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Drop sysadmin with ALTER SERVER ROLE and DROP MEMBER

24 December,2014 by Tom Collins

Question: How can I delete the “sysadmin” server elevated role from a SQL Server login? 

Answer: There are two standard methods to drop a sql server login from the sysadmin server role.

Method 1: Execute T-SQL.

Using the following code as a template. Apply the SQL Server Login and execute the code against the SQL Server

 

ALTER SERVER ROLE [sysadmin] DROP MEMBER [My Domain\My SQL Server Login]
GO

 

Method 2: Use the SSMS GUI

To delete the alter the SQL Server login privileges.

Alter_server_role

 

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


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