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DENY Server Permissions (Transact-SQL)

Denies permissions on a server.

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Syntax

DENY permission [ ,...n ] 
    TO <grantee_principal> [ ,...n ]
    [ CASCADE ]
    [ AS <grantor_principal> ] 

<grantee_principal> ::=SQL_Server_login 
    | SQL_Server_login_mapped_to_Windows_login
    | SQL_Server_login_mapped_to_Windows_group
    | SQL_Server_login_mapped_to_certificate
    | SQL_Server_login_mapped_to_asymmetric_key<grantor_principal> ::=SQL_Server_login 
    | SQL_Server_login_mapped_to_Windows_login
    | SQL_Server_login_mapped_to_Windows_group
    | SQL_Server_login_mapped_to_certificate
    | SQL_Server_login_mapped_to_asymmetric_key

Arguments

  • permission
    Specifies a permission that can be denied on a server. For a list of the permissions, see the Remarks section later in this topic.

  • CASCADE
    Indicates that the permission being denied is also denied to other principals to which it has been granted by this principal.

  • TO <server_principal>
    Specifies the principal to which the permission is denied.

  • AS <grantor_principal>
    Specifies the principal from which the principal executing this query derives its right to deny the permission.

  • SQL_Server_login
    Specifies a SQL Server login.

  • SQL_Server_login_mapped_to_Windows_login
    Specifies a SQL Server login mapped to a Windows login.

  • SQL_Server_login_mapped_to_Windows_group
    Specifies a SQL Server login mapped to a Windows group.

  • SQL_Server_login_mapped_to_certificate
    Specifies a SQL Server login mapped to a certificate.

  • SQL_Server_login_mapped_to_asymmetric_key
    Specifies a SQL Server login mapped to an asymmetric key.

Remarks

Permissions at the server scope can be denied only when the current database is master.

Information about server permissions is visible in the sys.server_permissions catalog view, and information about server principals is visible in the sys.server_principals catalog view. Information about membership of server roles is visible in the sys.server_role_members catalog view.

A server is the highest level of the permissions hierarchy. The most specific and limited permissions that can be denies on a server are listed in the following table.

Server permission

Implied by server permission

ADMINISTER BULK OPERATIONS

CONTROL SERVER

ALTER ANY CONNECTION

CONTROL SERVER

ALTER ANY CREDENTIAL

CONTROL SERVER

ALTER ANY DATABASE

CONTROL SERVER

ALTER ANY ENDPOINT

CONTROL SERVER

ALTER ANY EVENT NOTIFICATION

CONTROL SERVER

ALTER ANY LINKED SERVER

CONTROL SERVER

ALTER ANY LOGIN

CONTROL SERVER

ALTER ANY SERVER AUDIT

CONTROL SERVER

ALTER RESOURCES

CONTROL SERVER

ALTER SERVER STATE

CONTROL SERVER

ALTER SETTINGS

CONTROL SERVER

ALTER TRACE

CONTROL SERVER

AUTHENTICATE SERVER

CONTROL SERVER

CONNECT SQL

CONTROL SERVER

CONTROL SERVER

CONTROL SERVER

CREATE ANY DATABASE

ALTER ANY DATABASE

CREATE DDL EVENT NOTIFICATION

ALTER ANY EVENT NOTIFICATION

CREATE ENDPOINT

ALTER ANY ENDPOINT

CREATE TRACE EVENT NOTIFICATION

ALTER ANY EVENT NOTIFICATION

EXTERNAL ACCESS ASSEMBLY

CONTROL SERVER

SHUTDOWN

CONTROL SERVER

UNSAFE ASSEMBLY

CONTROL SERVER

VIEW ANY DATABASE

VIEW ANY DEFINITION

VIEW ANY DEFINITION

CONTROL SERVER

VIEW SERVER STATE

ALTER SERVER STATE

Permissions

Requires CONTROL SERVER permission or ownership of the securable. If you use the AS clause, the specified principal must own the securable on which permissions are being denied.

Examples

A. Denying CONNECT SQL permission to a SQL Server login and principals to which the login has regranted it

The following example denies CONNECT SQL permission to the SQL Server login Annika and to the principals to which she has granted the permission.

USE master;
DENY CONNECT SQL TO Annika CASCADE;
GO

B. Denying CREATE ENDPOINT permission to a SQL Server login using the AS option

The following example denies CREATE ENDPOINT permission to the user ArifS. The example uses the AS option to specify MandarP as the principal from which the executing principal derives the authority to do so.

USE master;
DENY CREATE ENDPOINT TO ArifS AS MandarP;
GO