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DanuN123
Mar 16, 2023Copper Contributor
Change service account to avoid cached password in windows registry
Hi , In Microsoft 365 defender > secure score there's a recommendation for me saying "Change service account to avoid cached password in windows registry" , and I can see multiple MSSQL services ...
MarkusQ_oh22
May 05, 2025Copper Contributor
Hello,
as suggested by the remediation options we changed all accounts for the SQL Server services to "gMSAs" (group manage service accounts). I mostly followed this guide here:
https://www.sqlshack.com/configure-managed-service-accounts-for-sql-server-always-on-availability-groups/
This should be the trick. Unfortunately the servers are still marked as exposed devices. I will open a new thread and ask why. But to my understanding this is a false-positive...