Domain vs Local account for service

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Andrew

Hi,

Can anyone recommend any good articles / papers / links discussing the pros
and cons of using either local or domain accounts for service accounts?

Some applications service accounts require administrative access to a
server, I'm wondering is it better to use a Domain User account with Local
Admin access or create a Local Account and give it Local Admin access.

Any information would be appreciated.

Regards
Andrew
 
Why would one use a domain account unless the service
had need to access/sync with resources off-box elsewhere
in the domain ??? If one uses a local account you are
guaranteed that should something happen (bad code, mis-use
of the service, etc) the impact is contained to the one box.
 
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