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When a user accesses a SharePoint site he is identified by his wndows identity.

I was wondering which identity is used to access the database. Is it the identity of the user or does it use the windows identity of a service, or order to gain the benefits of connection pooling.

Thanks

Shiraz

Shiraz Bhaiji
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It is usually the account set in the app pool of your share point site. To find out go to IIS, properties of the sharepoint site -> home tab -> Application pool (note the app pool). Go to that app pool -> right click properties -> Identity. That is the account used to access the database.

Hope this helps.

iJK
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