Fixed roles are predefined by SQL Server and have specific permissions for database administration, security, and maintenance. User-defined roles are created by users and can have any combination ...

All versions of SQL Server use role-based security, which allows you to assign permissions to a role, or group of users, instead of to individual users. Fixed server and fixed database roles have a ...

Database roles can be customized with different permissions, memberships, and filters, while server roles are fixed and cannot be changed or deleted. A third difference is the priority of their ...

SQL Server has a long list of roles for server, database, and applications that outline things like permissions, data selection and modification, and disk management. Examine how roles play a part ...

Today we are extending our look at user accounts by creating database users and then adding them to specific roles for to provide the proper level of access to a database. First thing is first: we ...

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.