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Unable to monitor Windows scheduled tasks as non-admin user account in SAM

User accounts without administrator privileges cannot monitor Windows Scheduled Tasks. Server and Application Monitor (SAM).

First published date

10/10/2018 1:43 PM

Last published date

10/10/2018 1:43 PM

Overview

User accounts without administrator privileges cannot monitor Windows Scheduled Tasks.

Product section

Server Application Monitor

Cause

Due to security reasons and a known limitation of the Windows Operating system, the user credentials used to monitor Windows Scheduled Tasks must be a member of the Administrators group on the remote computer.

Resolution

As a workaround, use the Orion Agent included in the SAM v6.2 release which does not use admin privileges for polling.

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