Get Objects in the *deny* roles in Sql Server via Powershell

Quick script to find all the objects (Users, Groups) in the *deny* roles in all databases.  Handy for when your AD account setups are heavily nested with duplicate users in multiple conflicting groups .  If you find yourself having to use deny in order to get permissions correct, it’s probably time you flattened out your groups a bit.  Using DENY can be a chore to track down.  This just spits out a gridview of the members of the *deny* roles.

Import-Module SqlPS -DisableNameChecking

$objects = @();
$servers = gc -Path c:\Servers.txt

try{

    $Servers | %{
        $srv = New-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server $_
        $srv.Databases | where{$_.Status -eq [Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DatabaseStatus]::Normal} | %{
            $dbName = $_.Name 
            $_.Roles | where{$_.Name -like '*deny*'} | %{
                $roleName = $_.Name 
                $roleMembers = $_.EnumMembers()
                $roleMembers | %{
                    $objects += [PSCustomObject] @{
                        ServerName = $srvName
                        DatabaseName = $dbName
                        Role = $roleName
                        RoleMember = $_
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
    $objects | Out-GridView
}
catch{
    $_ | fl -Force
}

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