About network account privileges

When you install System Platform, you can choose to have the system automatically create the Network Account as a local account. The Network Account cannot be used to interactively log on to the computer.

If you specify a pre-existing user account as the Network, it is added to the group aaAdministrators. Any SQL Server privileges that Application Server requires are also added. See SQL Server rights requirements for more information.

Note: Members of the aaAdministrators group do not have system admin privileges.

See Modify the network account if you need to change or recreate the Network Account.

System Platform Upgrade

If you are upgrading from an earlier version of System Platform, and the existing Network Account (called ArchestrA User in prior releases) is a system Administrator, you are prompted to either:

• Remove the Network Account from the Administrators group to enhance security.

• Keep the Network Account as a system Administrator. You may want to keep the Network Account as a system Administrator, if it is leveraged by other applications and needs elevated privileges.

See Upgrading the Wonderware System Platform for more information.