A dedicated Windows 2012 (or higher) 64 bit server running SQL Server 2012 (or higher) will need to be setup and configured to store the Enterprise Commander data. The server will need to be configured with:

• Mixed mode authentication
• Local account with privileges to create a DB and read and write to that DB

SQL Server Schema set up

Follow the steps below to configure the schema 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. 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
3. 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
4. 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
   5. In the Membership page select db_owner

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