The gMSA

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The gMSA

Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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March 5, 2020 at 12:00 am

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Stewart "Arturius" Campbell SSC Guru Points: 72633 More actions · Answer 1

Nice one, thanks Steve

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Joie Andrew One Orange Chip Points: 27360 More actions · Answer 2

We use gMSAs quite a bit in my environment. While they are good for generic SQL Server stuff, I wish the MS Docs documentation was a little more clear on where they are not a good fit. Things like:

linked server credentials
SQL credentials
SSRS data store credentials

I am sure there are more places I just don't have not been able to test all scenarios where a gMSA could be specified for them yet.

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736342 More actions · Answer 3

I wouldn't expect a gMSA to work for these. These are for Windows services, not credentials for access.

Joie Andrew One Orange Chip Points: 27360 More actions · Answer 4

I'm not so sure about that. gMSAs can be used for things like scheduled tasks and IIS app pools. I think it more depends on if a particular app is designed to be aware of gMSAs.

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736342 More actions · Answer 5

You may be right. Didn't know they could use these for tasks, so it likely means the app needs to work with these.