Adding the Crawling Account to the SharePoint Server Local Administrators Group

You may need to add the crawling account to the SharePoint server local Administrators group when you want to:

• Perform SharePoint personal site and user profile indexing, incremental refresh, and site collection discovery (see Granting SharePoint Permissions to the Crawling Account).

• Install the Coveo SharePoint web service (see Installing the Coveo Web Service, Search Box, and Search Interface into SharePoint).

Note: This procedure applies to Microsoft Windows Server 2008.

To add the crawling account to the SharePoint server local administrator group

1. On the SharePoint server, access the Computer Management console (Windows Start menu > All Programs > Administrative Tools).

2. In the panel on the left, expand System Tools > Local Users and Groups, and then click Groups.

   

3. In the panel on the right, right-click Administrators, and then click Add to Group.

4. In the Administrators Properties dialog box:

   1. Click Add.

   2. In the Select Users, Computers, or Groups dialog box, enter the crawling account, and then click OK.

   1. Click OK to close the Administrators Properties dialog box.