Handling Service Password Changes

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Updated: October 24, 2012

Many installations require all users to change passwords periodically. Use the following procedure to change the password of the service account.

  1. Log out of the service account.

  2. Log back into the service account using the new password.

  3. Run the following cmdlets from the PowerShell prompt of Microsoft AppFabric Server:

    $AccountPassword = ConvertTo-SecureString -String NewPassword -AsPlainText -Force  
Stop-WFHost -Verbose  
Update-WFHost -RunAsPassword $AccountPassword –Verbose  
Start-WFHost -Verbose

You can now freely add or remove nodes from the farm.