This seems like a problem - what to do about it?

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Kurt Buff, GSEC/GCIH/PCIP

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Mar 17, 2021, 4:32:31 PM3/17/21
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During an account audit, I found that the following account has no password:

get-aduser '$P74000-BLHRH3FIUHA6'

DistinguishedName : CN=Exchange Online-ApplicationAccount,CN=Users,DC=example,DC=lan
Enabled           : False
GivenName         :
Name              : Exchange Online-ApplicationAccount
ObjectClass       : user
ObjectGUID        : 8afa8e43-16c2-4970-aea1-4b8397a6c214
SamAccountName    : $P74000-BLHRH3FIUHA6
SID               : S-1-5-21-207515869-1525690680-377547397-4345
Surname           :

We haven't had any on-prem Exchange for a few years now - certainly since before I came here about 1.5 years ago.

What do I do with this account, and the others that I found (see below) that also don't have passwords? I've done some searching, but so far what I've come up with all relates to a hybrid Exchange environment, and that's no longer what we have.

Thanks,
Kurt

Name              : FederatedEmail.4c1f4d8b-8179-4148-93bf-00a95fa1e042
SamAccountName    : SM_1a9f14ff2b2e43f6a

Name              : SystemMailbox{bb558c35-97f1-4cb9-8ff7-d53741dc928c}
SamAccountName    : SM_1c588ee6df544300a

Name              : DiscoverySearchMailbox {D919BA05-46A6-415f-80AD-7E09334BB852}
SamAccountName    : SM_3199e2dca6eb45768

Name              : SystemMailbox{1f05a927-143c-4c7c-a10d-881d6a212420}
SamAccountName    : SM_56a5158d82b44cbf8

Name              : SystemMailbox{e0dc1c29-89c3-4034-b678-e6c29d823ed9}
SamAccountName    : SM_dbe0ee6eda674a1ba

Name              : Migration.8f3e7716-2011-43e4-96b1-aba62d229136
SamAccountName    : SM_f5edf4177b944579b

Michael B. Smith

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Mar 18, 2021, 10:47:23 AM3/18/21
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I don’t know anything about the first one.

 

The others are called “arbitration accounts” and should’ve been removed when your Exchange servers were removed.

 

If you have no on-premises servers, they can be removed.

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Kurt Buff, GSEC/GCIH/PCIP

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Mar 18, 2021, 11:27:12 AM3/18/21
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Thanks.

I'll schedule a removal of the arbitration accounts, then disable the first account and monitor for problems for a while before deleting.

Kurt

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