You can use the BindPlane agent to collect Windows event logs, query SQL databases, read logs from files, and receive logs using syslog

## Feature You can use the BindPlane agent to collect Windows event logs, query SQL databases, read logs from files, and receive logs using syslog. The agent sends data directly to the Google Security Operations ingestion API or to a Google SecOps forwarder. For more information, see [Use the BindPlane agent](https://cloud.google.com/chronicle/docs/ingestion/use-bindplane-agent).