Requirements

Microsoft SQL Server compatibility

  • 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
  • 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

Services Compatibility

  • StrongDM

System requirements

  • Microsoft Windows 7/8/8.1/10/11
  • Windows Server 2008/2012/2016/2019/2022
  • .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.

Permissions required to run Event Profiler

  • ALTER TRACE
  • ALTER ANY EVENT SESSION
  • CONNECT SQL
  • VIEW SERVER STATE TO login_name

To learn how to grant these permissions, refer to How to profile server events.