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Using sa account for ODBC connection in Dynamics GP

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Just wondering if there are other options other than using the sa account in the ODBC connection for Dynamics GP?  Can the DYNSA account be used in the ODBC connection?  I have a client for obvious reasons does not want to use the sa account in this connection.

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  • Bill Campbell Profile Picture
    Bill Campbell 22,647 on at
    RE: Using sa account for ODBC connection in Dynamics GP

    I am with Harry on this one - we have been using sa as the connection for our ODBC for years as it is the one password that you know -- or should know is not getting used else where and it is not getting modified with out your knowledge.

    Best part, as Harry points out, it is not cached - our first complaint was that it was stored - we were able to show or not show that the password did not exist anywhere that users could find.

    We are good with SA

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    Redbeard 12,931 on at
    RE: Using sa account for ODBC connection in Dynamics GP

    Jason,

    The ODBC connection does not cache the SA credentials, so there are no inherent security concerns. Here is a previous post on setting up ODBC connections manually.

    community.dynamics.com/.../106538

    In current versions of Dynamics GP, ODBC sources are created programmaticly, unless you choose not to during install.

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