GRANT Endpoint Permissions (Transact-SQL)

SQL Server 2008 Books Online (October 2009)

Grants permissions on an endpoint.

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Syntax

GRANT permission  [ ,...n ] ON ENDPOINT :: endpoint_name
        TO < server_principal >  [ ,...n ]
    [ WITH GRANT OPTION ]
    [ AS SQL_Server_login ] 

<server_principal> ::= 
        SQL_Server_login
    | SQL_Server_login_from_Windows_login 
    | SQL_Server_login_from_certificate 
    | SQL_Server_login_from_AsymKey

Arguments

permission: Specifies a permission that can be granted on an endpoint. For a list of the permissions, see the Remarks section later in this topic.

ON ENDPOINT :: endpoint_name: Specifies the endpoint on which the permission is being granted. The scope qualifier (::) is required.

TO <server_principal>: Specifies the SQL Server login to which the permission is being granted.

SQL_Server_login: Specifies the name of a SQL Server login.

SQL_Server_login_from_Windows_login: Specifies the name of a SQL Server login created from a Windows login.

SQL_Server_login_from_certificate: Specifies the name of a SQL Server login mapped to a certificate.

SQL_Server_login_from_AsymKey: Specifies the name of a SQL Server login mapped to an asymmetric key.

WITH GRANT OPTION: Indicates that the principal will also be given the ability to grant the specified permission to other principals.

AS SQL_Server_login: Specifies the SQL Server login from which the principal executing this query derives its right to grant the permission.

Remarks

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

Information about endpoints is visible in the sys.endpoints catalog view. 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.

An endpoint is a server-level securable. The most specific and limited permissions that can be granted on an endpoint are listed in the following table, together with the more general permissions that include them by implication.

Endpoint permission	Implied by endpoint permission	Implied by server permission
ALTER	CONTROL	ALTER ANY ENDPOINT
CONNECT	CONTROL	CONTROL SERVER
CONTROL	CONTROL	CONTROL SERVER
TAKE OWNERSHIP	CONTROL	CONTROL SERVER
VIEW DEFINITION	CONTROL	VIEW ANY DEFINITION

Permissions

Requires CONTROL permission on the endpoint or ALTER ANY ENDPOINT permission on the server.

Examples

A. Granting VIEW DEFINITION permission on an endpoint

The following example grants VIEW DEFINITION permission on endpoint Mirror7 to SQL Server login ZArifin.

USE master;
GRANT VIEW DEFINITION ON ENDPOINT::Mirror7 TO ZArifin;
GO

B. Granting TAKE OWNERSHIP permission with the GRANT OPTION

The following example grants TAKE OWNERSHIP permission on endpoint Shipping83 to SQL Server user PKomosinski with the GRANT OPTION.

USE master;
GRANT TAKE OWNERSHIP ON ENDPOINT::Shipping83 TO PKomosinski 
    WITH GRANT OPTION;
GO

A. Granting VIEW DEFINITION permission on an endpoint

B. Granting TAKE OWNERSHIP permission with the GRANT OPTION

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