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Create the Domain Service Account
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There are various ways of creating a domain account in Active Directory.

For the purposes of this example we will use the **Active Directory Users and
Computers Management** console. You may have a specific Organizational Unit (OU)
for service accounts. For this installation we will simply put the service account
in the built-in **Users OU**.

.. note::

   To execute this procedure you must be a domain administrator.

1. Choose **Users** OU in the navigation pane of the **Active Directory Users and Computers Management**
   window.
#. Right-click **Users** and choose **New User** to open the **New Object - User** dialog.
#. Type "V4UC-Service" in the **Full name** and **User logon name** text boxes.
#. Choose the required domain from the drop-down, and click **Next**.

   Create New Service Account

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#. Enter and confirm your password, making sure that the password complies with
   your Provider's password standards for the Windows domain.
#. Clear the **User must change password at next logon** check box.
#. Select the **Password never expires** check box.

   .. note::
  
      Your organization's policy may require periodically changing service account
      passwords. If that is the case, be sure and change the password in VOSS-4-UC
      at the same time. See the "Provision VOSS-4-UC" section.
      
#. Click **Next**, and then click **Finish**.

Service Account Security Settings


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