SCCM 2012 R2 - Site server computer account administrative rights failed

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Symptom: When trying to deploy System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2, you receive the following status under the Prerequisite Check of the deployment.

Configuration Manager Setup requires that the site server computer has administrative rights on the SQL Server and management point computers.

Solution: You will need to add the computer account as a local administrator of the SQL server. Follow the steps below to accomplish this task.

Login to the SQL server
Open up Server Manager
Select Configuration and double click on Local Users and Groups
Double click on Groups
Double click on Administrators
Click the Add... button
Click on the Object Types... button
Check Computers and click OK
Type in the name of your SCCM server and click OK
Click OK

13 thoughts on “SCCM 2012 R2 - Site server computer account administrative rights failed”

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vijay March 31, 2015 at 4:56 am

Thank you... very helpful

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Edley November 5, 2015 at 1:14 pm

Thank you...

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X December 12, 2015 at 6:59 pm

thanks

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ramin January 19, 2016 at 2:13 pm

Thank You so Much

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Kyle March 14, 2016 at 10:08 pm

thank you! this was driving me nuts!

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Elliott April 13, 2016 at 1:03 pm

Thanks for taking the time to get this out. Much appreciated!!!

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Umer April 18, 2016 at 3:35 am

Thank You ! Worked

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Kousar Khan June 5, 2017 at 9:03 pm

Thanks for explaining.

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Sakthi July 27, 2017 at 6:42 pm

Thank you. It worked. I have done this installation many times but don't know why it thrower me this error now.

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Gabriel Enrico Augusto Rocha February 3, 2018 at 9:44 pm

Thanks Man, you're a life saver. It also works on System Center 2016!

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Aizat March 26, 2019 at 3:09 am

Thanks. That's helpful.

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