
141 True/False questions
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sp_help_jobcount → Used to produce a count on how many jobs a schedule is tied to.
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SQL Server Profiler → Used to utilize captured traces, and capture and save data to analyze later. Can also create templates to define event classes and data columns
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TSQL Template → Object ownership groups
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View, Resource Governor → You can reconfigure Resource Governor in Management Studio Under ____ - Template Explorer - ____ - Configure Resource Governor.
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ALTER SERVER CONFIGURATION, PROCESS AFFINITY → When there a is particular ____ preventing the server from starting is when you most often use the ____ option.
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Default TCP port → The acquired lock is to be applied at the table level
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sp_start_job → The ____ is how you make changes to the current user session only.
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ROWLOCK, PAGLOCK, TABLOCK → There can be ____ transaction ____ levels set at a time.
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Workload Groups → Are containers for session requests with similar or identical classification criteria.
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-m option → Allows you to increase the number of extents allocated for each file in a filegroup.
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Should, dynamically → SQL Server ____ be allowed to adjust and use memory ____.
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Management Studio, sp_configure → The ____ or ____ is how you change memory options manually.
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Explicit transaction → ____ is the kind of transaction started with the BEGIN TRANSACTION statement.
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Cannot, credential → Permissions ____ be changed for fixed Server Level Roles.
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sp_update_job → The ____ is how you make changes to the current user session only.
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Event class, trace → ____ instances that you can monitor in the ____ process are what captured events in the Database Engine become.
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Database, SMTP → To set up ____ Mail you would configure one or more databases as mail hosts and then define client settings so SQL Server Agent can send message via ____ mail server
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Single, can be → More than a ____ instance of SQL server ____ installed at a time.
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securityadmin role → Granted the permission to manage logins and their properties, as well as GRANT, DENY, and REVOKE permissions at server-level, and if they have access to database-level permissions. They can reset passwords
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dbcreator role → Granted the permission to execute the BULK INSERT statement
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Schemas → Object ownership groups
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sp_configure → Used to show or change server-level settings
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Table hints → Refers to an exclusive lock on the table
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Aggregate monitoring of sessions → You would use workload groups to ____.
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RECONFIGURE statement → The ____ is how you update current configured values that have been changed with sp_configure.
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SET IMPLICIT_TRANSACTIONS OFF → The ____ statement, practically, marks the end of a successful implicit or explicit transaction.
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-g option → Used to specify the size of memory that SQL Server can leave available for allocations within the process outside of the Server memory pool
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Are mutually → The CPU and I/O affinities ____ exclusive.
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sysadmin,
serveradmin
securityadmin
processadmin
setupadmin
bulkadmin
diskadmin
dbcreator
public → You can configure processor affinity options in SQL Server 2012 by using the ____ statement and then the ____ argument. -
Pause → You will prevent new users from connecting to the Database Engine if you ____ it.
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SNAPSHOT → A transaction can only recognize data modifications committed prior to the start of the transaction. Modifications made after the start will be invisible.
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The Standard Template → ____ is the default template for SQL Server Profiler.
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ALTER DATABASE statement → The ____ is how you change Database level settings.
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User must change password at next login
Enforce password expiration
Enforce password policy → ____ are the optional password policies available. (3) -
sysjobs_view → Used to find out further information on the various jobs
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-f option → Used to specify the size of memory that SQL Server can leave available for allocations within the process outside of the Server memory pool
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Transaction Isolation Levels → Definitions of the types of locks that can be acquired on read operations.
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CREATE WORKLOAD GROUP, ALTER RESOURCE GOVERNOR RECONFIGURE → ____ and ____ are the two T-SQL statements that are needed to make a new workload group,
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COMMIT TRANSACTION → The ____ statement, practically, marks the end of a successful implicit or explicit transaction.
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ROWLOCK hint → Update locks that are held in place until a transaction is completed.
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READ UNCOMMITTED level → Will not issue shared locks. They are not blocked by exclusive locks, and it means dirty reads.
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MUST_CHANGE option → Says the Windows password policies of the local server computer should be enforced on this particular login.
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CHECK_POLICY option → Specifics that the password that follows the PASSWORD argument is already hashed
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-s option → Allows you to start only a named instance of SQL Server
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CREATE RESOURCE POOL, ALTER RESOURCE GOVERNOR RECONFIGURE → ____ then ____ are the two T-SQL statements that are needed for creating resource pools.
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5 → The sums of the minimum CPU and minimum memory percentages for all available resource polls cannot go over ____ percent.
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SET statement → You ____ pause the SQL Server ____.
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ROLLBACK TRANSACTION statement → Removes all data modifications made and rolls back to the beginning of the transaction
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sys.dm_tran_locks → You can query ____ to find out if there are many locks outstanding.
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On, default → ____ is the ____ state for CHECK_POLICY.
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Credentials → The CPU and I/O affinities ____ exclusive.
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Performance bottlenecks → Locks commonly cause ____.
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SQL Server Agent, automation → You would use ____ for database ____. Designed for processing alerts, and running scheduled jobs. Can also send out relevant alerts and notifications through email
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Cannot → Object ownership groups
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SERIALIZABLE → Produces the same effect as setting HOLDLOCK on all tables in the SELECT statement.
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-c option → Used for shortening the startup time when starting SQL Server from the command prompt
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BEGIN TRANSACTION, SET IMPLICIT_TRANSACTIONS → ____ is what is started with the SET IMPLICIT_TRANSACTIONS statement.
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SQL Server Agent → A Windows service that listens for incoming requests.
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Authentication, user session → After ____ is finished and before the ____ is established is when logon triggers fire.
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Latches → Applies exclusive locks
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Standard, TSQL, TSQL_Duration, TSQL_Grouped, TSQL_SPs → ____ are the predefined templates for SQL Server Profiler (5)
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File system, filegroups → In the ____, in files, and often group into ____ is how databases are stored
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100 → Applies exclusive locks
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HASHED option → Specifics that the password that follows the PASSWORD argument is already hashed
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READ COMMITTED → Will not issue shared locks. They are not blocked by exclusive locks, and it means dirty reads.
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More restricted → READ COMMITTED is ____ than READ UNCOMMITTED.
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TSQL_Duration Template → Capture statements submitted and their execution time. Used to identify the slower queries.
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-n option → Used for shortening the startup time when starting SQL Server from the command prompt
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Increase concurrency and improve performance → ____ statement or ____ are two ways to set up credentials.
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Affinity mask, affinity I/O mask → ____ and ____ are the two affinity mask options.
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CHECK_EXPIRATION option → Tell whether password expiration policy should be enforced on that login
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Database Mail or SQL Mail → The executable process of the SQL Server Database Engine.
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setupadmin role → Granted the permission to add or removed linked servers
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Can, trigger → There ____ be more than one ____ defined on the LOGON event.
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SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL → Definitions of the types of locks that can be acquired on read operations.
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Database Engine service → The executable process of the SQL Server Database Engine.
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Don't have → ____ is the default transaction management mode.
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Pausing, does not → ____ the Database Engine service ____ remove users currently connected.
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-E option → Allows you to increase the number of extents allocated for each file in a filegroup.
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Does not, implicit → 1433
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RECONFIGURE or RECONFIGURE WITH OVERRIDE statements → You create a logon trigger with the ____.
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Cannot, public → You ____ pause the SQL Server ____.
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serveradmin role → Granted the permission to execute the BULK INSERT statement
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Cannot, Agent → You ____ pause the SQL Server ____.
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Standard Template → Captures all the stored procedures and T-SQL batches that are run. Used to monitor the general database server activities
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TSQL_Grouped Template → Capture statements submitted and their execution time. Used to identify the slower queries.
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Configuration values, -f → When there a is particular ____ preventing the server from starting is when you most often use the ____ option.
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sp_get_schedule_description → The file extension of trace files
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READ COMMITTED → Statements cannot read data that has been changed but not yet committed.
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Implicit transaction mode → The ____ statement, practically, marks the end of a successful implicit or explicit transaction.
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processadmin role → A mode that means every T-SQL statement will be committed or rolled back when it is completed.
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One, Browser → You need ____ SQL Server ____ for all SQL Server instances installed on the same server.
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Can, user-defined → You ____ create ____ server level roles.
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Script Login → An option in Management Studio, allows you to script a login
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migrating, server → To set up ____ Mail you would configure one or more databases as mail hosts and then define client settings so SQL Server Agent can send message via ____ mail server
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I/O affinity task → Used for directly affecting the I/O affinity mask.
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Dynamically, CPU → An affinity mask is used for ____ controlling ____ affinity.
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SQL Server Browser → Granted the permission to change server-wide configuration options and shut down the server
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SQL Server Configuration Manager → Used to manage the SQL server instances and set up the clients/client protocols.
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UPDLOCK hint → The acquired lock is to be applied at the table level
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Right-click, Properties → The HASHED argument should be used only when ____ databases from one ____ to another.
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TABLOCKX hint → Refers to an exclusive lock on the table
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Autocommit mode → ____ is the default transaction management mode.
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sp_configure, all, GUI, most commonly → SQL Server ____ be allowed to adjust and use memory ____.
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Compatibility → An option in Management Studio, allows you to script a login
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Windows, SQL Server → Specifies that the login is to be mapped to a Windows login
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Lower → The max CPU percentage cannot be ____ than the min CPU percentage.
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Management, resource pools → Workload groups located under the ____ node - ____ in Management Studio.
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Management Studio, CREATE LOGIN → The ____ or ____ statement are two ways to configure logins and their passwords.
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Logon Triggers → Triggers that can fire stored procedures when a LOGON event is raised.
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SQL Mail → The ____ email system is depreciated.
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Resource Governor → The max ____ percentage cannot be lower than the min ____ percentage.
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Public → There are ____ fixed Server Level Roles in SQL Server
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Management Studio → The primary interface for managing the databases.
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XLOCK → Used to prevent concurrent use of a resource by multiple different transactions
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.trc extension → The file extension of trace files
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CREATE CREDENTIAL, Management Studio → The primary interface for managing the databases.
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REPEATABLE READ → Statements cannot read data modified but not yet committed and no other transactions can modify data that has been read until current transaction is completed.
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Resource pool → A feature you can use to specify limits on resource consumption by incoming requests
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TSQL_SPs Template → Captures all statements submitted with information grouped by the client that submitted it. Use it to investigate queries from specific clients.
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Autocommit mode → A mode that means every T-SQL statement will be committed or rolled back when it is completed.
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sp_help_jobactivity → Used to find out further information on the various jobs
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affinity masks → Used for directly affecting the I/O affinity mask.
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Reporting Services Configuration Manager → Used to configure and manage the reporting services.
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WINDOWS option → Used for starting an instance with minimal configuration.
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One, isolation → Used for starting an instance with minimal configuration.
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9 → Used to prevent concurrent use of a resource by multiple different transactions
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Off, SNAPSHOT → A transaction can only recognize data modifications committed prior to the start of the transaction. Modifications made after the start will be invisible.
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CREATE TRIGGER statement → You create a logon trigger with the ____.
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bulkadmin role → Granted the permission to manage disk files.
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Resource Governor → The ____ can be used in real time.
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Client Application Name → ____ instances that you can monitor in the ____ process are what captured events in the Database Engine become.
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Off, default → ____ is the ____ state for the CHECK-EXPIRATION option.
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diskadmin role → Granted the permission to manage disk files.
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TABLOCK hint → Refers to an exclusive lock on the table
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Locks → Used to prevent concurrent use of a resource by multiple different transactions
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Query Window → Provides a basic editor to write T-SQL statements/scripts
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Older applications, third-party, mixed operating systems → If you need to provide support for ____, ____ applications, or if you have ____ in place is when you would use SQL Server Authentication.
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Memory, memory → Provides a basic editor to write T-SQL statements/scripts
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ALTER RESOURCE GOVERNOR RECONFIGURE, Management node → The ____ is how you change Database level settings.
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sysadmin role → Granted the permission to preform any activity in the server