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SQL Server - List all SQL Server users

21 August,2008 by Tom Collins

SQL Server sys.server_principals returns a entry for server-level principals.  I'm investigating how to set up a monthly report and return all server-level users on a given SQL Server to an Excel spreadsheet.
I then forward a customised spreadsheet to every SQL Server instance  owners, who need to "sign off" the users. It's part of  an internal SQL Server security audit - and to maintain the  the security policy.

The focus of the report is on housekeeping. There are more detailed reports created , such as Powershell sql server security audit , which focuses on server and database level privileges.

 
The script below (SQL Server 2005), identifies the users. I will need to add another call to the Active Directory to return their actual name .

--------------------------------CODE START----------------------------------
--
SET NOCOUNT ON
DECLARE @name varchar(20)

DECLARE logon_cursor CURSOR FOR 
select name from sys.server_principals WHERE 
name LIKE 'N%' AND name NOT LIKE 'NT AUTHORITY%'

OPEN logon_cursor

FETCH NEXT FROM logon_cursor 
INTO @name

WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
   PRINT @name
  
   
   -- Get the next author.
FETCH NEXT FROM logon_cursor 
   INTO @name
END

CLOSE logon_cursor
DEALLOCATE logon_cursor
GO
-------------------------------CODE END-----------------------------------------

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Author: Tom Collins (http://www.sqlserver-dba.com)


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