Creating User and Group Accounts

You must have system administrator permissions on the server to create user and group accounts on a Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server. Before creating Microsoft® SQL Server™ logins and database roles, you should create the appropriate Windows accounts for users and groups that will be working with the workflow applications.

To make managing workflow application users easier, it is recommended you create group accounts corresponding to the database roles in your application. It is easier to manage only the group account rather than managing SQL Server logins and database role membership for many users.

Naming Rules

A user or group name cannot be identical to any other user or group name on the domain or computer being administered. It can contain up to 20 uppercase or lowercase characters except for the following:

" /  \ [  ] :  ; |  = ,  + *  ? <  >

A user or group name cannot consist solely of periods (.) and spaces.

For additional information on naming conventions for Windows accounts, see your Windows documentation.

See Also

Windows 2000 and SQL Server Security | Creating a New Windows 2000 User Account | Creating a New Local Group Account | Creating a New Global Group Account | Creating SQL Server Logins