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A typical install sets up all SQL Secure components on the same computer. The following table lists the requirements for a typical installation.
| Hardware/software | Requirement |
|---|
| CPU | 2.0 GHz or higher |
| Memory | 2 GB |
32-bit or 2000 Server SP4 or later Server 2003 SP2 or later XP SP2 or later Vista Business and Enterprise 7 Server 2008 2008 R2NET Framework 2.0 SP1 or later- Net framework 4.8
- MDAC 2.8 or later
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| Microsoft SQL Server for Repository | Supports all editions except SQL Server Express for the following versions: |
2005 SP1 or later- 2012
- SQL Server 2014
- SQL Server 2016
- SQL Server
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2008 2008 R2 2012 2014 2016 |
| Microsoft SQL Server for audited instances | - SQL Server 2012 SP1
- SQL Server
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2000- 2014
- SQL Server 2016
- SQL Server
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2005 2008 2008 R2- 2022
- Azure SQL Database
- SQL Server
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2012- on Azure VM
- Azure SQL Database
- SQL Server
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2014- on Amazon EC2
- Amazon RDS for SQL Server
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2016 9.0 or later- 11.x+
- Microsoft Edge
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
Safari | Info |
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Current versions plus three previous versions of these browsers support SQL Secure. |
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| Note |
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Latest SQL Secure version no longer supports SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008R2 install Secure on a SQL instance with a different collation. |
Console requirements
A console-only installation installs the SQL Secure Console. The console-only installation assumes that a full installation has already been completed on another machine. The following table lists all the requirements for a console-only installation.
| Hardware/software | Requirement |
|---|
| CPU | 2.0 GHz or higher |
| Memory | 2 GB |
| 32-bit or 64-bit Operating System | |
2000 Server SP4 or later Server 2003 SP2 or later XP SP2 or later Vista Business and Enterprise 7 Server 2008 2008 R2NET Framework 2.0 SP1 or later- Net framework 4.8
- MDAC 2.8 or later
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| Browser for online Help | Internet Explorer 9.0 or later |
SQL Server Versions and Editions
SQL Secure runs on various Cloud Virtual Machines running Microsoft Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server.
SQL Secure monitors different SQL Server versions installed on-premise or on cloud platforms.
| SQL Versions Windows Only | On-Premise | Microsoft Azure VM (IaaS) | Amazon EC2 (IaaS) | Microsoft Azure SQL Database (PaaS) | Amazon RDS (PaaS) |
|---|
| 2012 SP1 | X | X | X |
| X |
| 2016 | X | X | X |
| X |
| 2017 | X | X | X |
| X |
| 2019 | X | X | X |
| X |
| Azure SQL Database V12 |
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| X |
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Collector permission requirements
The following requirements are necessary for the SQL Secure Collector to access the SQL Server instances you want to audit. During install, you can input credentials for a Windows user account or SQL Server login.
| Type | Requirement |
|---|
| Windows permissions | A Windows user account that has local administrator permissions. |
| SQL Server privileges | A Windows user account that is a member of the sysadmin fixed server role on the SQL Server instance. |
Port requirements
SQL Secure uses the default ports opened by the Windows operating system for local and remote communications. To learn about Windows port assignments, see
| Newtab2 |
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| alias | Article 832017 |
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| url | http://support.microsoft.com/kb/832017/ |
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on the Microsoft Support site. To better understand how port assignments work when Windows Firewall has been configured, see
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| alias | "Connecting through Windows Firewall" |
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| url | http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa389286%28VS.85%29.aspx |
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on the MSDN site.
| Type | Requirement |
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| SQL Server Object Permissions and configuration collection | Port 1433 (or the configured SQL instance port for the audited instance) |
| Windows file system and registry permissions collection | Port 135 (RPC connectivity) |
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