Permissions to run an agent by using a local or domain account

Only a local or domain user who is a member of Administrators group has permissions to run the Microsoft .NET agent. This topic provides conditions that must be met if the local or domain user is not a member of Administrators group.

User must have the following permissions to the system drive and agent installation drive

• Read
• Write
• Execute
• Modify

User must have the following permission to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry key

• Read

User must be a member of the following groups on the monitored server

• Users
• IIS_IUSRS
• Performance Monitor Users
• Performance Log Users

Note: However, it is advisable to run Microsoft .NET agent with a local or domain user that is a member of local Administrators group.