--- title: "show advanced options Server Configuration Option | Microsoft Docs" ms.custom: "" ms.date: "03/02/2017" ms.prod: "sql-server-2016" ms.reviewer: "" ms.suite: "" ms.technology: - "database-engine" ms.tgt_pltfrm: "" ms.topic: "article" helpviewer_keywords: - "sp_configure" - "show advanced options option" ms.assetid: 7572372a-24b6-428f-84ae-48560430b159 caps.latest.revision: 22 author: "BYHAM" ms.author: "rickbyh" manager: "jhubbard" --- # show advanced options Server Configuration Option [!INCLUDE[tsql-appliesto-ss2008-xxxx-xxxx-xxx_md](../../includes/tsql-appliesto-ss2008-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-md.md)] Use the **show advanced options** option to display the **sp_configure** system stored procedure advanced options. When you set **show advanced options** to 1, you can list the advanced options by using **sp_configure**. The default is 0. The setting takes effect immediately without a server restart. ## See Also [RECONFIGURE (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/language-elements/reconfigure-transact-sql.md) [Server Configuration Options (SQL Server)](../../database-engine/configure-windows/server-configuration-options-sql-server.md) [sp_configure (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/sp-configure-transact-sql.md)