Which account is used by FlexCast Management Architecture (FMA) services to access the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops SQL databases?

• A. Delivery Controller's machine account
• B. Local System account
• C. Network Service account
• D. Domain user account

Answer: (A)

FMA components need to read and write farm configuration data in the Citrix SQL databases, and they do this using Windows authentication through the Delivery Controller’s computer identity. The Delivery Controller runs its services under its machine account (the AD computer object, DOMAIN\COMPUTERNAME$), and that account is granted the necessary permissions on the Citrix SQL databases. Using the machine account provides a clean, domain-managed identity for database access without needing separate user credentials.

Local System isn’t used for network database access across servers, and Network Service has limited scope and isn’t intended for this role. While a domain user account could theoretically be used, the standard and supported approach in Citrix deployments is to use the Delivery Controller’s machine account for SQL access.