ServerRole Class

The ServerRole object represents a Microsoft SQL Server security role.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in microsoft.sqlserver.smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class ServerRole
    Inherits NamedSmoObject
public sealed class ServerRole : NamedSmoObject
public ref class ServerRole sealed : public NamedSmoObject
public final class ServerRole extends NamedSmoObject
public final class ServerRole extends NamedSmoObject

Remarks

This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 2.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework.

To get ServerRole object properties, users can be a member of the public fixed server role.

To add or remove members from a fixed server role, users must have ALTER ANY LOGIN permission on the server or be a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SmoObjectBase
     Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SqlSmoObject
       Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.NamedSmoObject
        Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ServerRole

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

See Also

Reference

ServerRole Members
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Managing Users, Roles, and Logins
Permissions of Fixed Server Roles
sp_addsrvrolemember (Transact-SQL)