update vault mssql docs

[sachin-chand01]

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Summary

Updates the permissions for the MSSQL docs for this bug fix

MSSql Server database plugin throws "Logins other than the current user can only be seen by members of the sysadmin role." when using the default revocation statement.

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Redirects in content/vault/v1.19.x/content/docs/secrets/databases/mssql.mdx

• [200] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases | Redirect: Followed 6 redirects resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases?view=sql-server-ver17 --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases?view=sql-server-ver17 --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases?view=sql-server-ver17

Redirects in content/vault/v1.20.x/content/docs/secrets/databases/mssql.mdx

• [200] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases | Redirect: Followed 6 redirects resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases?view=sql-server-ver17 --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases?view=sql-server-ver17 --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases?view=sql-server-ver17

Redirects in content/vault/v1.21.x/content/docs/secrets/databases/mssql.mdx

• [200] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases | Redirect: Followed 8 redirects resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases?view=sql-server-ver17 --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases?view=sql-server-ver17 --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases?view=sql-server-ver17 --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases?view=sql-server-ver17

Redirects in content/vault/v2.x/content/docs/secrets/databases/mssql.mdx

• [200] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases | Redirect: Followed 6 redirects resolving to the final status of: OK. Redirects: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases?view=sql-server-ver17 --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases?view=sql-server-ver17 --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases --[301]--> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/databases/contained-databases?view=sql-server-ver17

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[schavis]

@sachin-chand01 Is this fix part of 2.0.0?

[schavis]

@sachin-chand01 Is the bug fix part of the May release? If so, please change the merge target to vault/202505 and make sure to add an entry to the 2.x release notes

[sachin-chand01]

@sachin-chand01 Is the bug fix part of the May release? If so, please change the merge target to vault/202505 and make sure to add an entry to the 2.x release notes

@schavis No, this fix is not part of May release. It’s planned for the 2.1.0 release.

[schavis]

@schavis No, this fix is not part of May release. It’s planned for the 2.1.0 release.

So it's part of the October release? I didn't realize we needed a release branch for that already.

Let me create one and you can change the merge target. To clarify: the content repo doesn't work like the product repo. Merging something to main publishes those changes to the public docs immediately.

[sachin-chand01]

So it's part of the October release? I didn't realize we needed a release branch for that already.

Let me create one and you can change the merge target. To clarify: the content repo doesn't work like the product repo. Merging something to main publishes those changes to the public docs immediately.

Got it, that makes sense! Thanks for catching that. I’ll switch the merge target once the release branch is ready.

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

Updates the MSSQL database secrets engine documentation to reflect additional permissions required by the default revocation behavior and to clarify revocation behavior constraints.

Changes:

• Add additional SQL Server permissions (VIEW ANY DEFINITION, VIEW SERVER STATE, VIEW DEFINITION) to the “minimum functionality” grant set.
• Add a warning that the default revocation procedure’s metadata query is scoped to the database in connection_url, which can prevent cleanup when users are created in a different database.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 3 out of 3 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

File	Description
content/vault/v2.x/content/docs/secrets/databases/mssql.mdx	Adds required grants and clarifies default revocation scoping behavior.
content/vault/v1.21.x/content/docs/secrets/databases/mssql.mdx	Same as v2.x, but contains a duplicated-phrase typo in the newly added warning text.
content/vault/v1.19.x/content/docs/secrets/databases/mssql.mdx	Adds required grants and clarifies default revocation scoping behavior.

[stuti-sr]

LGTM!!

[schavis]

@sachin-chand01 Please change the merge target to vault/202610

[sachin-chand01]

@schavis quick update, this fix will go into the May release. Apologies for the change.

Closing this PR due to unnecessary changes after the merge target update and have opened a new PR : #2374