Are there differences between Owned Schemas and Role Members?
From my understanding, the Role Members are compulsory – user need to have at least one of the check box under Role Members checked.
However, the Owned Schemas is not compulsory. It really make me wonder why there is a need to have the Owned Schemas in there.
Best Answer
Apples and Oranges. Roles are roles and schemas are schemas. The fact that there is a role called
db_accessadminand also a schema calleddb_accessadmindoes not mean a role is a schema nor that a schema is a role. Roles are security membership containers, a principal is member of a role. Schemas contain database schema bound objects and are owned by a principal. When you create a new user you can choose his default schema, add him to certain roles, and grant him ownership of schemas. Although the actions are separate, the designers of this dialog feel they are somehow related as to merit all that UX real estate (that is questionable, but a completely different topic).