Updating the SharePoint Admin Password on an existing Farm
The security policy for many IT departments within organizations requires that passwords be changed after a certain time period. This would require that the accounts associated with a SharePoint Server Farm install be updated.
Here are some steps to do this:
If you are fortunately enough to know the new password before the change has occurred you can:
- stsadm -o updatefarmcredentials -userlogin "domain user" -password "newPassword"
- iisreset
- stsadm -o updateaccountpassword -userlogin "domain user" -password "newpassword" -noadmin
To change the password after the change has been rolled out:
- Update all service accounts passwords for the SQL server if the service is running as a domain account
- Under the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager update the password for each Application Pool by going to the properties and clicking on the Identity tab
- At this point you should be able to view the Central Admin Site, where you will update the password for the SSP Service credentials by either method:
- SharePoint Central Admin -> Click on the left nav Shared Services Administration link -> use the drop down on the SSP you need to change and click on Edit Properties -> Update the values for the SSP Service Credentials
- STSADM.exe -o editssp -title <SSP name> -ssplogin <username> -ssppassword <password>
- Update the Search Service credentials: Central Admin -> Operations -> Services on Server -> Office SharePoint Server Search -> update the credentials for the Service Account
- Profile Import credentials: SSP Admin -> User Profile and Properties -> Configure Profile Import -> Set the access account credentials
