System Views (Transact-SQL)

Microsoft SQL Server provides the following collections of system views that expose metadata.

Catalog Views	Information Schema Views
Compatibility Views	Replication Views
Dynamic Management Views and Functions	Data-tier Application Views (Transact-SQL)

See Also

Reference

System Tables (Transact-SQL)

Mapping System Tables to System Views (Transact-SQL)

Concepts

Querying the SQL Server System Catalog FAQ

Metadata Access, Isolation Levels, and Lock Hints