SOLIDWORKS PDM – Recover the sa Account: When SQL is installed for PDM, the server administrators should be given sysadmin privileges. Sometimes, the person doing the install is not aware of this and only allows the sa account to have sysadmin privileges. This is fine, until the password for the sa account is lost and something needs to be done in the PDM database. At this point, a method is required to allow someone to log into SQL as a user with sysadmin privileges. This video describes a method to do that. Once logged into SQL, the sa account can be edited, and a new password assigned. Once assigned, the new credentials must be entered into the PDM Archive Server configuration tool and in the Database server configuration tool.