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If you need to change these credentials for several instances, you can change them directly by clicking Edit Credentials on the Managed Instances section or SQL Licensing section of the Instances view. Note that to have this option enabled, you must select those instances whose credentials you want to change. 

Below you can see the tabs and sections where you can find Edit Credentials. Click the images to view full size.

IDERA SQL Inventory Manager opens the Edit Credentials window where you can change your:

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• Go to the SQL Connection Credentials section.
• Choose between the IDERA SQL Inventory Manager service account, Windows user account, or SQL Server login account. The last two options require that you provide the respective login and password.
• After you define your SQL Connection Credentials, you can click TEST CREDENTIALS to make sure IDERA SQL Inventory Manager can use these credentials to gather data.

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• Go to the WMI  Connection Credentials section.
• You can choose between the IDERA SQL Inventory Manager service account or Windows user account. If you choose the latter, you need to provide a login and password.
• After you define your WMI Connection Credentials, you can click TEST CREDENTIALS to make sure IDERA SQL Inventory Manager can use these credentials to gather data from host computers.

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You can also change credentials by accessing the Edit Instance Properties window. Keep in mind that the Edit Instance Properties window allows you to change credentials only for a specific instance. If you want to change connection credentials for several instances at once, use the Edit credentials option explained in this section. For more information about editing instance properties, see How to edit instance properties.