diff --git a/code/MSSQLDatabaseConfigurationHelper.php b/code/MSSQLDatabaseConfigurationHelper.php
index 89fdf76..7812874 100644
--- a/code/MSSQLDatabaseConfigurationHelper.php
+++ b/code/MSSQLDatabaseConfigurationHelper.php
@@ -188,5 +188,16 @@ class MSSQLDatabaseConfigurationHelper implements DatabaseConfigurationHelper {
 			'alreadyExists' => $alreadyExists
 		);
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Ensure we have permissions to alter tables.
+	 * 
+	 * @param array $databaseConfig Associative array of db configuration, e.g. "server", "username" etc
+	 * @return array Result - e.g. array('okay' => true, 'applies' => true), where applies is whether
+	 * the test is relevant for the database
+	 */
+	public function requireDatabaseAlterPermissions($databaseConfig) {
+		return array('success' => true, 'applies' => false);	
+	}
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}