SCCM service account minimum privilege ?

Hi People,

Due to the PCI requirement, I am forced to minimized the members of Domain Admins group.

This is including:
The SCCM client push install service account DOMAIN\SCCM-PUSH-SVC
The SCCM 2012 R2 Standard (Site Server) AD computer account itself PRODSCCM01-VM.

So I wonder what's the minimum service account that is recommended with bare minimum without breaking SCCM functionality ?
Can I remove the AD computer account from the Domain Admins group ?

My SCCM version is 2012 R2 or the vNext edition which I only use for Workstation only not the servers.

Thanks in advance.
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Senior IT System EngineerIT ProfessionalAsked:
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Benjamin VoglarIT ProCommented:
OK,if that's the case I can then put the DOMAIN\SCCM-PUSH-SVC as the Local Administrators on all Workstations only. - YES (you can use Restricted Group)
https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Managing_local_groups_on_domain_members_via_GPO_restricted_groups

You have A Computer Account (your SCCM Server) in domain admin group?
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Benjamin VoglarIT ProCommented:
SCCM Client push Install Account must be a local admin on computers. That means if you are pushing on domain controlers also, the account must be a member of Domain Admin group.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh427337.aspx

oh. And this is the only one that has to be a domain admin.
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Senior IT System EngineerIT ProfessionalAuthor Commented:
Hi Ben,

OK,if that's the case I can then put the DOMAIN\SCCM-PUSH-SVC as the Local Administrators on all Workstations only.

But what about the PRODSCCM01-VM AD computer account ?
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Senior IT System EngineerIT ProfessionalAuthor Commented:
You have A Computer Account (your SCCM Server) in domain admin group?
As per: https://www.systemcenterdudes.com/sccm-2012-r2-installation-prerequisites

yes I do, so can I remove it safely ?
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Benjamin VoglarIT ProCommented:
I can only say that our server computer account is not a member of domain admin group.

You have nothing to loos. You can remove the account from the group. Check that everything is ok, if not put it back again. And i think everything will work just fine.
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Senior IT System EngineerIT ProfessionalAuthor Commented:
OK, so in your Production environment, nothing related to SCCM is member of Domain Admins group ?
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Benjamin VoglarIT ProCommented:
Just Client Push Install Account.
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Senior IT System EngineerIT ProfessionalAuthor Commented:
Thanks Ben !
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