# SQL Permissions for Monitoring Microsoft SQL Server using Metricbeat

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-permissions-for-monitoring-microsoft-sql-server-using-metricbeat/279294>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [July 21, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-permissions-for-monitoring-microsoft-sql-server-using-metricbeat/279294 "2021-07-21T17:22:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![mroughton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@mroughton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mroughton)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-permissions-for-monitoring-microsoft-sql-server-using-metricbeat/279294/1 "2021-07-21T17:22:37Z")

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I am looking to implement monitoring Microsoft SQL Server using Metricbeat. What are the minimum SQL user permissions needed for performance and transaction log metric sets?

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**Author:** ![Mario\_Castro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mario_castro/32/35107_2.png) [@Mario\_Castro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mario_Castro)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-permissions-for-monitoring-microsoft-sql-server-using-metricbeat/279294/2 "2021-07-22T14:02:30Z")

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You need to be able to access the following tables:

- `sys.dm_db_log_space_usage`
- `sys.dm_db_log_stats([id])`
- `sys.databases`
- `sys.dm_os_performance_counters`

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 4:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-permissions-for-monitoring-microsoft-sql-server-using-metricbeat/279294/3 "2021-08-19T16:03:22Z")

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