Tracy Boggiano opens a can of worms:
So, what to rant about? Should your managers have access to your SQL Server instances? It depends. You say on what. Well, just one thing. What type of manager do you have?
Read on for Tracy’s thoughts on the matter. Speaking as a manager, I tend to agree. If you don’t know what you’re doing, better not to have the ability to mess things up. I can think of oddball scenarios where you might still want the manager to have (at least theoretical) access to a system, primarily as a backstop in case the line staff get locked out or someone gets hit by the lottery bus and you suddenly need to bring in a new employee. That’s more of “break glass in case of emergency” access, though.