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|**default_language_name**|**sysname**|Default language for this principal.|
|**credential_id**|**int**|ID of a credential associated with this principal. If no credential is associated with this principal, credential_id will be NULL.|
|**owning_principal_id**|**int**|The **principal_id** of the owner of a server role. NULL if the principal is not a server role.|
|**is_fixed_role**|**bit**|Returns 1 if the principal is one of the fixed server roles. For more information, see [Server-Level Roles](../../relational-databases/security/authentication-access/server-level-roles.md).|
|**is_fixed_role**|**bit**|Returns 1 if the principal is one of the built-in server roles with fixed permissions. For more information, see [Server-Level Roles](../../relational-databases/security/authentication-access/server-level-roles.md).|

## Permissions
Any login can see their own login name, the system logins, and the fixed server roles. To see other logins, requires ALTER ANY LOGIN, or a permission on the login. To see user-defined server roles, requires ALTER ANY SERVER ROLE, or membership in the role.
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The following query lists the permissions explicitly granted or denied to server principals.

> [!IMPORTANT]
> The permissions of fixed server roles do not appear in sys.server_permissions. Therefore, server principals may have additional permissions not listed here.
> The permissions of fixed server roles (other than public) do not appear in sys.server_permissions. Therefore, server principals may have additional permissions not listed here.

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SELECT pr.principal_id, pr.name, pr.type_desc,
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