title

System databases

description

Learn about system databases, which are databases that SQL Server PDW uses to manage users, databases, and temporary data.

author

WilliamDAssafMSFT

ms.author

wiassaf

ms.reviewer

martinle

ms.date

05/06/2022

ms.prod

sql

ms.technology

data-warehouse

ms.topic

conceptual

ms.custom

seo-dt-2019

kr2b-contr-experiment

System databases in Parallel Data Warehouse

System databases are databases that SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) uses to manage users, databases, and temporary data. SQL Server PDW includes the following system databases: master and tempdb.