No, it's a 2014 database created from scratch. I haven't tried dropping and recreating the user. I'll give that a shot.

Thanks for the suggestion. I gave it a shot and it unfortunately did not work. When selecting OK to make the change (removing user from db_owner role), an...

I checked the database properties and it has one of our administrators as the owner rather than the user being addressed.

Clearly I misunderstood my own situation, thank you for the clarification and information. In hindsight I agree and will post a new thread if I need further help.

Somewhat in line with the original question, I have a user whose login is used by the dbo user on a few databases. Consequently, that user has permissions they...