When you install SQL Server, is it necessary to run the SQL Setup
install under the credential in which SQL Server service would run
under? Or is that okay if I logged into the computer under my
credentials and then install SQL Server. Is there a best practice for
this?

Also, when SQL Server is being installed the ploicy here is to install
it on D: not the local hard drive of the server, are there any
disadvantages to it?

Thanks

You need to install using an account that is a local administrator. There
are additional requirements for cluster installs. You do not have to use
the SQL service account to do the installation. I typically do not use the
service account since I don't make it an administrator on the local machine,
at least for SQL 2005.

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Geoff N. Hiten
Senior SQL Infrastructure Consultant
Microsoft SQL Server MVP




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> When you install SQL Server, is it necessary to run the SQL Setup
> install under the credential in which SQL Server service would run
> under? Or is that okay if I logged into the computer under my
> credentials and then install SQL Server. Is there a best practice for
> this?
>
> Also, when SQL Server is being installed the ploicy here is to install
> it on D: not the local hard drive of the server, are there any
> disadvantages to it?
>
> Thanks
>