| Author | Claudio Silva (@ClaudioESSilva) , Garry Bargsley (@gbargsley) , Simone Bizzotto (@niphlod) |
| Availability | Windows, Linux, macOS |
Want to see the source code for this command? Check out Get-DbaDbOrphanUser on GitHub.
Want to see the Bill Of Health for this command? Check out Get-DbaDbOrphanUser.
Get orphaned users.
An orphan user is defined by a user that does not have their matching login. (Login property = "").
Get-DbaDbOrphanUser
[-SqlInstance] <DbaInstanceParameter[]>
[[-SqlCredential] <PSCredential>]
[[-Database] <Object[]>]
[[-ExcludeDatabase] <Object[]>]
[-EnableException]
[<CommonParameters>]
PS C:\> Get-DbaDbOrphanUser -SqlInstance localhost\sql2016
Finds all orphan users without matching Logins in all databases present on server 'localhost\sql2016'.
PS C:\> Get-DbaDbOrphanUser -SqlInstance localhost\sql2016 -SqlCredential $cred
Finds all orphan users without matching Logins in all databases present on server 'localhost\sql2016'. SQL Server authentication will be used in connecting to the server.
PS C:\> Get-DbaDbOrphanUser -SqlInstance localhost\sql2016 -Database db1
Finds orphan users without matching Logins in the db1 database present on server 'localhost\sql2016'.
The target SQL Server instance or instances.
| Alias | |
| Required | True |
| Pipeline | true (ByValue) |
| Default Value |
Login to the target instance using alternative credentials. Accepts PowerShell credentials (Get-Credential).
Windows Authentication, SQL Server Authentication, Active Directory - Password, and Active Directory - Integrated are all supported.
For MFA support, please use Connect-DbaInstance.
| Alias | |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value |
Specifies the database(s) to process. Options for this list are auto-populated from the server. If unspecified, all databases will be processed.
| Alias | |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value |
Specifies the database(s) to exclude from processing. Options for this list are auto-populated from the server
| Alias | |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value |
By default, when something goes wrong we try to catch it, interpret it and give you a friendly warning message.
This avoids overwhelming you with "sea of red" exceptions, but is inconvenient because it basically disables advanced scripting.
Using this switch turns this "nice by default" feature off and enables you to catch exceptions with your own try/catch.
| Alias | |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value | False |