ServiceMasterKey Class

The ServiceMasterKey object represents a Microsoft SQL Server service master key.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly : Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in microsoft.sqlserver.smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class ServiceMasterKey
    Inherits SqlSmoObject

public sealed class ServiceMasterKey : SqlSmoObject

public ref class ServiceMasterKey sealed : public SqlSmoObject

public final class ServiceMasterKey extends SqlSmoObject

public final class ServiceMasterKey extends SqlSmoObject

Hinweise

A service master key is the lop layer in the encryption hierarchy and is used to encrypt all the lower layers of the encryption hierarchy, such as database master keys, certificates, asymmetric and symmetric keys. The service master key is generated by Windows and secured by the Windows data protection API. It can only be opened by the Windows service account under which it was created, or by a user who knows both the service account name and its password.

Der Namespace, die Klasse oder das Element wird nur in der Version 2.0 von Microsoft .NET Framework unterstützt.

To get the ServiceMasterKey object properties, users can be a member of the public fixed server role.

To set the ServiceMasterKey object properties, users must have CONTROL SERVER permission on the server or be a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.

To backup or restore the service master key, users must have CONTROL SERVER permission on the server or be a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SmoObjectBase
     Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SqlSmoObject
      Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ServiceMasterKey

Threadsicherheit

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.