Installing SpiraTest, SpiraPlan and SpiraTeam v3.x on SQL Server 2012

KB21: Created By inflectra.david | Thursday, October 18, 2012 | 8250 Views | Last Updated: 10/18/2012

When installing Spira on SQL Server 2012 (any edition) using Windows Authentication, you may receive an error message "Cannot Create User" (or similar) during the installation. This is because of a configuration change in SQL Server 2012 (as opposed to earlier versions). This article explains the step needed to prepare SQL Server 2012 for installing Spira v3.x. Newer versions of Spira will not need this step as the installer has been updated.

Once you have installed SQL Server 2012, please do the following:

Open up SQL Server Management Studio 2012
Connect to the database server
Expand the Security > Logins tab
Locate the NTAUTHORITY\SYSTEM login
Right-click on it and choose Properties
On the page that appears, click on the "server roles" tab
Check the box next to "sysadmin"
Click OK
Close SQL Management Studio

You should now be able to install Spira v3.x onto the server.

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Installing SpiraTest, SpiraPlan and SpiraTeam v3.x on SQL Server 2012

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