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# Database Properties (General Page)
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  Use this page to view or modify properties for the selected database.  
  
## Options  
 **Last Database Backup**  
 Displays the date that the database was last backed up.  
  
 **Last Database Log Backup**  
 Displays the date that the database transaction log was last backed up.  
  
 **Name**  
 Displays the name of the database.  
  
 **Status**  
 Displays the database state. For more information, see [Database States](../../relational-databases/databases/database-states.md).  
  
 **Owner**  
 Displays the name of the database owner. The owner can be changed on the **Files** page.  
  
 **Date Created**  
 Displays the date and time that the database was created.  
  
 **Size**  
 Displays the size of the database in megabytes.  
  
 **Space Available**  
 Displays the amount of available space in the database in megabytes.  
  
 **Number of Users**  
 Displays the number of users configured for the database.  
  
 **Collation Name**  
 Displays the collation used for the database. The collation can be changed on the **Options** page.  
  
## See Also  
 [ALTER DATABASE (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/statements/alter-database-transact-sql.md)   
 [ALTER DATABASE (Azure SQL Database)](../../t-sql/statements/alter-database-azure-sql-database.md)   
 [sys.databases (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/sys-databases-transact-sql.md)   
 [DATABASEPROPERTYEX (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/functions/databasepropertyex-transact-sql.md)