| title | sp_srvrolepermission (Transact-SQL) | ||
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| description | sp_srvrolepermission displays the permissions of a fixed server role. | ||
| author | VanMSFT | ||
| ms.author | vanto | ||
| ms.reviewer | randolphwest | ||
| ms.date | 06/23/2025 | ||
| ms.service | sql | ||
| ms.subservice | system-objects | ||
| ms.topic | reference | ||
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[!INCLUDE SQL Server]
Displays the permissions of a fixed server role.
Important
[!INCLUDE ssNoteDepFutureAvoid]
:::image type="icon" source="../../includes/media/topic-link-icon.svg" border="false"::: Transact-SQL syntax conventions
sp_srvrolepermission [ [ @srvrolename = ] N'srvrolename' ]
[ ; ]
The name of the fixed server role for which permissions are returned. @srvrolename is sysname, with a default of NULL. If no role is specified, the permissions for all fixed server roles are returned. @srvrolename can have one of the following values.
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
sysadmin |
System administrators |
securityadmin |
Security administrators |
serveradmin |
Server administrators |
setupadmin |
Setup administrators |
processadmin |
Process administrators |
diskadmin |
Disk administrators |
dbcreator |
Database creators |
bulkadmin |
Can execute BULK INSERT statements |
0 (success) or 1 (failure).
| Column name | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|
ServerRole |
sysname | Name of a fixed server role |
Permission |
sysname | Permission associated with ServerRole |
The permissions listed include the [!INCLUDE tsql] statements that can be executed, and other special activities that can be performed by members of the fixed server role. To display a list of the fixed server roles, execute sp_helpsrvrole.
The sysadmin fixed server role has the permissions of all the other fixed server roles.
Requires membership in the public role.
The following query returns the permissions associated with the sysadmin fixed server role.
EXECUTE sp_srvrolepermission 'sysadmin';
GO