There are many different types of accounts in a typical Active Directory environment. These include user accounts, computer accounts, and a particular type of account called a service account.
A service account is a special type of account that serves a specific purpose for services, and ultimately, applications in the environment.
These special-purpose Active Directory accounts are also the subject of cybersecurity risks in the environment.
What is a service account? What special privileges does it have on local systems? What cybersecurity risks can relate to service accounts used in the environment? How can IT admins find weak or non-expiring passwords used in Active Directory for service accounts?
What is a Windows service?
As mentioned at the outset, specific Active Directory accounts serve different purposes in Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS). You can assign Active Directory accounts as service accounts, a special-purpose account that most organizations create and use to run Windows services located on Windows Servers in their environment.
To understand the role of the service account, what is a Windows service? The Windows Service is a component of Microsoft Windows operating systems, both client and server, that allows long-running processes to execute and run for the duration of the time the host is running.
Unlike an application executed by an end-user, a Windows Service is not executed by an end-user logged into the system. Services run in the background and start when the Windows host initially starts up, depending on the service's configured behavior.
What is a Windows Service account?
Even though a Windows Service is ..
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