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title: "SQL Server Profiler F1 Help | Microsoft Docs"
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# SQL Server Profiler F1 Help
  Microsoft [!INCLUDE[ssSqlProfiler](../includes/sssqlprofiler-md.md)] is a tool that captures [!INCLUDE[msCoName](../includes/msconame-md.md)] [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] events from a server. The events are saved in a trace file that can later be analyzed or used to replay a specific series of steps when trying to diagnose a problem.  
  
 The following section contains the context-sensitive help topics for [!INCLUDE[ssSqlProfiler](../includes/sssqlprofiler-md.md)]. These topics are available from the user interface by pressing the F1 key or by clicking **Help** in dialog boxes.  
  
## See Also  
 [SQL Server Profiler](../../2014/database-engine/sql-server-profiler.md)   
 [Server Performance and Activity Monitoring](../../2014/database-engine/server-performance-and-activity-monitoring.md)