To add a member to a user-defined server role, you must be a member of the sysadmin fixed server role or have CONTROL SERVER or ALTER ANY SERVER ROLE permission.

Create a server role in SQL Server by using SQL Server Management Studio or Transact-SQL. Review limitations, restrictions, and necessary permissions. Requires CREATE SERVER ROLE permission or ...

During the last few articles, we have covered the basics of working with SQL server using the Server Management Objects (SMO) and PowerShell. We have covered things such as viewing the state of ...

I have worked with SQL Server for many years now, back to Sybase SQL Server days and there has always been confusion over Logins and Users.

You can give your users rights to check if reports have run or jobs are complete without granting full admin rights. Here's how you can do so by using SQLAgentReaderRole in SQL Server.