Hello SQL friendly people.
I'm going to start by confessing that just about the only thing I know about SQL is that it stands for Search Query Language. So if my scenario is long and rambling, contains too much or too little information - or simply doesn't make sense, I beg patience. :)
The nutshell: We're trying to setup a SharePoint server. We created an AD account as part of this process, and (allegedly) added this account to the root of our SQL 2008 R2 server, giving it Server Roles of "dcreator" and even "securityadmin" (the latter based on Google searches).
I have attempted mapping the user directly to the "master" database, or not mapping it there, unfortunately the net result of SharePoint trying to create it's own database is the error message:
"An exception of type System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException was thrown. Additional exception information: CREATE DATA permission denied in database 'master' ".
I've gone so far as to manually map the chosen account to the "master" database, and explicity grant it "db_writer, db_reader, db_creator and, db_securityadmin" - with no change in the results.
So now I turn to the experts. What in the world am I overlooking?
I'm happy to provide screenshots and as much information as will be useful.