SharePoint 2010 accounts

I have installed some SharePoint 2010 servers now and this post will be a reminder for myself and everyone else about which accounts that should be in place on the domain. Essentially you need three accounts:

1. One standard user account running the Sql Service and agent. I prefer to name it sql_service. No specific priviliges for this account
   
   
2. One setup admin account sp_admin that will be used when installing SharePoint and future pathes and service packs. This account should be a domain user account and member of the local admin group on the machines in the farm. The account should also have securityadmin and dbcreator roles on SQL Server to be able to create databases during setup.
   
   
3. One farm account sp_farm which will be the farm account that is used to login to central administration and accessing databases in the farm. This account have to be member of the local admin group on all servers in the farm.

For more information regarding the accounts:

http://www.sharepointproconnections.com/article/sharepoint/Least-Privilege-Service-Accounts-for-SharePoint-2010.aspx

http://msmvps.com/blogs/shane/archive/2010/07/15/what-service-accounts-do-you-need-to-install-sharepoint-2010.aspx

Happy setups