1. Log on to the computer with an account that is a member of the Operations Manager Administrators role for the Operations Manager 2007 management group.

2. In the Operations console, click the Administration button.

3. In the Administration pane, expand Administration, expand Security, right-click User Roles, point to New User Role, and then click Advanced Operator.

4. In the Create User Role Wizard, on the General page, enter a name for the user role in the User role name text box, and then click Add.

5. In the Select User or Groups dialog box, enter the users or groups that you want to assign to the Advanced Operator user role, and then click OK.

   Important
   Adding a machine account to user role member would allow all services on that computer to have SDK access. It is recommended that you do not add a machine account to any user role.

6. On the General page, enter an optional description in the Description text box for the Advanced Operators user role, and then click Next.

7. On the Group Scope page, expand the Groups list, click one or more groups, and then click Next.

   Note
   You will need to clear the check box at the root level of the list before you can select any other groups.

8. On the Tasks page, you can configure the approved tasks that members of the Advanced Operator user role can run. If you want to configure a subset of available approved tasks, click Only tasks explicitly added to the Approved tasks, click Add, click the desired tasks, and then click Next.

9. On the Views page, you can configure the views that members of the Advanced Operators user role can see. If you want to configure a subset of available monitoring views for the Advanced Operator user role, click Only the views selected below are approved, click the desired approved views from the Approved views list, and then click Next.

   Note
   If you do not select All views are automatically approved, including views in management packs imported in the future, users assigned this role will not be able to open alert views from within Health Explorer.

10. On the Summary page, check the settings you have made and then click Create.

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