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Asked: May 10, 20262026-05-10T19:05:12+00:00 2026-05-10T19:05:12+00:00

What user context do SharePoint timer jobs run under? The farm account? I’m going

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What user context do SharePoint timer jobs run under? The farm account?

I’m going to be accessing some external resources (network share) via the timer job, so I need to know which SharePoint service account to grant permissions.

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  1. 2026-05-10T19:05:13+00:00Added an answer on May 10, 2026 at 7:05 pm

    Yes, in all documents in Technet, it’s ‘SharePoint farm account’.

    In fact, it’s the user which run the OWSTimer job.

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