How to change App-V Management Server Service to run as a Service Account
By default the App-V Management Server service is configured to run as the Network Service and you can not simply change this . If you want to change the service account, because the company policy or security dictate this , you find help in the following steps . 1. Create the service account in your Active Directory 2. Add this account to the administrator group used for the App-V Administrators 3. Open the services.msc, then double-click on Application Virtualization Management Server 4. Click on the Log on tab and change the NT Authority\Network Service to the service account that you created in Step 1 and enter the password. Click OK. 5. Click OK again to acknowledge the Services dialog box indicating that the new logon will not be in effect until the service is restarted. 6. You must add the service account to Logon as A Service rights in the Local Security Policy 7. Open the command prompt and enter the following commands: setspn -A SoftGrid/<FQDN