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Managing Account Information for an Application Definition

You can update or delete account information for a single application definition, or you can remove an account from all application definitions.

Manage account information for an application definition

1. On the SharePoint Portal Server Central Administration for server_name page, in the Component Configuration section, click Manage settings for single sign-on.

   Alternatively, click Start, point to All Programs, point to SharePoint Portal Server, and then click SharePoint Portal Server Single Sign-On Administration.

2. On the Manage Settings for Single Sign-On for server_name page, in the Enterprise Application Definition Settings section, click Manage account information for enterprise application definitions.
3. On the Manage Account Information for an Enterprise Application Definition page, in the Account Information section, do the following:
   1. In the Enterprise Application Definition list, select the name of the application definition.
   2. In the Account name or Group account name box, type the account name to modify.

      Note  If you created the application definition to use an individual account, the Account name box appears. If you created the application definition to use a group account, the Group account name box appears.

4. In the Enterprise Application Definition section, you can do the following:

   Update the account information for this application

   1. Click Update account information.
   2. Click OK.
   3. On the Provide application_definition_name Account Information page, in the box for logon information, type the user name for the account that can access the enterprise application. An enterprise application is the back-end business application that SharePoint Portal Server connects to by using the application definition.
   4. Click OK.

   Delete the account information for this application

   Note  This option is not available for application definitions that use group accounts.

   1. Click Delete stored credentials for this account from this enterprise application definition.
   2. Click OK.
   3. To delete the user credentials, click OK on the confirmation message box.

      Important  You cannot undo this operation.

   Remove this account from all application definitions

   Note  This option is not available for application definitions that use group accounts.

   1. Click Delete stored credentials for this account from all enterprise application definitions.
   2. Click OK.
   3. To remove the user credentials from all application definitions, click OK on the confirmation message box.