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EM064-1886 asked FanFan-MSFT commented

What is "System Managed Account Group" in Netplwiz.exe?

Practically speaking, what happens when a user account is set to "System Managed Accounts Group"?
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EM064-1886 answered FanFan-MSFT commented

Thank you.

So is there any practical benefit in changing a user account to "System Managed Account"? (The negative is that you can't log in to it anymore, but is there any positives?)

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Hi,

Since the "System Managed AccountGroup" don't have any default rights in domain.
It is not suggested to change the primary group to System Managed Account if we don't have the clear objectives now.

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And is there a reason why anyone would ever want to change a user account to "System Managed"?

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Hi,
The information about this group is really limited.
I only find the following information about the account:
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FanFan-MSFT answered

Hi,

Following information for your reference:
Members of this group are managed by the system.
Default User Rights: None
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/identity-protection/access-control/local-accounts#defaultaccount
https://www.kapilarya.com/faq-what-is-defaultaccount-in-windows-10
https://ss64.com/nt/syntax-security_groups.html
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I tried to find more information, but without luck.
I will do more research about it, if there are any latest information, i will update here!

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