Group Managed Service Accounts (GMSAs) User accounts created to be used as service accounts rarely have their password changed. Group Managed Service Accounts (GMSAs) provide a better approach (starting in the Windows 2012 timeframe). The password is managed by AD and automatically changed. This means that the GMSA has to have security principals explicitly delegated …
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May 29 2020
Attacking Active Directory Group Managed Service Accounts (GMSAs)
In May 2020, I presented some Active Directory security topics in a Trimarc Webcast called “Securing Active Directory: Resolving Common Issues” and included some information I put together relating to the security of AD Group Managed Service Accounts (GMSA). This post includes the expanded version of attacking and defending GMSAs I covered in the webcast.I …


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