Setting Up the Account Under Which the ProjectWise Orchestration Framework Service Runs

Before you install the ProjectWise Orchestration Framework Service (now part of the ProjectWise Server installer), you have to set up the user account under which the ProjectWise Orchestration Framework Service will run. You will enter the credentials of this account during the ProjectWise Server installation, when the Orchestration Framework Configuration page opens.

This account:

can either be a local account or a Windows account
is recommended to have a password that is set to never expire
must be a member of the Administrators group on this computer (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > System Tools > Local Users and Groups > Groups)
must have the Log on as a service right on this computer (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy > Security Settings > Local Policies > User Rights Assignments)
must also already exist in SQL Server (under Security > Logins)

Tip: ProjectWise Orchestration Framework Service will stop running if and when this user account's password expires. Because Windows accounts typically have passwords that periodically expire, one solution is to use a local account with a non-expiring password. Another solution is to use a Windows domain account and set its password to never expire, or simply manually reset the password for ProjectWise Orchestration Framework Service in the Services window, ideally before the password expires.