To use SQL Compare you need:

• One of the following Microsoft Windows operating systems:
  • Windows Server 2003
  • Windows 7
  • Windows Server 2008

  • Windows 8

• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 or later
• 256 MB RAM
• 200 MB hard disk space

The following versions of Microsoft SQL Server are supported:

• SQL Server 2005
• SQL Server 2008
• SQL Server 2008 R2
• SQL Server 2012
• Windows Azure SQL Database
• SQL Server on Amazon RDS