# Installation

Server components are installed on each monitored SQL Server instance and consist of the SQLWATCH database and SQL Agent jobs.

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SQLWATCH has been developed in Visual Studio Data Tools and the base for deployments are Data Application Tier Packages (DacPac). [There are some important factors that one should be aware of before deploying DacPac which one can read here.](../reference/data-tier-application-package)
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There are several ways to install server-side components and each way will deploy all the required objects, including Agent Jobs, reference data and apply default configuration.
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Even though each stable release of SQLWATCH has been tested and is production-ready you should still test it in your environment first.
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