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Title
Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA) support in Recovery Manager for AD -
Description
As per our Recovery Manager for AD User Guide, Managed Service Accounts (MSA) are generally supported. On the other hand, Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA) can currently be used for scheduling backups primarily. When you specify a gMSA account for the Backup Agent using the "Use the following account" option you may encounter the following error message:
Failed to connect to backup agent: Cannot establish the connection to the backup agent
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Cause
Recovery Manager for AD 9.0 and previous releases have limited support for Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA). -
Resolution
An enhancement request has been created (RMAD-1375). We are planning to support Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA) with the 9.1 release. -
Defect ID
RMAD-1375 -
Additional Information
Group Managed Service Accounts Technet Blog https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askpfeplat/2012/12/16/windows-server-2012-group-managed-service-accounts/