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I think you're correct. &nbsp;I'm new to AD. &nbsp;It looks different, but I think it's OK. &nbsp;thanks
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I think you're correct.  I'm new to AD.  It looks different, but I think it's OK.  thanks

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I noticed, in a system I inherited, that the SS Agent startup account is an email address on the Active Directory domain. &nbsp;I'm stilling learning AD, and this may not even be an AD issue. &nbsp;SS Agent obviously works, but I must confess I've never used an email account for a startup account. &nbsp;Is this a good practice? &nbsp;A bad practice? &nbsp;Any caveats?<br />
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many thanks<br />
guillotj
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I noticed, in a system I inherited, that the SS Agent startup account is an email address on the Active Directory domain.  I'm stilling learning AD, and this may not even be an AD issue.  SS Agent obviously works, but I must confess I've never used an email account for a startup account.  Is this a good practice?  A bad practice?  Any caveats?

many thanks
guillotj

Using an email account for SS startup

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