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# Start the Replication Monitor
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  Replication Monitor can be started from [!INCLUDE[ssManStudioFull](../../../includes/ssmanstudiofull-md.md)] on any instance of [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)], or from the command prompt. After starting Replication Monitor, add one or more Publishers to monitor. For more information, see [Add and Remove Publishers from Replication Monitor](../../../relational-databases/replication/monitor/add-and-remove-publishers-from-replication-monitor.md).  
  
### To start Replication Monitor from SQL Server Management Studio  
  
1.  Connect to an instance of [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] in [!INCLUDE[ssManStudioFull](../../../includes/ssmanstudiofull-md.md)], and then expand the server node.  
  
2.  Right-click the **Replication** folder or any of its subfolders, and then click **Launch Replication Monitor**.  

### To start Replication Monitor from the command prompt  
  
1.  From the command prompt, navigate to the tools installation directory. The default path is [!INCLUDE[ssInstallPath](../../../includes/ssinstallpath-md.md)]Tools\Binn\ .  
  
2.  Run sqlmonitor.exe.  
  
## See Also  
 [Monitoring Replication](../../../relational-databases/replication/monitor/monitoring-replication.md)