Desktop Console
- Microsoft Windows: Vista SP2+, Server 2008, 7 SP1+, Server 2008 R2, 8, Server 2012, 8.1, Server 2012 R2 (provisional), Server 2012 R2 Update (provisional), 10 (provisional)
- Microsoft .NET framework: 4.0+
- Microsoft SQL Server Management Tools: 2012, 2014 (must be installed on desktop console before installing SQL XEvent Profiler)
- web browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer 10.x+ (minimum of Windows 7 SP1, Server 2008 R2 SP1), Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox
Database Platforms
- Microsoft SQL Server: 2012, 2014, 2016 (provisional)
SQL XEvent Profiler does not install any components, DLLs, scripts, stored procedures, or tables on the database instances being monitored.
Database Instances in Cloud
- Microsoft Azure: Virtual Machine VM (provisional)
- Amazon Web Services: Elastic Compute Cloud EC2 (provisional)
- connection: using DNS domain name or IP address, and SQL authentication