Requirements

Last modified: April 14, 2025

Microsoft SQL Server compatibility

• SQL Server 2025
• SQL Server 2022
• SQL Server 2019, 2017, 2016 SP1, 2016, 2014, 2012, LocalDB
• SQL Server 2008, 2008R2 (including Express edition)
• SQL Server 2005 (including Express edition)
• SQL Server 2000 (limited support)
• SQL Server installed on Linux
• SQL Server on Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)
• ApsaraDB RDS
• Azure SQL Database (SQL DB)
• Azure Synapse Analytics (formerly Azure SQL Data Warehouse (SQL DW)) Dedicated but not Serverless
• Azure SQL Managed Instance (SQL MI)
• Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) multi-factor authentication (MFA)
• Azure Private Link for Azure SQL Database
• Heroku Cloud

Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio compatibility

• SSMS v21 Preview
• SSMS v20
• SSMS v19
• SSMS v18
• SSMS v17
• SSMS 2016 (including Express editions)

Note

Starting from version 7.0, the SQL Server Management Studio add-ins in the dbForge for SQL Server product line will no longer support integration with SSMS 2012/2014. However, previous versions of the SSMS add-ins will remain compatible with SSMS 2012/2014.

Service compatibility

• StrongDM

System requirements

• Microsoft Windows 7/8/8.1/10/11
• Windows Server 2008/2012/2016/2019/2022/2025
• .NET Framework 4.7.2 or higher installed. You can download .NET Framework here.

Note:

.NET Framework is pre-installed in Microsoft Windows 7/8/8.1/10/11.