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Is Powershell the best way to create and administer Managed Service Accounts (MSAs) in Win2K12 R2 Active Directory environments ? &nbsp;Apparently the MSAs may be viewable in the AD Computers and Users MSC console but all of the attributes are not accessible or configurable from there. &nbsp;Are there any other ways for newbies to the MSA framework to work with the MSAs through a GUI ? &nbsp;And are there any other utilities that can assist with troubleshooting MSAs ? TIA ...
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Is Powershell the best way to create and administer Managed Service Accounts (MSAs) in Win2K12 R2 Active Directory environments ?  Apparently the MSAs may be viewable in the AD Computers and Users MSC console but all of the attributes are not accessible or configurable from there.  Are there any other ways for newbies to the MSA framework to work with the MSAs through a GUI ?  And are there any other utilities that can assist with troubleshooting MSAs ? TIA ...

Managed Service Accounts (MSA) in Windows Server 2012 R2 Active Directory

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.

Active Directory

Windows Server 2012 is the server version of Windows 8 and the successor to Windows Server 2008 R2. Windows Server 2012 is the first version of Windows Server to have no support for Itanium-based computers since Windows NT 4.0. Windows Server 2012, now in its second release (Windows Server 2012 Release 2) includes Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter, and does not support IA-32 or IA-64 processors.