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Applies to: 
SQL Server 2016 (13.x) and later Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance Azure Synapse Analytics Analytics Platform System (PDW)
You can display properties for a table in SQL Server by using SQL Server Management Studio or Transact-SQL.
Permissions
You can only see properties in a table if you either own the table or have been granted permissions to that table.
Use SQL Server Management Studio
Show table properties in the Properties window
In Object Explorer, select the table for which you want to show properties.
Right-click the table and select Properties from the shortcut menu. For more information, see Table Properties - SSMS.
Generate the CREATE TABLE script for an existing table
You can script out existing objects from the Object Explorer in SSMS. For more information, see Generate Scripts.
Use Transact-SQL
Use sp_help
In Object Explorer, connect to an instance of Database Engine.
On the Standard bar, select New Query.
Copy and paste the following example into the query window and select Execute. The example executes the system stored procedure
sp_helpto return all column information for the specified object. For more information, see sp_help.
EXEC sp_help 'dbo.mytable';Tip
By default, SSMS maps a keyboard shortcut for sp_help to the Alt-F1. Highlight the name of the object in a script you want to see, for example dbo.mytable, and hit Alt-F1 to execute the previous script sample. For more information, see SSMS keyboard shortcuts.
Use system catalog views
You could alternatively query the system catalog views directly to query object metadata information about tables, schema, and columns. For example:
SELECT s.name as schema_name, t.name as table_name, c.* FROM sys.columns AS cINNER JOIN sys.tables AS t ON t.object_id = c.object_idINNER JOIN sys.schemas AS s ON s.schema_id = t.schema_idWHERE t.name = 'mytable' AND s.name = 'dbo';