MSSQLServerADHelper

Hi all,
I have a service installed on my Win2KAdvancedServer called
'MSSQLServerADHelper'. I cannot find any reference to this. Anyone know
what it is?
Thx in advance..
-BB
According to Books Online: Search for MSSQLServerADHelper
MSSQLServerADHelper Service
The MSSQLServerADHelper service performs two functions:
a.. It adds and removes the objects used to register instances of Microsoft SQL ServerT 2000 relational database engine or Analysis server in the Microsoft Windows 2000 Active DirectoryT.
b.. It ensures that the Windows account under which a SQL Server service is running has permissions to update all of the Active Directory objects for the instance, as well as any replication publications and databases for that instance.
The service is dynamically started by an instance of SQL Server or the Analysis Manager when needed. The service is stopped as soon as it has completed its work.
Active Directory objects in a computer container can be created or removed only by programs that have been assigned either domain administration rights or that are running under the localsystem Windows account. Few sites run their SQL Server service under either of these types of accounts. A service application that does not perform network administration, such as SQL Server, is rarely granted full domain administration rights. The localsystem account cannot be given any privileges on remote computers; therefore, running SQL Server under this account would prevent much of the SQL Server distributed functionality from working. The MSSQLServerADHelper service is run under the localsystem account so that it can add and remove objects registering SQL Server entities in the Active Directory.
There is only one MSSQLServerADHelper service on a computer. The single service handles the Active Directory objects for all instances of the SQL Server relational database engine and all Analysis Manager applications running on the computer.
"Brian Burgess" <bburgess66@.hotmail.com> wrote in message news:O$JIN2poEHA.3392@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
Hi all,
I have a service installed on my Win2KAdvancedServer called
'MSSQLServerADHelper'. I cannot find any reference to this. Anyone know
what it is?
Thx in advance..
-BB
|||ah thks .. I thought it might have been something that did not belong ....
-BB
"TJ" <tunj@.hotmail.com> wrote in message news:eLJLfiroEHA.2684@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
According to Books Online: Search for MSSQLServerADHelper
MSSQLServerADHelper Service
The MSSQLServerADHelper service performs two functions:
a.. It adds and removes the objects used to register instances of Microsoft SQL ServerT 2000 relational database engine or Analysis server in the Microsoft Windows 2000 Active DirectoryT.
b.. It ensures that the Windows account under which a SQL Server service is running has permissions to update all of the Active Directory objects for the instance, as well as any replication publications and databases for that instance.
The service is dynamically started by an instance of SQL Server or the Analysis Manager when needed. The service is stopped as soon as it has completed its work.
Active Directory objects in a computer container can be created or removed only by programs that have been assigned either domain administration rights or that are running under the localsystem Windows account. Few sites run their SQL Server service under either of these types of accounts. A service application that does not perform network administration, such as SQL Server, is rarely granted full domain administration rights. The localsystem account cannot be given any privileges on remote computers; therefore, running SQL Server under this account would prevent much of the SQL Server distributed functionality from working. The MSSQLServerADHelper service is run under the localsystem account so that it can add and remove objects registering SQL Server entities in the Active Directory.
There is only one MSSQLServerADHelper service on a computer. The single service handles the Active Directory objects for all instances of the SQL Server relational database engine and all Analysis Manager applications running on the computer.
"Brian Burgess" <bburgess66@.hotmail.com> wrote in message news:O$JIN2poEHA.3392@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
Hi all,
I have a service installed on my Win2KAdvancedServer called
'MSSQLServerADHelper'. I cannot find any reference to this. Anyone know
what it is?
Thx in advance..
-BB