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If you have an on-premises Active Directory environment, you do not want to miss this session! The AD product group will present and demonstrate some of the new AD capabilities coming in Windows Serv...
Char_Cheesman
Updated Dec 27, 2024
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Tony_Pombo
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Mar 28, 2024
I don't understand the purpose of DMSA. Why not just move to "old school" MSA or the newer GMSA? Is it just a way to move to a MSA-thing without touching the server where the account is being used? Is there some other benefit I am overlooking? It seems to me that someday, you'll need/want to clean up the old account and touch the "calling servers" anyway.
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Cliff_Fisher
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Mar 28, 2024
Correct, the idea is to give people a seamless way to "replace" a service account without touching the service itself, changing the credentials on a bunch of machines to the new account, etc.