Do service accounts need to be members of the built-in administrators group?

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Do any of the service accounts (accounts used by SQL Server, Share Point, etc.) need to be members of the built-in administrators group? These accounts are not members of Domain Admins, but rather the built-in “Administrators” group. If I’m understanding this correctly, this would be the well-known SID S-1-5-32-544. That’s the built-in administrators group that is the local admin group for every computer.

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RE: Do service accounts need to be members of the built-in administrators group?

This might be a better location:

msdn.microsoft.com/.../cc281953(v=SQL.100).aspx
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RE: Do service accounts need to be members of the built-in administrators group?

They do not,

Microsoft explains the ins and outs of service accounts at the following:

msdn.microsoft.com/.../ms143504.aspx

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Leslie