Entering Microsoft ACT Database Connection Settings

AdminStudio 2023 | 25.0 | Application Manager

To enable AdminStudio to display data from your Microsoft ACT (Application Compatibility Toolkit) database in Analyze views and reports, you need to enter connection information for your Microsoft ACT database. You specify these settings on the Server Options / Microsoft ACT tab of the Application Manager Options dialog box.

To enable AdminStudio to communicate with your ACT database, perform the following steps.

To enter ACT database connection settings:

1.

On the Application Catalog tab menu, select Options. The Options dialog box opens.

2.

Under Servers Options, select Microsoft ACT. The Microsoft ACT tab opens.

3.

Enter the following information:

Property	Description
Server	Enter the name of the server that contains your ACT database.
Database	Enter the name of your ACT database.
Authentication	Choose one of the following options: • Server Authentication—Choose this option if you want to use database server login identification to log into this server. Then enter the appropriate User Name and Password. • Windows Authentication—Choose this option if you want to use Windows network authentication (your network login ID) to log into this database server.