User account to run sql server

  • Hi all,

    Im a bit confused with regards what type of user account and what level of access this account should have on the domain to run a sql server.

    I have two environments. Development environment which has single instance of sql server 2005 and then a Production environment which is a sql cluster.

    Should i have different accounts for both environments? should the accounts be domain accounts or local os accounts?

    Can someone give me a bit of a run down on how these accounts should be set up please.

    Regards

    N.

  • With SQL Server 2005 the service accounts just needs to be a standard domain account. When you install SQL Server and specify the domain account (or when you change it using Configuration Manager) the necessary permissions are granted to the account.

    As far as having different accounts for the different instances, some would say you should, some say you don't need to. Here is a link to the search results for Service Accounts on this site. There are several articles and forum posts on the issue.

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