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We are migrating a number of servers to the cloud with azure. As part of this we want to ensure the 3rd party helping with the migration adheres to best practices specific to service/local accounts on the servers been migrated. Are there any specifics around security/configuration of local/service accounts for new cloud based windows servers, aside from the obvious things like complex passwords?
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We are migrating a number of servers to the cloud with azure. As part of this we want to ensure the 3rd party helping with the migration adheres to best practices specific to service/local accounts on the servers been migrated. Are there any specifics around security/configuration of local/service accounts for new cloud based windows servers, aside from the obvious things like complex passwords?

service and admin accounts for cloud servers

Cloud computing, also known as on-demand computing, is a kind of Internet-based computing where shared resources and information are provided to computers and other devices. It is a model for enabling ubiquitous, on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources. Cloud computing and storage solutions provide users and enterprises with various capabilities to store and process their data in third-party data centers, relying on sharing of resources to achieve coherence and economies of scale.

Cloud Computing

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Windows OS

The Microsoft Server topic includes all of the legacy versions of the operating system, including the Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 and Windows Home Server versions.