# Can APM be used to profile SQL Server internally?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-apm-be-used-to-profile-sql-server-internally/358267>\
**Category:** APM\
**Tags:** dotnet\
**Created:** [April 26, 2024, 6:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-apm-be-used-to-profile-sql-server-internally/358267 "2024-04-26T06:18:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![vinaykoul4](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vinaykoul4/32/130735_2.png) [@vinaykoul4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vinaykoul4)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 6:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-apm-be-used-to-profile-sql-server-internally/358267/1 "2024-04-26T06:18:58Z")

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How APM can be used to monitor SQL Server internally i.e SQL Profiling?

I want to get detailed insights on Queries, StoredProcs, functions etc which are run on sql server instance?

Kindly suggest any way

Thanks,  
Vinay Koul