What is sysadmin permission?

What are sysadmin rights?

Default Sysadmin Rights The sysadmin fixed server role grants all members of the role full rights to the entire database engine. Anyone who is a member of the sysadmin fixed server role can do anything they want, and there is no way to stop them.

How do I give sysadmin rights?

"Right click" the account that needs the SysAdmin Server Role granted. Select "Properties" from the options menu. When the Login Properties window is displayed for the selected user, select the "Server Roles" page. Check the "box next to sysadmin".

How do I enable sysadmin role?

In the Login Name box, enter the CES administrative account. In the panel on the left, click Server Roles. In the panel on the right, in the Server roles list, select sysadmin. Click OK.

How do I know if an account is sysadmin?

You right click sysadmin and click properties to get a list of sysadmins. You can do this for any role, and that's the easy way if you want to verify permissions.