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How to Manage the BizTalk Server Administrators Group

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The BizTalk Server Administrators group has the fewest privileges necessary to perform administrative tasks. You add users to the BizTalk Server Administrators group so that they can perform administrative tasks by using the BizTalk Server Administration Console or the WMI provider. You also remove users from the BizTalk Server Administrators group when they no longer need to perform administrative tasks by using the BizTalk Server Administration Console or the WMI provider.

Prerequisites

You must be a member of the Administrators or Domain Admins group to perform this procedure.

To add users to the local BizTalk Server Administrators group

  1. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Computer Management.

  2. Expand System Tools, expand Local Users and Groups, and then click the Groups folder. The folder contents appear in the details pane.

  3. In the details pane, click BizTalk Server Administrators.

  4. On the Action menu, point to All Tasks, and then click Add to Group.

  5. In the BizTalk Server Administrators Properties dialog box, click Add.

  6. In the Look in list, select your domain or computer name.

  7. In the list that contains the users and computers associated with the domain or computer you selected in step 6, select the user account to add, click Add, and then click OK.

  8. Click OK to close the BizTalk Server Administrators Properties dialog box.

To remove users from local the BizTalk Server Administrators group

  1. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Computer Management.

  2. Expand System Tools, expand Local Users and Groups, and then click the Groups folder. The folder contents appear in the details pane.

  3. In the details pane, click BizTalk Server Administrators.

  4. On the Action menu, click Properties.

  5. In the BizTalk Server Administrators Properties dialog box, select the user account you want to remove, and then click Remove.

  6. Click OK.

To add users to the domain BizTalk Server Administrators group

  1. Log on to the domain controller where the SQL Server databases are joined by using the Domain Admins account.

  2. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers to start the Active Directory Users and Computers console.

    1. In the console tree, click the folder that contains the BizTalk Server Administrators group to which you want to add a member.

    2. In the details pane, right-click the BizTalk Server Administrators group, and then click Properties.

    3. On the Members tab, click Add.

    4. In Enter the object names to select, type the name of the user, and then click OK.

To remove users from the domain BizTalk Server Administrators group

  1. Log on to the domain controller where SQL databases are joined using the Domain Admins account.

  2. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers to start the Active Directory Users and Computers console.

    1. In the console tree, click the folder that contains the BizTalk Server Administrators group to which you want to add a member.

    2. In the details pane, right-click the BizTalk Server Administrators group, and then click Properties.

    3. On the Members tab, click the member you want to remove, and then click Remove.

    4. Click OK.

See Also

Managing BizTalk Server Security
Managing Hosts and Service Accounts
Best Practices for Managing Windows Groups and User Accounts
Windows Groups and User Accounts in BizTalk Server
Managing Windows Groups and User Accounts