Release notes for the Splunk Add-on for Microsoft SQL Server

Version 3.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Microsoft SQL Server was released on December 8, 2021.

3.0.0

Version 3.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Microsoft SQL Server is compatible with the following software, CIM versions, and platforms.

Splunk platform versions	8.1.x and 8.2.x
Splunk DB Connect	3.6.0 and later
CIM	4.20
Platforms	Windows for local data collection on MS SQL Server, platform independent otherwise
Vendor Products	Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise, Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Enterprise, Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Enterprise, Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Enterprise, Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Standard, Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Enterprise, Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Standard

The field alias functionality is compatible with the current version of this add-on. The current version of this add-on does not support older field alias configurations.

For more information about the field alias configuration change, refer to the Splunk Enterprise Release Notes.

New Features

• Support for Microsoft SQL Server Standard 2019.
• Drop support for Splunk DB 2.x.x.
• Compatibility with Splunk DB 3.6.0 and later.

Common Information Model (CIM) enhancements:

• Added new field extractions for the mssql:audit sourcetype.
• Support for version 4.20.

For information on upgrading to the newest version of this add-on, see the Upgrade the Splunk Add-on for Microsoft SQL Server topic in this manual.

Known issues

Version 3.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Microsoft SQL Server has the following known issues.

If no issues appear below, no issues have yet been reported:

Third-party software attributions

Version 3.0.0 of the Splunk Add-on for Microsoft SQL Server does not incorporate any third-party components or libraries.