Creating Service Accounts for SharePoint 2013 on Windows Server 2012 R2

This post is a part of the series Integrating SharePoint 2013 with OAM 11g R2PS2 so i hope you have followed the steps mentioned their.

Q- Why is their need to create Service Accounts before installing SQL Server 2012 & SharePoint?
Ans- The reason for this is, we will be using these accounts references in their configurations steps.

As of now we have setup our AD on Windows Server 2012 R2, so we will use it for accounts creation.

Before we start 2 things we must know, i.e. 

• We will be creating 2 users, one for SQL Server 2012 setup & other one for SharePoint 2013.
• The user for SQL Server will be having admin rights, while the sharepoint user will be w/o it.

Let's Start the process..............................

Create User Account for SQL Server 2012 Setup :-

1) First log in to your host machine with the user you have created Create User Account

 2) Once your are logged into your system, Go to Server Manager -> Tools. Select Active Directory Users & Computer Option.

3) Active Directory Users & Computers: Using this program we will be adding service accounts aka users in our AD.

  Select Users option in your left pane, on selecting it users existing in your AD will be displayed.

4) Create User with Admin Rights: This user will be required for SQL Server 2012 Configuration.
Right click the "Administrator" User already created, and click copy.

 Once you have clicked copy, it will open an add user window. 

6) Create User - Now provide user log in name, i used "sqlAdminAcc" name for admin user that will be used in SQL Server Config.

    Press Next -> Now provide password for the user & remember select "Password Never Expires" radio button.

    Press Next -> It will ask you to confirm the details. If all is well, press finish.

7) Your User is created.............

    Right Click the newly created user i.e. "sqlAdminAcc" and click "Properties".

   Hey, did you noticed that this user is member of "Administrator Group" ....... So we are done.....!!!!

Create User Account for SharePoint SetUp:

1) You are already logged into the host machine and Active Directory User & Computers program is running.

2) Create a New User:

    Click Users on the left Pane. Right click Users -> Select New -> Choose User option

3) Enter User Details:-

     Provide login name -> "spFarm". This is the user i will be using for SharePoint Setup Configuration.

    Press Next -> Provide Password Details

    Note: Remember to select "Password Never Expires" radio button and untick "User must change password at next logon".

    Press Next -> You will be asked to confirm the created user details. If all is well, press finish.


4) Congrats you have successfully created the user..............

Now we will proceed to Install & Configure SQL Server 2012 on Windows Server 2012 R2

Enjoy :-)