How to disable SQL Server Management Studio for a user

Question

Is there a way to prevent users from getting into SQL Server Management Studio so that they can\'t just edit table rows manually? They still need to access the tables by ru

Answer 1

You can use a trigger.

CREATE TRIGGER [TR_LOGON_APP]
ON ALL SERVER 
FOR LOGON
AS
BEGIN

   DECLARE @program_name nvarchar(128)
   DECLARE @host_name nvarchar(128)

   SELECT @program_name = program_name, 
      @host_name = host_name
   FROM sys.dm_exec_sessions AS c
   WHERE c.session_id = @@spid


   IF ORIGINAL_LOGIN() IN('YOUR_APP_LOGIN_NAME') 
      AND @program_name LIKE '%Management%Studio%' 
   BEGIN
      RAISERROR('This login is for application use only.',16,1)
      ROLLBACK;
   END
END;

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