Try Spotlight Cloud

  1. Using your web browser, go to http://www.spotlightessentials.com
  2. Click Try Spotlight Cloud.

This will open the web page to create a Quest account.

Create a Quest Account to start using Spotlight

  1. Enter your name and email address in the spaces provided.
  2. Supply a password.
  3. Agree to the terms and conditions.
  4. Click Sign up.

Look out for an email from support@quest.com.

Verify your Email Address

You will receive a verification email from support@quest.com. If you do not see the email in your inbox, please check your spam folder.

  1. Open the email when it arrives.
  2. Click the link to verify your email address.

The link to verify your email address will expire in 48 hours if no action is taken.

This will open the web page to welcome you to Spotlight Cloud.

Welcome to Spotlight Cloud

Congratulations. Your new Quest account is ready. Performance data will be collected from your on premise servers and uploaded for analysis to your account in the Cloud. Spotlight Collects performance data via the Spotlight Cloud Diagnostic Server, a component of the app that you can now download from the Spotlight web site.

Click Download.

This will download the Spotlight Cloud installer to your current computer. For further instructions, see Install the Spotlight Cloud Diagnostic Server.