Eyer - BizTalk agent prerequisites

A domain account must be created to serve as service-account for the Agent.
If BizTalk and the SQL server database are both running on same server,
you can create a local user.

  • The Agent service-account must be:

    • A local administrator on the BizTalk application server(s) where the agent is installed

    • A member of the "Performance Monitor Users" local group on the BizTalk server(s)

    • A member of the "BizTalk Server Administrators" group (domain / local).

    • Must be granted "log on as a service"

  • The created service account must be added to SQL server BizTalk Database under "Logins" with:

    • db_datareader rights on the BizTalk Management Database BizTalkMgmtDb (user mapping)

    • db_datareader rights on the BizTalk Tracking Database BizTalkDTADb (user mapping)

  • .NET framework 4.6 or higher must be installed.

  • In the firewall settings, you must allow standard port 443 to be open outbound.

  • Ensure that "load user profile" is set to true for all BTS app pools (advanced settings)