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Least Privilege Service Accounts for SharePoint 2010

After you install SharePoint and run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard, you are prompted to provide the “Database access account.” This is, in my humble opinion, the single worst UI blunder in all of SharePoint.

SharePoint Governance PowerShell Disappointment

To use PowerShell to do anything with SharePoint, you need to be a DB owner.

Least Privilege Service Accounts for SharePoint 2010

After you install SharePoint and run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard, you are prompted to provide the “Database access account.” This is, in my humble opinion, the single worst UI blunder in all of SharePoint.

Claims-Based Security in SharePoint 2010 Offers New Possibilities

A SharePoint 2010 farm isn’t hard-coded to a specific set of identity providers such as AD and ASP.NET authentication providers. Instead, you can configure trusts and use an identity provider.