sp_helpsrvrolemember (Transact-SQL)
Applies to: 
SQL Server
Returns information about the members of a SQL Server fixed server role.
Transact-SQL syntax conventions
Syntax
sp_helpsrvrolemember [ [ @srvrolename = ] N'srvrolename' ]
[ ; ]
Arguments
[ @srvrolename = ] N'srvrolename'
The name of a fixed server role. @srvrolename is sysname, with a default of NULL, and can be any of the following values.
| Fixed server role | Description |
|---|---|
sysadmin |
System administrators |
securityadmin |
Security administrators |
serveradmin |
Server administrators |
setupadmin |
Setup administrators |
processadmin |
Process administrators |
diskadmin |
Disk administrators |
dbcreator |
Database creators |
bulkadmin |
Can execute BULK INSERT statements |
If @srvrolename isn't specified, the result set includes information about all fixed server roles.
Return code values
0 (success) or 1 (failure).
Result set
| Column name | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|
ServerRole |
sysname | Name of the server role |
MemberName |
sysname | Name of a member of ServerRole |
MemberSID |
varbinary(85) | Security identifier of MemberName |
Remarks
Use sp_helprolemember to display the members of a database role.
All logins are a member of public. sp_helpsrvrolemember doesn't recognize the public role because, internally, SQL Server doesn't implement public as a role.
To add or removed members from server roles, see ALTER SERVER ROLE.
sp_helpsrvrolemember doesn't take a user-defined server role as an argument. To determine the members of a user-defined server role, see the examples in ALTER SERVER ROLE.
Permissions
Requires membership in the public role.
Examples
The following example lists the members of the sysadmin fixed server role.
EXEC sp_helpsrvrolemember 'sysadmin';