Domain Accounts

In order to set up a MOSS 2007 farm you need the following domain accounts. Please remember that this is just an example and that there are different naming conventions.

Account name	Account type
SqlService	SQL Service account
MossFarm	MOSS Farm Service Account aka: “Database Access Account”
MossWeb	MOSS Web Application Service Account (Port 80 Application Pool)
MossSspAdmin	MOSS SSP Admin Service Account (Application Pool service account)
MossSspMySite	MOSS SSP MySite Service Account (Application Pool service account)
MossSspService	MOSS SSP Service (Application Pool)
MossSearchService	MOSS Search Service aka: “Farm Search Service Account”
MossProfile	MOSS Profile Import. “Default Access Account” on the Configure Profile Import page.
MossExcel	MOSS Excel Services
WssSearchService	WSS Search Service
WssContentAccess	WSS Search Content Access

For each user above:

• Add the user to your Active Directory.
• Set the password.
• Check “User cannot change password”.
• Check “Password never expires”.

Script to Create User Accounts

The user accounts can optionally be created using the following script. Replace the myPassword, myDC, and myDcExt with the appropriate values for your domain. The following script creates the user accounts for the Wagner.local domain. Yours should be different.

Note: This script also create four additional test user accounts. They are:

• SpAce
• SpKing
• SpQueen
• SpJack

Script: (CreateAccounts.cmd)

set myPassword=YOUR-PASSWORD-HERE
set myDC=Wagner
set myDcExt=local
rem - Service accounts
dsadd user cn="SqlService,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "SQL Service" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
dsadd user cn="MossFarm,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "MOSS Farm Service Account" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
dsadd user cn="MossWeb,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "MOSS Web Application Pool" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
dsadd user cn="WssSearchService,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "WSS Search Service" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
dsadd user cn="WssContentAccess,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "WSS Search Content Access" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
dsadd user cn="MossSspAdmin,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "MOSS SSP Admin Application Pool" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
dsadd user cn="MossSspMySite,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "MOSS SSP MySite Application Pool" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
dsadd user cn="MossSspService,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "MOSS SSP Service" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
dsadd user cn="MossSearchService,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "MOSS Search Service" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
dsadd user cn="MossProfile,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "MOSS Profile Import" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
dsadd user cn="MossExcel,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "MOSS Excel Services" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
rem - Additional user test accounts
dsadd user cn="SpAce,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "test account" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
dsadd user cn="SpKing,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "test account" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
dsadd user cn="SpQueen,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "test account" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
dsadd user cn="SpJack,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "test account" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
pause

set myPassword=Wagner#1
set myDC=Wagner
set myDcExt=local
rem
rem - SharePoint SQL Server service account
dsadd user cn="SqlService,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "SQL Service" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
rem
rem - SharePoint Service accounts
dsadd user cn="SpFarm,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "SP Farm Account" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
dsadd user cn="SpAppWeb,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "SP Web Application Pool" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
dsadd user cn="SpAppAdmin,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "SP Admin Application Pool" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
dsadd user cn="SpAppMySite,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "SP MySite Application Pool" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
dsadd user cn="SpAppSsp,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "SP SSP Service" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
dsadd user cn="SpSvcSearch,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "SP Search Service" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
dsadd user cn="SpSvcExcel,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "SP Excel Services" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
dsadd user cn="SpProfile,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "SP Profile Import" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
rem
dsadd user cn="SpWssSearchService,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc " SP WSS Search Service" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
dsadd user cn="SpWssSearchAccess,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "SP WSS Search Content Access" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
rem
rem - User test accounts
dsadd user cn="SpAce,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "test account" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
dsadd user cn="SpKing,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "test account" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
dsadd user cn="SpQueen,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "test account" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
dsadd user cn="SpJack,cn=users,dc=%myDC%,dc=%myDcExt%" -desc "test account" -mustchpwd no -pwdneverexpires yes -canchpwd no -pwd %myPassword% -disabled no
pause

Enjoy!