Discovery probe permissions

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title: Discovery probe permissions
description: Several probes require additional permissions to run.
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# Discovery probe permissions

Several probes require additional permissions to run.

## Discovering Active Connections

Discovery uses the Windows - Active Connections probe to access active connection information. The [application dependency mapping](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/discovery/r_ApplicationDependencyMapping.md) feature requires this probe to function.

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Probes

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Additional Permissions

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Windows - Active Connections

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Ability to invoke the \\root\\CIMV2:Win32\_Process objectRead and Write access to the admin$ share

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</table>## Discovering Application Profiles

Discovery uses these probes to access application profile information.

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Probes

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Additional Permissions

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Windows - Get APD Environment FilesWindows - Get APD Env File Content

 Windows - Get APD Version File Content

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Ability to invoke the \\root\\CIMV2:Win32\_Process objectRead and Write access to the admin$ share

 Write access to the %SystemRoot%\\temp directory

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</table>## Discovering VMware Workstation

Discovery uses the **Windows - Get VMware Workstation** probe to access information about VMware virtual machines installed on Windows.

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Probes

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Additional Permissions

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Windows - Get VMware Workstation

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Ability to invoke the \\root\\CIMV2:Win32\_Process objectRead and Write access to the **admin$ share**

 Write access to the **%SystemRoot%\\temp** directory

 Configure the **PATH** variable to include the path to the `vmrun.exe` command. This command is typically found in the VMware Workstation `install` directory.

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</table>## Discovering MSSQL

Discovery uses the Windows - MSSQL probe to access information about Microsoft SQL Server installed on Windows.

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Probes

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Additional Permissions

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Windows - MSSQL

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-   Access to the Win32\_Process object
-   Access to the Win32\_Service object
-   Access to the Win32\_NetworkAdapterConfiguration object
-   Access to the Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo object
-   Access to run the nbtstat command
-   Access to HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Microsoft SQL Server\\InstalledInstances
-   Access to HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\MSSQLServer\\$instanceName\\SuperSocketNetLib\\Tcp\\TcpPort where $instanceName is an array of possible values.

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</table>**Parent Topic:**[Discovery probe management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/discovery/r_Probes.md)

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