Adding Managed Accounts using PowerShell

Here’s a handy tip…thanks to www.SecretsofSharePoint.com

 

Enjoy,

Tim

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You can add SharePoint 2010 managed accounts by using New-SPManagedAccount in Windows PowerShell. When creating automated scripts, you may want to check if an account is already a managed account. Simply use Get-SPManagedAccount and a simple if/else statement to determine if the managed account already exists. Here’s a short code example:

$userName
=
“domain\user”

if(Get-SPManagedAccount
|
Where-Object { $_.UserName
-eq
$userName }){

# Managed Account Already exists

Write-Host “Managed
Account: $userName
exists”

} else {

# Get User Credentials

$credential
=
Get-Credential
-Credential
$userName

# Create New Managed Account

New-SPManagedAccount
-Credential
$credential

}

This tip provided by Expert in Residence, Niklas Goude