Posted by Erland Sommarskog on 08/17/06 21:53

Dan Guzman (guzmanda@nospam-online.sbcglobal.net) writes:
> I usually suggest that Enterprise manager be used to change the SQL
> Server service account after installation because EM will grant
> additional advanced user rights that don't get assigned with the
> Computer Management method. The advanced rights are needed for
> functionality like changing security context to the proxy account and
> using AWE. The permissions (documented in the BOL) can be granted
> manually but it's more work.

Interesting, I didn't know that. In fact, I was not even aware of that
you could change the service account through EM. I guess that shows how
much that I use Enterprise Manager. :-)

Thanks Dan for the information.


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