There are three kinds of user role in SQL Monitor:

• Administrators have unrestricted access and can configure every feature.
• Standard users can configure alerts, but can't configure custom metrics, custom alerts or alert email settings. They can view all pages except the Manage user roles, Custom metrics, Licensing, and Base monitor connection pages. If you configure SQL Monitor to authenticate with Active Directory, you can also restrict which individual servers and groups standard users have access to.
• Read-only users can view all pages except the Manage user roles, Licensing and Base Monitor connection pages. They can't make configuration changes.

For details about the restrictions on standard and read-only user roles, see User role restrictions.

Creating the Administrator role

After you install SQL Monitor, you can create a password to log in as an administrator.

This creates the Administrator user role. Share the password with users who need access to every feature in SQL Monitor.

After you log in, you can configure the standard and read-only user roles.

If you configure SQL Monitor to authenticate with Active Directory, you need to specify a user to act as the administrator. For more information, see Authenticating with Active Directory.

Configuring user roles

Only administrators can configure user roles.

In the Configuration tab, under Application options, select Manage user roles:

Administrators can change their own password and create or change passwords for standard and read-only roles.

Create standard and read-only user roles

1. For the role you want to create, click the Create password button:

   

2. Enter a password and click Save.
   
   

   The message confirms that the password has been created. Share this password with users that require restricted access to SQL Monitor.

Editing user roles

1. Click Change password.
2. Enter a new password and click Save.