NorthStar Change Management Installation Instructions

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Last updated: Aug 01, 2024 by Jason Epp

This documentation is designed for System Administrators, and assumes intimate knowledge of Servers and Enterprise deployment of software.

Use this documentation as a guide during the installation of NorthStar Change Management.

Users must have administrative privileges to install this product.


Note: Please review the NorthStar Change Management System Requirements documentation prior to running the installation.


Step-by-step guide

  1. Ensure that the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 is installed on any workstation running the client application. You can download the 3.5 version from the Microsoft web site.
  2. Install the Microsoft Report Viewer Redistributable 2005 version. You can get this from the Microsoft website.
  3. Download and install NorthStar Change Management.
  4. From the Change Management login screen, click Setup. You will need to setup the connection to the SQL database.
  5. From the Setup window, click Add to add the SQL connection.
  6. Enter the appropriate values to complete the SQL setup.
    • Connection Name: Define a name for this SQL connection. You can default to Change Management. 
    • Enter the name of the SQL server: You can also select the server from the drop down list of available SQL servers. 
    • Select an authentication method: Choose either Windows Authentication or SQL Server Authentication. Your database administrator should be able to assist you with defining the correct authentication type. If the SQL server resides on the same workstation or server as the client, then you would likely be able to use Windows Authentication. 
    • Select a database: This is the database that was created at the beginning of this document. You can default to NorthStar.Master. Select the database from the dropdown menu or browse to a location. 
    • Test Connection: Click Test Connection to verify that your SQL server and database are correct and that you can authenticate. 
    • Click OK to exit once you are finished with setting up the SQL connection.

Once you have created the SQL connection, you can log into Change Management. Enter the user name and password to access the application.

The default user name and password is below:

User Name: administrator

Password: password


For instructions on using NorthStar Change Management, you can access the online help file. The help is located on the Change Management Download tab on the NorthStar Enterprise.com website.