I am new to SharePoint Administration and have been confused about Farm Account Vs Farm Administrator! Can anyone help me know the main differences between Farm Account Vs Farm Administrator in SharePoint 2019?
The SharePoint farm account is a domain user account, also referred to as a database access account.
The farm account should only be used to run the below services and pools:
Note: The farm account is the windows account that is used to connect to the configuration database during configuring the configuration database settings in the SharePoint configuration wizard.
The SharePoint Farm Administrator is a domain account that is a member of the Farm Administrators Group.
Note: By default, the Members of the Local Administrator Group are added to the Farm Administrators Group (BUILTIN\Administrators).
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