| Author | Ben Miller (@DBAduck) |
| Availability | Windows, Linux, macOS |
Want to see the source code for this command? Check out Remove-DbaDbRoleMember on GitHub.
Want to see the Bill Of Health for this command? Check out Remove-DbaDbRoleMember.
Removes a Database User from a database role for each instance(s) of SQL Server.
The Remove-DbaDbRoleMember removes users in a database from a database role or roles for each instance(s) of SQL Server.
Remove-DbaDbRoleMember
[[-SqlInstance] <DbaInstanceParameter[]>]
[[-SqlCredential] <PSCredential>]
[[-Database] <String[]>]
[[-Role] <String[]>]
[-User] <String[]>
[[-InputObject] <Object[]>]
[-EnableException]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>]
PS C:\> Remove-DbaDbRoleMember -SqlInstance localhost -Database mydb -Role db_owner -User user1
Removes user1 from the role db_owner in the database mydb on the local default SQL Server instance
PS C:\> Remove-DbaDbRoleMember -SqlInstance localhost, sql2016 -Role SqlAgentOperatorRole -User user1 -Database msdb
Removes user1 in servers localhost and sql2016 in the msdb database from the SqlAgentOperatorRole
PS C:\> $servers = Get-Content C:\servers.txt
PS C:\> $servers | Remove-DbaDbRoleMember -Role SqlAgentOperatorRole -User user1 -Database msdb
Removes user1 from the SqlAgentOperatorRole in the msdb database in every server in C:\servers.txt
PS C:\> $db = Get-DbaDataabse -SqlInstance localhost -Database DEMODB
PS C:\> $db | Remove-DbaDbRoleMember -Role "db_datareader","db_datawriter" -User user1
Removes user1 in the database DEMODB on the server localhost from the roles db_datareader and db_datawriter
PS C:\> $roles = Get-DbaDbRole -SqlInstance localhost -Role "db_datareader","db_datawriter"
PS C:\> $roles | Remove-DbaDbRoleMember -User user1
The user(s) to remove from the role(s) specified.
| Alias | |
| Required | True |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value |
The target SQL Server instance or instances. This can be a collection and receive pipeline input to allow the function to be executed against multiple SQL Server instances.
| Alias | |
| Required | False |
| 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 |
The database(s) to process. This list is auto-populated from the server. If unspecified, all databases will be processed.
| Alias | |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value |
The role(s) to process.
| Alias | |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value |
Enables piped input from Get-DbaDbRole or Get-DbaDatabase
| Alias | |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | true (ByValue) |
| 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 |
Shows what would happen if the command were to run. No actions are actually performed.
| Alias | wi |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value |
Prompts you for confirmation before executing any changing operations within the command.
| Alias | cf |
| Required | False |
| Pipeline | false |
| Default Value |