Server.Roles Property
SQL Server 2008 R2
Represents a collection of ServerRole objects. Each ServerRole object represents a role defined on the instance of SQL Server.
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)
[SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ObjectContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.ZeroToAny, typeof(ServerRole))] public ServerRoleCollection Roles { get; }
Property Value
Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ServerRoleCollectionA ServerRoleCollection object that represents all the roles defined on the instance of SQL Server.
The Roles property points to the ServerRoleCollection object. You can use the collection to reference the fixed server roles the instance of SQL Server.
Visual Basic
'Connect to the local, default instance of SQL Server. Dim srv As Server srv = New Server 'Display the fixed server roles. Dim sr As ServerRole For Each sr In srv.Roles Console.WriteLine(sr.Name) Next
PowerShell
$srv = new-object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")
foreach ($sr in $srv.Roles)
{
Write-Host $sr.Name
}
