How do I change the administrator account in SharePoint 2013?

How do I change the administrator account in SharePoint 2013?

Navigate to SharePoint 2013 Central Administration interface, click Security in the left hand menu, and click ‘Configure Managed Accounts’. Select the farm administrators account in the account list shown, click the Edit icon and change the password. 2. Manually change the User Profile Service password.

What is your administrator password?

An administrator (admin) password is the password to any Windows account that has administrator level access.

How do I reset my SharePoint password?

In the admin center, go to the Users > Active users page. On the Active users page, select the user and then select Reset password. Follow the instructions on the Reset password page to auto-generate a new password for the user or create one for them, and then select Reset.

How to change the SharePoint farm administrator password?

Navigate to SharePoint 2013 Central Administration interface, click Security in the left hand menu, and click ‘Configure Managed Accounts’. Select the farm administrators account in the account list shown, click the Edit icon and change the password.

Which is SharePoint farm account does not expire?

That way, if such a service account is compromised by a malicious user, that user does not gain access to the entire farm. One such account is the SharePoint 2013 farm account. When creating these service accounts, for various reasons, we typically create a domain account in Active Directory and configure it such that the passwords do not expire.

How to change the SharePoint user profile service password?

Navigate to SharePoint 2013 Central Administration interface, click Security in the left hand menu, and click ‘Configure Managed Accounts’. Select the farm administrators account in the account list shown, click the Edit icon and change the password. 2. Manually change the User Profile Service password.

How to make a local administrator in SharePoint?

The farm administrator account must be made a local administrator on the server hosting the user profile service during the password change. Once that step is complete, launch SharePoint Central Admin, navigate to System Settings and click ‘Manage Services on Server’. This page is used to start and stop services on each machine in the farm.