL-SRV1. You must run the command on the local computer:
Install-ADServiceAccount -Identity SQL-SRV1

Additional information

For a full explanation of the parameters that you can pass to Install-ADServiceAccount, at the Active Directory module command prompt, type Get-Help Install-ADServiceAccount –detailed, and then press ENTER.

Note
Installing a managed service account using the New-ADServiceAccount cmdlet fails with error 0xC0000225 when the value for the name attribute does not match the accounts corresponding SAM account name.