Microsoft KB Archive/826843

= Accounts and groups that are installed by Systems Management Server 2003 =

Article ID: 826843

Article Last Modified on 10/27/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003

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SUMMARY
This article describes some of the accounts and the groups that may be created as sites are added to the Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 hierarchy. SMS 2003 offers an Advanced Security feature that can reduce the number of accounts that are required to maintain the hierarchy.



MORE INFORMATION
The accounts that are created in the SMS hierarchy depend on whether you select Standard Security or Advanced Security when you install SMS 2003. Some of the accounts and the groups that are created are:

The following guidelines can be used to calculate the number of accounts that SMS 2003 will create:

The following scenario is an example of a medium-sized company with 10 domain controllers.

The company has 9 resource domains and 1 master domain. Each domain controller is its own SMS 2003 site server. The total number of accounts that are created may be similar to the following:

For additional information about Standard Security and Advanced Security in SMS 2003, and about the accounts and the groups that are created with each security mode, review the following topics in the SMS Online Library:
 * About SMS Remote Service Accounts
 * Common Server Accounts
 * Complete List of SMS Accounts
 * Managing Accounts Through Site Setup and Site Reset
 * Minimizing the Number of Accounts SMS Uses
 * Planning for SMS Account Lifecycles
 * SMS Advanced Security
 * SMS Database Accounts and Roles
 * SMS Security Account Principles
 * Tightening SMS Security
 * Using Optional Accounts

To find these topics, follow these steps:
 * 1) Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Systems Management Sever, and then click SMS Online Library.
 * 2) In the search box, type the topic name, and then click List Topics.

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