Get-SqlLogin

Returns Login objects in an instance of SQL Server.

Syntax

Get-SqlLogin
   [-LoginName <String>]
   [-Disabled]
   [-Locked]
   [-PasswordExpired]
   [-HasAccess]
   [-RegEx]
   [-Wildcard]
   [-LoginType <LoginType>]
   [[-Path] <String>]
   [-AccessToken <PSObject>]
   [-TrustServerCertificate]
   [-HostNameInCertificate <String>]
   [-Encrypt <String>]
   [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>]
   [<CommonParameters>]
Get-SqlLogin
   [-LoginName <String>]
   [-Disabled]
   [-Locked]
   [-PasswordExpired]
   [-HasAccess]
   [-RegEx]
   [-Wildcard]
   [-LoginType <LoginType>]
   [[-InputObject] <Server>]
   [-AccessToken <PSObject>]
   [-TrustServerCertificate]
   [-HostNameInCertificate <String>]
   [-Encrypt <String>]
   [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>]
   [<CommonParameters>]
Get-SqlLogin
   [-LoginName <String>]
   [-Disabled]
   [-Locked]
   [-PasswordExpired]
   [-HasAccess]
   [-RegEx]
   [-Wildcard]
   [-LoginType <LoginType>]
   [[-ServerInstance] <String[]>]
   [-Credential <PSCredential>]
   [-ConnectionTimeout <Int32>]
   [-AccessToken <PSObject>]
   [-TrustServerCertificate]
   [-HostNameInCertificate <String>]
   [-Encrypt <String>]
   [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>]
   [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Get-SqlLogin cmdlet returns Login objects in an instance of SQL Server. If you specify the name of the Login object, the cmdlet removes that specific object.

Examples

Example 1: Get all Login objects for an instance

PS C:\> Get-SqlLogin -ServerInstance "MyServerInstance"

Name                                          Login Type    Created
----                                          ----------    -------
##MS_PolicyEventProcessingLogin##             SqlLogin      4/30/2016 12:46 AM
##MS_PolicyTsqlExecutionLogin##               SqlLogin      4/30/2016 12:46 AM
NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM                           WindowsUser   6/16/2016 10:29 AM
NT Service\MSSQLSERVER                        WindowsUser   6/16/2016 10:29 AM
NT SERVICE\SQLSERVERAGENT                     WindowsUser   6/16/2016 10:29 AM
NT SERVICE\SQLTELEMETRY                       WindowsUser   6/16/2016 10:29 AM
NT SERVICE\SQLWriter                          WindowsUser   6/16/2016 10:29 AM
NT SERVICE\Winmgmt                            WindowsUser   6/16/2016 10:29 AM
sa                                            SqlLogin      4/8/2003 9:10 AM

This command returns all Login objects in the instance of SQL Server named MyServerInstance.

Example 2: Get Login objects that match a regular expression

PS C:\> Get-SqlLogin -ServerInstance "MyServerInstance" -LoginName "\bNT.*" -RegEx

Name                                          Login Type    Created
----                                          ----------    -------
NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM                           WindowsUser   6/16/2016 10:29 AM
NT Service\MSSQLSERVER                        WindowsUser   6/16/2016 10:29 AM
NT SERVICE\SQLSERVERAGENT                     WindowsUser   6/16/2016 10:29 AM
NT SERVICE\SQLTELEMETRY                       WindowsUser   6/16/2016 10:29 AM
NT SERVICE\SQLWriter                          WindowsUser   6/16/2016 10:29 AM
NT SERVICE\Winmgmt                            WindowsUser   6/16/2016 10:29 AM

This command returns Login objects that have names that match the regular expression "\bNT.*" in the instance of SQL Server named 'MyServerInstance'.

Example 3: Get Login objects of a type

PS C:\> Get-SqlLogin -ServerInstance "MyServerInstance" -LoginType SqlLogin

Name                                          Login Type    Created
----                                          ----------    -------
##MS_PolicyEventProcessingLogin##             SqlLogin      4/30/2016 12:46 AM
##MS_PolicyTsqlExecutionLogin##               SqlLogin      4/30/2016 12:46 AM
sa                                            SqlLogin      4/8/2003 9:10 AM

This command returns Login objects that are of type SqlLogin in the instance of SQL Server named 'MyServerInstance'.

Parameters

-AccessToken

The access token used to authenticate to SQL Server, as an alternative to user/password or Windows Authentication.

This can be used, for example, to connect to SQL Azure DB and SQL Azure Managed Instance using a Service Principal or a Managed Identity.

The parameter to use can be either a string representing the token or a PSAccessToken object as returned by running Get-AzAccessToken -ResourceUrl https://database.windows.net.

This parameter is new in v22 of the module.

Type:PSObject
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-ConnectionTimeout

Specifies the number of seconds to wait for a server connection before a time-out failure. The time-out value must be an integer between 0 and 65534. If 0 is specified, connection attempts do not time out.

Type:Int32
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Credential

Specifies a PSCredential object for the connection to SQL Server. To obtain a credential object, use the Get-Credential cmdlet. For more information, type Get-Help Get-Credential.

Type:PSCredential
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Disabled

Indicates that this cmdlet gets only disabled Login objects.

Type:SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Encrypt

The encryption type to use when connecting to SQL Server.

This value maps to the Encrypt property SqlConnectionEncryptOption on the SqlConnection object of the Microsoft.Data.SqlClient driver.

In v22 of the module, the default is Optional (for compatibility with v21). In v23+ of the module, the default value will be 'Mandatory', which may create a breaking change for existing scripts.

This parameter is new in v22 of the module.

Type:String
Accepted values:Mandatory, Optional, Strict
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-HasAccess

Indicates that this cmdlet gets only Login objects that have access to the instance of SQL Server.

Type:SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-HostNameInCertificate

The host name to be used in validating the SQL Server TLS/SSL certificate. You must pass this parameter if your SQL Server instance is enabled for Force Encryption and you want to connect to an instance using hostname/shortname. If this parameter is omitted then passing the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) to -ServerInstance is necessary to connect to a SQL Server instance enabled for Force Encryption.

This parameter is new in v22 of the module.

Type:String
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-InputObject

Specifies a SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) object the SQL Server for which this cmdlet gets Login objects.

Type:Server
Position:1
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Locked

Indicates that this cmdlet gets only locked Login objects.

Type:SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-LoginName

Specifies an array of names of Login objects that this cmdlet gets. The case sensitivity is the same as that of the instance of SQL Server.

Type:String
Aliases:Name
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-LoginType

Specifies the type of the Login objects that this cmdlet gets.

Type:LoginType
Accepted values:WindowsUser, WindowsGroup, SqlLogin, Certificate, AsymmetricKey, ExternalUser, ExternalGroup
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-PasswordExpired

Indicates that this cmdlet gets only Login objects that have expired passwords.

Type:SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Path

Specifies the path of the SQL Server on which this cmdlet runs the operation. The default value is the current working directory.

Type:String
Position:1
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-ProgressAction

Determines how PowerShell responds to progress updates generated by a script, cmdlet, or provider, such as the progress bars generated by the Write-Progress cmdlet. The Write-Progress cmdlet creates progress bars that show a command's status.

Type:ActionPreference
Aliases:proga
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-RegEx

Indicates that this cmdlet treats the value of the LoginName parameter as a regular expression.

Type:SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-ServerInstance

Specifies the name of an instance of SQL Server. For the default instance, specify the computer name. For named instances, use the format ComputerName\InstanceName.

Type:String[]
Position:1
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:True
Accept wildcard characters:False

-TrustServerCertificate

Indicates whether the channel will be encrypted while bypassing walking the certificate chain to validate trust.

In v22 of the module, the default is $true (for compatibility with v21). In v23+ of the module, the default value will be '$false', which may create a breaking change for existing scripts.

This parameter is new in v22 of the module.

Type:SwitchParameter
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

-Wildcard

Indicates that this cmdlet interprets wildcard characters in the value of the LoginName parameter.

Type:SwitchParameter
Aliases:Like
Position:Named
Default value:None
Required:False
Accept pipeline input:False
Accept wildcard characters:False

Inputs

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server

System.String[]