Windows Credentials keep locking out in Active Directory

Yes, it's that old chestnut where a service account keeps getting locked out from (Probably) an incorrect saved password.

I've got a service account I use to poll Windows servers but it keeps locking out in Active Directory.

When investigating AD logs the request is coming from one of my polling engines and then locking out that account.
Good old AD does not give me any more details. I've created a new account to use for polling but changing it across all these servers does not seem as easy.

Unfortunately this polling engine is polling over 170 servers.

Is there a way to change this account across the 170+ server please?

I basically want to replace the Windows Credentials for 170 server from the old locked account to the new working account.

Thanks in advance and I'm sure everyone that reads this has come across this painful IT problem at least once

Thanks in advance.

MarkyB

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MarkyB

I've now found an alert that identifies "Attempt to use WinRM for Application template polling method"
From that i can see the list of Alerts and servers it's failing on.

Hope this helps others

MarkyB

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Update.
Is there a way to list the node (Entities) that have a Windows Credential assigned to them?

I have 28 Assigned entities to the failing Windows credential but am struggling to work out what servers they are.

Happy Tuesday

MarkyB

Next option I can see is searching the sql database for the service account to let me know what the 28 servers are that are still using the account.

I can't see a way to search for Windows servers using the account for polling.

MarkyB