In this article we will seeing how to get all the managed accounts using
powershell in SharePoint 2010.
Managed Accounts:
Managed Accounts is a new feature in SharePoint 2010. Managed accounts are
Active Directory user accounts whose credentials are managed by and contained
within SharePoint. When administrators configure a new web application or
service application they don't have to remember the username and passwords every
time if the service account is registered. They can just simply select the
managed account and they can configure the web application and service
application. For example when administrator create a new web application (Go
to Central Administration => Application management => Manage Web Applications
=> Click New in the ribbon interface)
Administrator can just choose the service account (whose account is already is
registered) for the application pool from the drop down as shown in the
following
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Automatic password change:
SharePoint 2010 also introduces automatic password change.
Automatic password change enables SharePoint to automatically generate new
strong passwords on a schedule you set. Select the Enable automatic password
change checkbox to allow SharePoint to manage the password for the selected
account.
If an account policy based expiry date is detected for the account, and the
expiry will occur before the scheduled date and time, the password will be
changed on a configured number of days before the expiry date at the regularly
scheduled time.
We can choose to enable e-mail notifications in order to have the system
generate warning notifications about upcoming password change events.
We can also specify a time and schedule for the system to automatically change
the password.
Get all Managed Accounts:
Go to Central Administration => Security => General Security => Configure
managed accounts.
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You could be able to see all the managed accounts.
The same thing can be achieved using the following powershell cmdlet.
Get-SPManagedAccount:
Get-SPManagedAccount – Retrieves accounts registered in the configuration
database.
Go to Start => All Programs => Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products =>SharePoint
2010 Management Shell => Run as administrator.
Type the following command
Get-SPManagedAccount
This command displays all the managed accounts in the farm.
Note: For more information on Get-SPManagedAccount cmdlet refer
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607835.aspx