System Requirements

Before you start using Veeam Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server, make sure the requirements listed in this section are met.

Specification	Requirement
OS	64-bit versions of the following operating systems are supported: Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Note: Server Core installations of Microsoft Windows Server OSes are not supported.
Microsoft SQL Server Database	The following Microsoft SQL Server versions are supported: Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Microsoft SQL Server 2014 SP3 Notes: To connect to the Microsoft SQL Server, Veeam Plug-in requires Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server versions 17 or 18. Other driver versions are not supported but can be present in the same system. Starting from Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1.2, by default, Veeam Plug-in uses driver version 17. If driver version 17 is unavailable in the system, Veeam Plug-in automatically uses driver version 18. Optionally, you can manually set a preferred driver version in the veeam_config.xml file for cases when the default driver version is not suitable for your system. For details, see Specifying the Version of Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server. Standard, Enterprise, Web, Developer editions of Microsoft SQL Server are supported. Express edition of Microsoft SQL Server is not supported. Windows Server Failover Clusters are supported, both with shared disks and Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV). Always On Availability Groups, Always On Clusterless Availability Groups and Always On Failover Cluster Instances are supported. Distributed Availability Groups are not supported.
Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio	Veeam Plug-in Toolbar requires Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio: If you use Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1, Veeam Plug-in Toolbar requires Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 19.x. If you use an earlier version of Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam Plug-in Toolbar requires Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 18.x. Notes: If you have Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 18.x and want to upgrade Veeam Backup & Replication to version 12.1 or later, you must also upgrade Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio to version 19.x, before you upgrade Veeam Backup & Replication. Remote connections from Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio are not supported.
Veeam Backup & Replication	Veeam Plug-in for Microsoft SQL Server supports integration with Veeam Backup & Replication version 12 or later. To learn more about the Veeam Plug-in builds included in Veeam Backup & Replication installation ISO files, see this Veeam KB article.
Network	Veeam Plug-in should be able to establish a direct IP connection to the Veeam Backup & Replication server. Thus, Veeam Plug-in cannot work with the Veeam Backup & Replication server that is located behind the NAT gateway.