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ServerRole Object

This feature will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature.

The ServerRole object exposes the attributes of a single Microsoft SQL Server security role not constrained to operation within a single database.

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SQL Server security roles establish rights to SQL Server resources for more than a single user and can be established within the constraint of a single database. Security roles can also grant permissions to an authenticated user for an instance of SQL Server. For example, the server role securityadmin has permissions that allow members to add, change, and remove SQL Server logins.

With the ServerRole object, you can:

  • Assign membership in a server role to a SQL Server login.

  • Remove a member login from a SQL Server security role.

SQL Server establishes server roles. New server roles cannot be defined by the user. For more information about valid ServerRole Name strings, see sp_addsrvrolemember (Transact-SQL).