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SharePoint Foundation service accounts

I'm new to SharePoint Foundation and have a question regarding service accounts. I did not configure any service accounts and now I receive the following message:

"The server farm account should not be used for other services." Failing Services: SPTimerService (using the Network Service account).

I want to change this and found that I can do so under the credential management section. Do I need to select the Farm account for the service to change (I don't see the SPTimerService listed)? I setup a new domain account to use for this but my only options under "Select an account for this component" are Network Service and Local Service.

I read the following technet article but it doesn't really explain much: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff805056.aspx

If I use my new domain service account does it need any specific priviledges assigned to it in SharePoint before I add it?

Justin Smith

This is a "bug" basically, nothing you can do to completely eliminate it except disabling the rule. The farm account should ALWAYS run the timer service, as well as a couple others. You can ignore this warning.

However, if you're farm account is NETWORK SERIVCE, that isn't best practice (but still works). Did you do a basic standalone install?

emauch

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Yes, this is a standalone install. Should I change the farm account and can I somehow select a domain account?

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Justin Smith

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