Resetting the Password of a Managed Service Account

Resetting the Password of a Managed Service Account

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

Example

The following example demonstrates how to reset the password of the managed service account SQL-SRV1:
Reset-ADServiceAccountPassword SQL-SRV1

Additional information

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