Steps to Update Service Account Passwords

 

Steps to Update Service Account Passwords

Central Administration

1. Log in with Farm Admin rights.
2. Navigate to Central Administration → Security → Configure Managed Accounts.
3. Select the service account (e.g., Farm Account, Search Service Account, App Pool Account).
4. Click Edit → choose Set account password to new value.
5. Enter the new password provided by AD team.
6. Save changes — SharePoint updates all dependent services automatically.

PowerShell Method

If you prefer scripting for multiple accounts:

# Load SharePoint snap-in if not already

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell

# Example for one account

$Password = Read-Host "Enter new password" -AsSecureString

Set-SPManagedAccount -Identity "DOMAIN\ServiceAccount" -NewPassword $Password

Repeat for each service account.

📋 Accounts Typically Updated

• Farm Account
• Web Application Pool Accounts
• Service Application Pool Accounts (Search, User Profile, Managed Metadata, etc.)
• Workflow Manager / Service Bus Accounts (if integrated)
• SQL Service Accounts (outside SharePoint, but often part of the same rotation)
  
  

 

 

  Restart Timer Service on all servers:

• net stop SPTimerV4
• net start SPTimerV4
•   Verify Jobs: Go to Central Administration → Monitoring → Review Job Definitions and confirm jobs are scheduled and running.
  
  
  🔧 Updating Task Scheduler Jobs After Password Change
• Identify affected jobs
• Open Task Scheduler (taskschd.msc) on each SharePoint server.
• Look for jobs that run under service accounts (Farm Account, Search Account, custom maintenance accounts, etc.).
• Note down which accounts are tied to scheduled tasks.
• Update credentials
• For each job:
• Right-click the job → Properties.
• Go to the General tab.
• Under Security options, click Change User or Group if needed.
• Enter the service account and update the new password.
• Save changes.
• Test job execution
• Right-click the job → Run.
• Confirm it executes successfully with the updated credentials.
• Check logs/output to ensure no authentication errors.