Hi!
As a Database Developer (previously DBA), I am now working in an environment where I typically need access to the sp_who and SQL Profiler utilities.
I was informed by one of the DBA's that I couldn't access these utilites without having the sysadmin role, which is totally contrary to what I remember when I was serving as a DBA.
So just for clarification and a sanity check, is not the following true under both SQL 2005/2008?
The ONLY right that needs to be granted to a user to have access to the SQL Profiler is the ALTER TRACE privilege.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187611.aspx
The sp_who and sp_who2 utilities don’t require sysadmin either, ONLY the VIEW SERVER STATE permission.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms174313.aspx
I have the links provided by MS for what I believe to be true but further affirmation from a current DBA would be much appreciated. Just humor me please!!!
Thanks