I cannot add a new Server Role "SQL Server 2008 R2"

Question

I want to add a new user-defined Server Role to my SQL Server instance, but the menu doesn't show all options, it only shows this:

Instead of this :

and I also tried the T-SQL command to create the server role but it keep showing the message

Incorrect Syntax near 'AUTHORIZATION', expecting id ,quoted_id or to.

Please Help ASAP.

Answer 1

CREATE SERVER ROLE only apply to SQL Server 2012 through current version.

See on MSDN: CREATE SERVER ROLE (Transact-SQL)