Installing TFS with Group Managed Service Account

Question

Hi There,

I am trying to use Group Managed Service Account gMSA to install TFS Server. I am new to gMSA and assuming that they can be used to configure and run TFS.

I have undertaken the below steps

1. Created a TEST-TFS01 server with Windows Server 2012 R2
2. Created a Security Group testdc\TfsServers & Added the TEST-TFS01 server to this group
3. Created a gMSA called testdc\TfsService and (-PrincipalsAllowedToRetrieveManagedPassword testdc\TfsServers)
   
4. On Server TEST-TFS01 ran Install-AdServiceAccount TfsService & Test-AdServiceAccount TfsService to install & test the gMSA on the host (TEST-TFS01) 

Now how should i use the gMSA as the service account to run TFS? I have tired to use testdc\TfsService$ however the TFS Setup Wizard needs a password to continue.

Thanks in Advance.

Chinkit

Answer 1

Hi Chinkit, 

Thanks for your post.

Sorry that I’m not familiar with GMSA, but according the useable account type information in this TFS document: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms253149.aspx, TFS Service account only support the local account, domain account, Local Service account in a workgroup or Network Service account in a domain.   

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Answer 2

Is there any update on this. I'm currently trying to get TFS 2013 Update 4 installed running on top of MS SQL 2014. The SQL instance has no issues understanding and using the Active Directory Group Managed Service Accounts that I have created, however the installer for TFS is complaining because when specifying the accounts (domain\ServiceAccount$) since they are gMSA you dont need to specify the password, however the installer seems to be expecting one :-( Any work around here?!? Hoping Microsoft can leverage it's own technology....