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Follow the steps below to configure the schema prepare SQL for Enterprise Commander:

1. Create a SQL Server account (not a Windows or Active Directory account) which will be used to login to the server.
1.  Right Click the main Security folder, point to New and select Login
2. Select SQL Server Authentication
3. Set the Login name to ER_USER and choose a password
4. Uncheck User must change password at next login
5. Click OK
2. Launch SQL Server Management Studio on your SQL Server machine.
3. Login using a database account that has database creation privileges.
4. Create a new Database called ER_COMMANDER and leave the Owner as <default>.
   
   1. Right Click on the Databases folder and select New Database
   2. Set the Database name to ER_COMMANDER
   3. Do not set anything else and click OK
5. Expand the ER_COMMANDER database folder to create a schema. 
   1. In the ER_COMMANDER folder; right-click the Security folder, point to New and select Schema
   2. In the Schema - New dialog box enter ENGINEROOM for the schema name, then click OK
   In the ER_COMMANDER database create a new user for the database (note: this user is different to the ER_USER created to log into the SQL server) with all the settings below:
   1. User type: SQL user with login
   2. User name: ER_USER
   3. Login Name: ER_USER
   4. Default schema: ENGINEROOM. Do not set schema user.
6. Create a SQL Server account (not a Windows or Active Directory account) which will be used to login to the server.
1. Right Click the top-level Security folder, point to New and select Login
2. Select SQL Server Authentication
3. Set the Login name to ER_USER and choose a password
4. Uncheck User must change password at next login
5. Optionally Uncheck Enforce password expiration, Enforce password policy
6. Select the Server Roles page. Only "public" should be selected.
7. Select the User Mapping page.
8. Tick the Map box next to the ER_COMMANDER database.
9. Type in ENGINEROOM in the Default Schema field. Do not press enter.
10. In the Membership page select db_owner.
11. Click OK

Now that the pre-requisite services and SQL server have been set up, you are now ready to install Enterprise Commander.