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title: "Targets for Extended Events in SQL Server | Microsoft Docs"
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ms.date: "06/12/2017"
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ms.date: "04/02/2018"
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ms.prod: "sql-non-specified"
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ms.prod_service: "database-engine, sql-database"
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This ETW target processes *synchronously* the data it receives, whereas most targets process *asynchronously*.
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> [!NOTE]
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> Azure SQL Database does not support the ETW target. Nor does Azure SQL Database Managed Instance.
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- The file name you choose is used by the system as a prefix to which a date-time based long integer is appended, followed by the .xel extension.
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> Azure SQL Database supports the **event_file** target, but only by using a blob in Azure Storage for the output. SQL Database cannot store event output in a file on your local harddrive.
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> For an **event_file** code example particular to SQL Database (and to SQL Database Managed Instance), see [Event File target code for extended events in SQL Database](https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/sql-database/sql-database-xevent-code-event-file).
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#### CREATE EVENT SESSION with **event_file** target
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