What kinds of credentials do I need with AppMetrics?
You can use either Windows or SQL Authentication for db operations. You will be asked during setup for either Windows or SQL authentication credentials to set up the SQL Server environment. You will also be asked during setup for a password for the ‘AppMetrics’ user, which will be a SQL account. The AppMetrics SQL account is used during db operations. For this reason, SQL Server must be set up for Mixed Authentication to work with AppMetrics. The AppMetrics service itself runs as a Windows service, and needs Windows credentials. The service account does not need to be a domain account, but it is much easier if it is. The service account needs to be in the AppMetrics Administrators Group on the AppMetrics Manager machine and the AppMetrics Agent machine (where the COM+ components are).
