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# dbo.syssubsystems (Transact-SQL)
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  Contains information about all available [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] Agent proxy subsystems. The **syssubsystems** table is stored in the **msdb** database.  
  
|Column name|Data type|Description|  
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|  
|**subsystem_id**|**int**|ID of the subsystem.|  
|**subsystem**|**nvarchar(40)**|Name of the subsystem.|  
|**description_id**|**int**|Message ID of the row in the **sys.messages** catalog view that contains the subsystem description.|  
|**subsystem_dll**|**nvarchar(255)**|Location of the subsystem DLL.|  
|**agent_exe**|**nvarchar(255)**|Full path to the executable that uses the subsystem.|  
|**start_entry_point**|**nvarchar(30)**|Function that is called when the subsystem is initialized.|  
|**event_entry_point**|**nvarchar(30)**|Function that is called when a subsystem step is run.|  
|**stop_entry_point**|**nvarchar(30)**|Function that is called when a subsystem finishes running.|  
|**max_worker_threads**|**int**|Maximum number of concurrent steps for a given subsystem.|  
  
## Remarks  
 Only members of the **sysadmin** fixed server role can access this table.  
  
## See Also  
 [dbo.sysproxysubsystem (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-tables/dbo-sysproxysubsystem-transact-sql.md)   
 [dbo.sysproxies (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-tables/dbo-sysproxies-transact-sql.md)   
 [sys.messages (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/messages-for-errors-catalog-views-sys-messages.md)