Service Account Manager software represents a mass manager Windows services. The tool provides a single view of all services on all managed systems, allowing administrators to report on and change virtually all service properties with a few mouse clicks.
Unlike other tools on the market, a full rights and service account membership editor are built-in, so not only are credentials updated, but their associated rights and memberships are correctly configured. Managing Windows services for a back office servers is a giant headache for administrators using Microsoft's built-in tools.
The built-in tools require a massive number of mouse clicks and are incapable of answering the simple command: "show me which accounts are used on which services on all my servers, and give me a way to change them all at the same time." Service Account Manager provides a single view of all services running/installed on all managed systems.
Administrators can then sort by account (or any other reported characteristic), prepare reports on credential usage, and change virtually all service properties with a few mouse clicks.
Note: You must be the local administrator in order to use this tool.
Here are some key features of "Service Account Manager":
Productivity:
· Helps administrators centrally manage services in the constantly evolving IT infrastructure, without resorting to manual processes or scripts.
Performance:
· Minimizes service disruptions that affect mission-critical servers and cause them to slow or crash at the same time every day.
Security:
· Enhances system security by allowing service credentials to be quickly updated, even if administrators leave the organization.
Compliance:
· Maintains regulatory compliance by ensuring that service account credentials are regularly changed, and by auditing the use of domain administrator credentials.
Consolidated View:
· View all services on all managed systems in one comprehensive list.
Password Resets:
· Reset passwords for the domain accounts under which services across all systems are running.
Enterprise Control:
· Manage all service account rights and group memberships on all systems in the network in a single operation.
Dependency Analysis:
· Perform full dependency analysis on each service start and stop.
Update Services:
· Locate and update all services running under specific accounts.
Replace Services:
· Find and replace service accounts by name/password.
Modify Services:
· Modify service dependencies, as well as service security and auditing settings.
Restart Services:
· Restart services automatically at regular intervals to stop memory leaks.
Peak Performance:
· Handle changes to thousands of machines in just a few minutes.
Access Control:
· Allow detailed and granular control to the configuration of services.
Logon Cache:
· Update the local logon cache with a copy of the changed credentials.
Remote Operations:
· Install and remove services remotely using integrated support for VNC or Terminal Services.
Schedule Tasks:
· Change or update services and reboot servers according to your schedule.
Comprehensive Auditing:
· Maintain a detailed audit trail by recording all systems that have been changed.
Alternate Credentials:
· Load as many alternate credentials as needed for cross domain and workgroup administration of service accounts.
Filtered Reports:
· Generate filtered HTML reports and CSV files detailing service configurations, with optional email alerts.
SQL Back-End:
· Uses SQL Server to store all Windows service data.
Agentless Installation:
· Operates without deploying agents on client systems.
SpikeSource Certified:
· Achieves Intel standards for quality, security, and performance.
Limitations:
· Trial allows management of 10 computers for 30 days
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Added: Can now set service credentials to run as NT AuthorityNetwork Service
· Added: Can now set service credentials to run as NT AuthorityLocalService
· Added: Support for changing clustered services
· Updated: Support of Vista and later operating systems
· Fixed: Pre and post run operations may use incorrect account credentials
· Fixed: Countdown timers were not visually updating in terminal services
· Fixed: Browse option when changing service executable path
· Fixed: Incorrect licensing of systems
· Fixed: Changing service description updated service name instead of description
· Removed: shell browser for Vista and later operating systems
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