Security

Right out of the box, SQL Server makes it pretty easy to grant SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE to all user tables.  That’s accomplished by using the built-in db_datareader (SELECT) and db_datawriter (INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE) database roles in every user database.  Any user you add to those database roles will be granted those permissions. But what if you want to grant EXECUTE permission to all of the user stored procedures.  Where’s the built-in database role for that?  Nowhere to be found.  Oh you can create a database role, add users to that role, and grant EXECUTE permission to that...

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