Administering a SQL Database Infrastructure — Question 102

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You are the database administrator for a company that hosts Microsoft SQL Server. You manage both on-premises and Microsoft Azure SQL Database environments.
One instance hosts a user database named HRDB. The database contains sensitive human resources data.
You need to grant an auditor permission to view the SQL Server audit logs while following the principle of least privilege.
Which permission should you grant?

Answer options

• A. DDLAdmin
• B. db_datawriter
• C. dbcreator
• D. dbo
• E. View Database State
• F. View Server State
• G. View Definition
• H. sysadmin

Correct answer: F

Explanation

The correct answer is F: View Server State, which allows the auditor to view the SQL Server audit logs without granting excessive permissions. The other options either provide more privileges than necessary or do not grant the required access to audit logs.