sys-services-transact-sql.md

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sys.services (Transact-SQL)

[!INCLUDEtsql-appliesto-ss2008-xxxx-xxxx-xxx_md]

This catalog view contains a row for each service in the database.

Applies to: [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] ([!INCLUDEssKatmai] through current version).

Column name	Data type	Description
name	sysname	Case-sensitive name of service, unique within the database. Not NULLABLE.
service_id	int	Identifier of the service. Not NULLABLE.
principal_id	int	Identifier for the database principal that owns this service. NULLABLE.
service_queue_id	int	Object id for the queue that this service uses. Not NULLABLE.

Permissions

[!INCLUDEssCatViewPerm] For more information, see Metadata Visibility Configuration.