The service account is used by LS Central to log into the Business Server instance and database. Creating a domain service account to use, instead of using the Network Service account, provides additional security as well as the ability to use the same account to run the SQL Server, regardless of whether the SQL Server is on the same computer or not.
The domain server account must:
- Be enabled to log in as a service.
- Be enabled to register an SPN on itself.
- Be added to the SMSvcHost.exe.config file.
- Be provided the appropriate database privileges in SQL Server.
Once the account is created, the next step is to assign the necessary SQL Server privileges.
For instructions on creating a Business Central server account and the SQL Server privileges to be assigned, please follow instructions from Microsoft.
Documents provided by Microsoft located here.