setupadmin

Members of the setupadmin fixed server role can add and remove linked servers, and also execute some system stored procedures.

See Also

Reference

Server-Level Roles

Concepts

Permissions of Fixed Server Roles

Other Resources

sp_helpsrvrole (Transact-SQL)
sp_helpsrvrolemember (Transact-SQL)
sp_srvrolepermission (Transact-SQL)
Security Considerations for Databases and Database Applications

Help and Information

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