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title: "sys.conversation_groups (Transact-SQL)"
description: sys.conversation_groups (Transact-SQL)
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# sys.conversation_groups (Transact-SQL)
[!INCLUDE [SQL Server](../../includes/applies-to-version/sqlserver.md)]

  This catalog view contains a row for each conversation group.  
  
|Column name|Data type|Description|  
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|  
|**conversation_group_id**|**uniqueidentifier**|Identifier for the conversation group. Not NULLABLE.|  
|**service_id**|**int**|Identifier of the service for conversations in this group. Not NULLABLE.|  
|**is_system**|**bit**|Indicates whether this is a system instance or not. NULLABLE.|  
  
## Permissions  
 [!INCLUDE[ssCatViewPerm](../../includes/sscatviewperm-md.md)] For more information, see [Metadata Visibility Configuration](../../relational-databases/security/metadata-visibility-configuration.md).