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Which user account to use for installation / service ac... - 7.Apr.2004 7:31:00 PM

Digitalcandy

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I've setup ~5 Exchange 2000 systems in production environments. Normally I use the Domain Administrator account for the Exchange services and to do the installation. Is there a "best practice" account I should use instead?

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RE: Which user account to use for installation / servic... - 8.Apr.2004 3:59:00 PM

Henrik Walther

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As Exchange since Exchange 5.5 haven't had the needs for a specific service account (Exchange 2000/2003 runs under local system account), I would say no as long as it has the proper permissions for domainprep/forestprep that is.

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RE: Which user account to use for installation / servic... - 15.Apr.2004 3:59:00 PM

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I agree. What I normally do for new installations is to create a new user called "Postmaster," add it to the Enterprise Admins and Schema Admins groups, and then install Exchange as that user. Once the installation is complete, I remove Postmaster from those groups. Exchange 2000/2003 run under the LocalSystem context, so you don't need to create a special service account.

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