Create SharePoint Service accounts through PowerShell script.
You need to domain admin or have permissions to create user in Active Directory. Need to log in in the domain controller and run this script to create all the service accounts
It creates following service accounts
Account | Description | Domain rights |
SP_Farm | Farm account - Configure and manage the server farm. | SecurityAdmin and DB_Creator rights on the SQL Instance |
SP_admin | Set up account runs SP Configuration wizard | Local Administrator on all the SharePoint Servers. SecurityAdmin and DB_Creator rights on the SQL Instance |
SP_Pool | The Pool account is used to run the Web Application Pools | None |
SP_Services | The Services Account is used to run the Service Application Pool | None |
SP_Crawl | The Default Content Access Account for the Search Service Application | None |
SP_Search | Service Account to run the SharePoint Search “Windows Service� | None |
SP_UserProfiles | The User Profile Synchronization Account | None |
SP_MySitePool | Used for the My Sites Web Application | None |
SP_CacheSuperUser | Object Cache Service Account. The goals of the object cache are to reduce the load on the computer on which SQL Server is running, and to improve request latency and throughput. These user account must be properly configured to ensure that the object cache works correctly. | SharePoint: Must be an account that has Full Control access to the Web application. |
SP_CacheSuperReader | Object Cache Service Account. The goals of the object cache are to reduce the load on the computer on which SQL Server is running, and to improve request latency and throughput. These user account must be properly configured to ensure that the object cache works correctly. | SharePoint: Must be an account that has Full Read access to the Web application |
WF_Service | WorkFlow Manager Service Account | Local Administrator and SysAdmin rights on the SQL instance. |
SP_MySitePool | Used for the My Sites Web Application | None |
SP_VisioUser | Visio Unattended ID | None |
SP_ExcelUser | Excel Unattended ID | None |
SP_PerfPointUser | Performance Point Unattended ID | None |
SQL_Admin | SQL Admin on the SQL Server. Used to Install the SQL Server. | Local Administrator on the SQL Server |
SQL_Services | It is the service account for the following SQL Server services: MSSQLSERVER SQLSERVERAGENT | None |
$talespinDom= (get-addomain).distinguishedname
$password = "RiseAndShine@" | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force
$ouNameSP = "Service Accounts"
$ouWithDom = "OU=$ounameSP,$talespindom"
#----------------------------> Create Organizational Unit <----------------------------
New-ADOrganizationalUnit -Name $OUNameSP -Path $talespinDom
Write-Host "OU $OUNameSP Created" -foregroundcolor green
#-----------------------------> SharePoint 2016 <-------------------------------
$usersArr = @("SP_Farm","SP_Admin","SP_AppPool","SP_SiteAdmin","SP_Service","SP_Crawl","SP_Search",
"SP_UserProfile","SP_PortalSuperReader","SP_CacheSuperUser",
"SP_PerfPointUser","WF_Service","SP_MySitePool","SP_PortalSuperUser","SQL_Admin","SQL_Service")
foreach ($user in $usersArr) {
$accountCreated=$null
$accountCreated = New-ADUser -Name $user -DisplayName $user -SamAccountName $user -AccountPassword $password -ChangePasswordAtLogon $false -PassThru -PasswordNeverExpires $true -Path $ouWithDom -Enabled $true
if($accountCreated){
Write-Host "$user Created" -foregroundcolor green}
else
{ Write-Host "$user not Created" -foregroundcolor red}
}