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This guide tells you how to protect a very large network with Sophos security software.
The accounts you need
Before you install Sophos software, you should create the user accounts you need.
Update Manager account
The Update Manager account should have read access to the folder where Sophos Enterprise Console puts software updates.

Update Manager account

The Update Manager account should have read access to the folder where Sophos Enterprise Console puts software updates.

By default this is: \\servername\SophosUpdate.

Sophos recommends that the account:

Is not set to expire and does not have any other logon restriction.
Is not an administrative account.
Has a UPN (User Principal Name) associated with the account if it is a domain account.
Is named SophosUpdateMgr.

For recommendations and step-by-step instructions, see knowledge base article 113954.