Active Directory gMSA – Full Guide

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Do your services still run under 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀?

That’s the classic trap 🧨. Passwords that never change, unnecessary privileges, SPNs making accounts 𝗞𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, and credentials that need to be managed somewhere.

Where supported, use 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀 (MSA / gMSA / dMSA) instead. You get strong automatically managed passwords, no need to manually rotate them, and accounts designed specifically for running services.

I recently created a 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽-𝗯𝘆-𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 guide for creating and using gMSA, available for free together with my other Windows Infrastructure Security guides:

https://academy.horizon-secured.com/p/windows-infrastructure-security-guides

PDF guide:

Active Directory – gMSA Creation