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You are the database administrator for a company that hosts Microsoft SQL Server. You manage both onpremises and Microsoft Azure SQL Database environments.
You have a user database named HRDB that contains sensitive human resources data. The HRDB backup
files must be encrypted.
You need to grant the correct permission to the service account that backs up the HRDB database.
Which permission should you grant?
A.
DDLAdmin
B.
db_datawriter
C.
dbcreator
D.
dbo
E.
View Database State
F.
View Server State
G.
View Definition
H.
sysadmin
Explanation:
Restoring the encrypted backup: SQL Server restore does not require any encryption parameters to be
specified during restores. It does require that the certificate or the asymmetric key used to encrypt the backup
file be available on the instance that you are restoring to. The user account performing the restore must have
VIEW DEFINITION permissions on the certificate or key.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/backup-restore/backup-encryption