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Server.ServiceAccount Property

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Gets the service account under which the instance of SQL Server is running.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone)> _
Public ReadOnly Property ServiceAccount As String 
    Get
'Usage
Dim instance As Server 
Dim value As String 

value = instance.ServiceAccount

[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone)]
public string ServiceAccount { get; }

[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags::Standalone)]
public:
property String^ ServiceAccount {
    String^ get ();
}

[<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone)>]
member ServiceAccount : string

function get ServiceAccount () : String

Property Value

Type: System.String
A String value that specifies service account for the instance of SQL Server.

Examples

C#

Server srv = new Server("(local)");
Console.WriteLine("The SQL Server service account is:" + srv.ServiceAccount);

PowerShell

$srv = new-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")
Write-Host "The SQL Server service account is:" $srv.ServiceAccount

See Also

Reference

Server Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Planning a SQL Server Installation

Other Resources

Managing Servers