Database Account

When you create a database, you will be asked for the Database Account. The Database Account is a login of the SQL Server that all users and services will use to access the database. We recommend that you create a dedicated SQL Server login for this task.

Login Requirements

For SQL Server Authentication

SQL Server logins can contain from 1 to 128 characters, including only letters and numbers.

SQL Server logins cannot:

• contain symbols, such as a semicolon (;) or a backslash (\);
• be a reserved login name, for example sa or public;
• already exist;
• be NULL or an empty string ('').

Permissions and Roles

The Database Account does not require any server-level roles. As soon as you specify the Database Account during the database creation, the Database Management tool grants these permissions to this SQL Server login:

• db_owner fixed-database role for the database.

• VIEW ANY DEFINITION and VIEW SERVER STATE SQL Server permissions.

About making changes

Any changes made to this SQL Server login on the SQL Server will require the administrator to generate a new Database Access Key, reconfigure the Inventory Server, and modify the existing connections on all technician workstations.

Please consider to never change the Database Account, or do it only when it is absolutely necessary.