Our network administrator, whom I'll affectionately refer to as DCD (Data Center _ick), has decided that I no longer deserve to have sa rights to the instance of SQL Server that I'm the DBA for (and won't tell me why). Since I never granted myself any other database mappings or rights outside of the sysadmin role, I'm completely locked out from doing my job (and no, I wasn't fired). I have never had access to login to the OS on the server since I'm not a part of the exclusive networking team. I have searched everywhere I can find for a solution to restore my rights (so I can disable him and get back to work) and go on doing my job but everything I have found requires access to the OS. I'm not interested in dark web options as I don't want to introduce that risk to my employer.I have two questions:1. Is there any way of restoring my access to the instance, bypassing DCD? I don't need OS access, just sa access to my instance. I have been operating just fine without OS access for nearly a year now.2. Can a DBA do their job without the sysadmin role? What granular rights would I have to be assigned so I can do my job (I fully manage everything on the instance)?Please don't comment about the obvious [expletive here] behavior of DCD, that he has already well established. I just need real solutions and practical answers to my questions.Thank you!
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