Managed service accounts
Another option to run SQL Server services are managed service accounts (MSA for short) and group managed service accounts (gMSA). MSAs are an older implementation compared to group managed service accounts, which were introduced later with Windows Server 2012, whereas MSAs are supported from Windows Server 2008 R2.
MSAs allow you to create an account in the ActiveDirectory and tie that account to a specific computer. Such an account has its own complex password, which is, such as a virtual account, managed automatically. As an MSA is used only for services running on the computer, you can't use such an account for interactive login. As this account is tied to just one computer account in the ActiveDirectory, one of ...
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