Azure SQL Database website screenshot

Azure SQL Database

Azure SQL Database is a fully managed relational database service built on the SQL Server engine with built-in intelligence, high availability, and elastic scaling.

Azure SQL Database publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Databases API, ElasticPools API, FailoverGroups API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Database, SQL, and Relational Database.

Azure SQL Database’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, pricing, documentation, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub
48.3/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
5 APIs
DatabaseSQLRelational Database

Kin Score

Kin Score Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 48.3/100 · developing
Contract Quality 12.5 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 9.1 / 20
Commercial Clarity 14.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.6 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
Improve this rating by publishing the missing artifacts — every area above can be raised, and the full rubric is at apis.io/rating/. This rating is computed from github.com/api-evangelist/microsoft-azure-sql-database: open an issue to ask a question, or submit a pull request to add artifacts. Want it done for you? Prioritized profiling — $2,500 →

APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Azure SQL Database Databases API

The Databases API from Azure SQL Database — 2 operation(s) for databases.

Azure SQL Database ElasticPools API

The ElasticPools API from Azure SQL Database — 1 operation(s) for elasticpools.

Azure SQL Database FailoverGroups API

The FailoverGroups API from Azure SQL Database — 1 operation(s) for failovergroups.

Azure SQL Database FirewallRules API

The FirewallRules API from Azure SQL Database — 2 operation(s) for firewallrules.

Azure SQL Database Servers API

The Servers API from Azure SQL Database — 3 operation(s) for servers.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Azure SQL Database REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Microsoft Azure Sql Database Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Microsoft Azure Sql Database Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Microsoft Azure Sql Database Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Microsoft Azure Sql Database Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Microsoft Azure Sql Database Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Microsoft Azure Sql Database Agentic Access

15 operations · 7 acting

15 operations · 7 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal
 GettingStarted
GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 LlmsText
LlmsText

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage
StatusPage
 Support
Support
 StackOverflow
StackOverflow

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: microsoft-azure-sql-database
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/microsoft-azure-sql-database/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Azure SQL Database
description: Azure SQL Database is a fully managed relational database service built on the SQL Server engine with built-in
  intelligence, high availability, and elastic scaling.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/microsoft-azure-sql-database.png
tags:
- Database
- SQL
- Relational Database
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
apis:
- aid: microsoft-azure-sql-database:microsoft-azure-sql-database-databases-api
  name: Azure SQL Database Databases API
  description: The Databases API from Azure SQL Database — 2 operation(s) for databases.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/sql/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com/
  tags:
  - Databases
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-sql-database-databases-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/sql/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/authentication-flows-app-scenarios
- aid: microsoft-azure-sql-database:microsoft-azure-sql-database-elasticpools-api
  name: Azure SQL Database ElasticPools API
  description: The ElasticPools API from Azure SQL Database — 1 operation(s) for elasticpools.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/sql/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com/
  tags:
  - ElasticPools
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-sql-database-elasticpools-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/sql/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/authentication-flows-app-scenarios
- aid: microsoft-azure-sql-database:microsoft-azure-sql-database-failovergroups-api
  name: Azure SQL Database FailoverGroups API
  description: The FailoverGroups API from Azure SQL Database — 1 operation(s) for failovergroups.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/sql/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com/
  tags:
  - FailoverGroups
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-sql-database-failovergroups-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/sql/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/authentication-flows-app-scenarios
- aid: microsoft-azure-sql-database:microsoft-azure-sql-database-firewallrules-api
  name: Azure SQL Database FirewallRules API
  description: The FirewallRules API from Azure SQL Database — 2 operation(s) for firewallrules.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/sql/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com/
  tags:
  - FirewallRules
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-sql-database-firewallrules-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/sql/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/authentication-flows-app-scenarios
- aid: microsoft-azure-sql-database:microsoft-azure-sql-database-servers-api
  name: Azure SQL Database Servers API
  description: The Servers API from Azure SQL Database — 3 operation(s) for servers.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/sql/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com/
  tags:
  - Servers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-sql-database-servers-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/sql/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/authentication-flows-app-scenarios
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/microsoft-azure-sql-database-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/microsoft-azure-sql-database-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/microsoft-azure-sql-database-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/microsoft
- type: Portal
  url: https://portal.azure.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/azure-sql-database/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/single-database-create-quickstart
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://azure.status.microsoft/en-us/status
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
- type: Support
  url: https://support.microsoft.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/product/azure-sql-database/
- type: StackOverflow
  url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/azure-sql-database
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://portal.azure.com/llms.txt
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com