sys.dm_server_external_policy_actions (Transact-SQL)

Applies to: SQL Server 2022 (16.x) Azure SQL Database

List all available data actions, independently of them being used or not.

Column name	Data type	Description
sql_action_id	int	Internal ID for joining with other dynamic management views. Not used by external policy providers.
action_namespace	nvarchar(256)	The path or namespace on which the action type part applies to.
action_type	varchar(20)	Identifies the type of operation.
action_provider_string	varchar(20)	Identifies the resource provider that owns the action. Currently only supported value is Microsoft.Sql.

Permissions

Principals must have the VIEW SERVER SECURITY STATE permission.

Next steps

• sys.dm_server_external_policy_principal_assigned_actions (Transact-SQL)
• Provision access by data owner for Azure SQL Database
• Provision access by data owner for SQL Server on Azure Arc-enabled servers