Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server is Microsoft's relational database management system for enterprise data management, analytics and business intelligence. Its programmable surfaces span client drivers (ADO.NET, JDBC, ODBC, OLE DB, Python, Node.js), SMO, SSIS and SSAS management APIs, Data API Builder with its SQL MCP Server, and the Azure SQL Database and Managed Instance REST APIs on Azure Resource Manager.

Microsoft SQL Server publishes 32 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Azure SQL Databases API, Azure SQL Servers API, Data API Builder API, and 29 more. Tagged areas include Cloud, Data Management, Database, Enterprise, and Relational Database.

The Microsoft SQL Server catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Microsoft SQL Server’s developer surface includes getting-started guide, CLI, developer portal, authentication, pricing, support, documentation, and 53 more developer resources.

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66.7/100 exemplar ▲ 5.3 Agent 32/100 agent ready Heartbeat 100/100 alive open core · MIT Full breakdown ↓
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AccessSelf serve

3 published contracts 1 MCP Servers

Cloud Data Management Database Enterprise Relational Database SQL

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Information Technology Management

BC-600

Azure SQL DatabasesAzure SQL Servers

PUT /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/databases/{databaseName} POST /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/databases/{databaseName}/failover GET /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers

Kin Score

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scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 66.7/100 · exemplar

Contract Quality 8.9 / 16

Developer Ergonomics 10.2 / 13

Access Clarity 6.2 / 13

Operational Transparency 5.1 / 8

Contract Governance 1.7 / 8

Discoverability 4.6 / 7

Regulatory Posture 6.8 / 15

Open Source Surface 10.0 / 10

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 2.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 32/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform) regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Open Source Surface applies to this provider. This product is open source and we read its repository directly, so Open Source Surface carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from what the repository actually publishes — a security policy, a contribution guide, a release history, a code of conduct — read live from the provider rather than inferred from our own catalog pointers. This facet adds; nothing was taken away to make room for it. An open-source project is not excused from the commercial facets, because exemption would strip it of the points it does earn. If we have the wrong repository, or this product is not open source, say so on your provider repo and we will drop the facet rather than have you publish against it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

The six quality facets above are damped to 65 points between them, because both conditional facets apply and carry 35 points together. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 65% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)
Typed Event Surface +6 pts — AsyncAPI document, OR webhooks/callbacks objects in the as-published OpenAPI, OR common[].type includes Webhooks
Documented Reversibility +6 pts — a reversal operation in the contract, graded up when a window is documented too

6 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Quality scores 54.6 — up to +11.4 composite points
Access Clarity scores 47.4 — up to +10.5 composite points
Contract Governance scores 22.0 — up to +9.4 composite points

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Standards implemented 3

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

measured — observed by APIs.io (documented)

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

OAuth 2.0

measured — observed by APIs.io (declared)

APIs 32

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

SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) API

.NET API for managing and administering SQL Server programmatically.

SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Catalog API

API for managing SSIS packages, projects, and execution in the SSIS Catalog.

Data API Builder

Open source configuration-based engine that creates REST and GraphQL APIs for SQL Server, Azure SQL, Azure Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, and MySQL databases.

Azure Analysis Services REST API

REST API for managing Azure Analysis Services resources and performing asynchronous data refreshes of tabular models.

Microsoft SqlClient Data Provider (ADO.NET)

ADO.NET data provider for .NET Framework and .NET Core used for connecting to SQL Server, executing commands, and retrieving results.

Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server

Type 4 JDBC driver providing database connectivity to SQL Server through standard JDBC application program interfaces on the Java platform.

Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server

ODBC driver providing native-code API connectivity to SQL Server and Azure SQL Database for applications on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server

Stand-alone OLE DB data access API for low-level COM components requiring high-performance access to SQL Server.

Microsoft Python Driver for SQL Server (mssql-python)

Python driver using Direct Database Connectivity for direct connections to SQL Server without requiring an external driver manager, compliant with Python DB-API 2.0.

Node.js Driver for SQL Server (tedious)

Open-source JavaScript implementation of the TDS protocol for connecting to SQL Server from Node.js on Windows, Linux, or macOS.

Microsoft SQL Server Azure SQL Databases API

The Azure SQL Databases API from Microsoft SQL Server — 3 operation(s) for azure sql databases.

Microsoft SQL Server Azure SQL Servers API

The Azure SQL Servers API from Microsoft SQL Server — 1 operation(s) for azure sql servers.

Microsoft SQL Server Data API Builder API

The Data API Builder API from Microsoft SQL Server — 2 operation(s) for data api builder.

SQL Server Management Objects (SMO)

.NET API for programmatically managing SQL Server instances and databases.

ODBC Driver for SQL Server

ODBC driver API for connecting applications to SQL Server.

JDBC Driver for SQL Server

JDBC driver for connecting Java applications to SQL Server.

SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) API

APIs for managing and querying SQL Server Analysis Services.

SQL Server External REST Endpoint Invocation

Native T-SQL stored procedure sp_invoke_external_rest_endpoint for calling external HTTPS REST endpoints directly from SQL Server 2025 and Azure SQL.

Data API Builder for SQL Server

Open-source tool that generates REST and GraphQL endpoints for SQL Server and Azure SQL databases from configuration, without writing custom API code.

ADO.NET Provider for SQL Server (Microsoft.Data.SqlClient)

The official .NET data provider for Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL databases, providing ADO.NET access to SQL Server.

OLE DB Driver for SQL Server

Stand-alone OLE DB data access API for connecting applications to SQL Server.

SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) API

Programmable object model for building, managing, and executing ETL data integration packages in SQL Server.

Node.js Driver for SQL Server

Node.js driver (tedious/mssql) for connecting JavaScript and TypeScript applications to SQL Server and Azure SQL Database.

Python Drivers for SQL Server

Python drivers for connecting to SQL Server including the first-party mssql-python driver, pyodbc, and pymssql.

Go Driver for SQL Server

Microsoft Go driver (go-mssqldb) for connecting Go applications to SQL Server and Azure SQL Database using the TDS protocol.

PHP Drivers for SQL Server

Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server providing SQLSRV and PDO_SQLSRV extensions for connecting PHP applications to SQL Server.

Ruby Driver for SQL Server

Ruby driver (TinyTDS) for connecting Ruby applications to SQL Server using FreeTDS DB-Library bindings.

Entity Framework Core SQL Server Provider

Entity Framework Core database provider enabling .NET object-relational mapping with SQL Server and Azure SQL databases.

SQL Server PowerShell Module

PowerShell cmdlets for managing SQL Server instances, databases, and resources from the command line.

Microsoft SQL Server Databases API

The Databases API from Microsoft SQL Server — 11 operation(s) for databases.

Microsoft SQL Server Managed Instances API

The ManagedInstances API from Microsoft SQL Server — 12 operation(s) for managedinstances.

Microsoft SQL Server Servers API

The Servers API from Microsoft SQL Server — 6 operation(s) for servers.

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Open Collections 4

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

Microsoft SQL Server - Azure SQL & Data API Builder HTTP APIs Azure SQL Databases API

OPEN COLLECTION

Microsoft SQL Server - Azure SQL & Data API Builder HTTP APIs Azure SQL Databases Azure SQL Servers API

OPEN COLLECTION

Microsoft SQL Server - Azure SQL & HTTP APIs Azure SQL Databases Data API Builder API

OPEN COLLECTION

Microsoft SQL Server - Azure SQL & Data API Builder HTTP APIs

OPEN COLLECTION

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

SQL MCP Server (Data API builder)

Microsoft's SQL MCP Server, part of the open-source Data API builder (DAB) runtime, exposes SQL Server / Azure SQL entities to MCP clients. It is self-hosted by the customer; Mi...

MCP SERVER

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Microsoft SQL Server GraphQL API

Open source configuration-based engine that creates REST and GraphQL APIs for SQL Server, Azure SQL, Azure Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, and MySQL databases.

GRAPHQL

Microsoft SQL Server API pricing

Rate limits

Free Tier Default: 10 requests per minute
Free Tier Monthly Quota: 1000 requests per month
Professional Tier Default: 100 requests per minute

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Microsoft SQL Server's documentation. All 5 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Microsoft Sql Server Plans Pricing

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Microsoft Sql Server Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Microsoft Sql Server Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Microsoft Sql Server Context

2 classes · 8 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Microsoft SQL Server API Rules

48 rules · 46 errors 1 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

DatabaseListResult

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Database

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 4

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

Microsoft Sql Server Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Microsoft Sql Server Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Microsoft Sql Server Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Microsoft Sql Server Trust Center

SOC 1, SOC 2, SOC 3, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, PCI DSS, HIPAA / HITRUST, FedRAMP, GDPR, CSA STAR

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Microsoft Sql Server Scopes

1 scope · clientCredentials

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Microsoft Sql Server Agentic Access

12 operations · 7 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Portal

Portal

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

ContributionGuide

ContributionGuide

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer

WellKnown

LLMsTxt

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 8

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Spectral

JSONLD

Vocabulary

DataModel

ErrorCatalog

Conformance

Lifecycle

Conventions

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Build 6

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

IntegrationEdges

Packages

CLI

GitHubRepository

CodeOfConduct

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 9

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Compliance

SecurityTxt

TrustCenter

Certification

SecurityPolicy

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

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Learn 2

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

Learning

Learning

Videos

Videos

Operate 9

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Deprecation

RateLimits

StatusPage

IssueTracker

Releases

Support

Community

ChangeLog

Forums

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Commercial 6

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

FinOps

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

License

Pricing

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Other 9

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Hosts

Vendors

Leadership

CapabilityMap

Download

Drivers

Downloads

Driver History

Feedback

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: microsoft-sql-server
name: Microsoft SQL Server
description: Microsoft SQL Server is Microsoft's relational database management system for enterprise data management, analytics
  and business intelligence. Its programmable surfaces span client drivers (ADO.NET, JDBC, ODBC, OLE DB, Python, Node.js),
  SMO, SSIS and SSAS management APIs, Data API Builder with its SQL MCP Server, and the Azure SQL Database and Managed Instance
  REST APIs on Azure Resource Manager.
deliveryModel:
  model: open-core
  license: MIT
  open_source: true
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Open core · an OSS project plus a commercial hosted product
  confidence: high
  source:
  - license
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://www.microsoft.com/sql-server/logo.png
url: https://www.microsoft.com/sql-server
created: '2024'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
- Cloud
- Data Management
- Database
- Enterprise
- Relational Database
- SQL
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
  url: https://apievangelist.com
common:
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/microsoft-sql-server-rules.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/microsoft-sql-server-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/microsoft-sql-server-vocabulary.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/microsoft-sql-server-data-model.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/trust-center
- type: Deprecation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/database-engine/deprecated-database-engine-features-in-sql-server-2025
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/microsoft-sql-server-problem-types.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/microsoft-sql-server-mcp.yml
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/microsoft-sql-server-hosts.yml
- type: IntegrationEdges
  url: integrations/microsoft-sql-server-integration-edges.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/microsoft-sql-server-vendors.yml
- type: Leadership
  url: https://news.microsoft.com/leadership
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/adaptive-cards/sdk/rendering-cards/android/getting-started
- type: Plans
  url: plans/microsoft-sql-server-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/microsoft-sql-server-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/microsoft-sql-server-finops.yml
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/microsoft-sql-server-capability-edges.yml
  name: Microsoft SQL Server Business Capability Map
- type: Packages
  url: packages/microsoft-sql-server-packages.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/microsoft-sql-server-well-known.yml
- type: SecurityTxt
  url: well-known/microsoft-sql-server-security.txt
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/microsoft-sql-server-llms.txt
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/microsoft-sql-server-conformance.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/microsoft-sql-server-lifecycle.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/microsoft-sql-server-cli.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/microsoft-sql-server-conventions.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/microsoft-sql-server-trust-center.yml
- type: Download
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/sql-server-downloads
- type: Portal
  url: https://portal.azure.com
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/status/
- type: Drivers
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/sql-connection-libraries
- type: Learning
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/educational-sql-resources
- type: Certification
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/azure-database-administrator-associate/
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/tree/main/specification/sql
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
- type: Website
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/Azure/data-api-builder/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/Azure/data-api-builder/releases
- type: SecurityPolicy
  url: https://github.com/Azure/data-api-builder/blob/main/SECURITY.md
- type: CodeOfConduct
  url: https://github.com/Azure/data-api-builder/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/Azure/data-api-builder/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
- type: License
  name: MIT
  url: https://github.com/Azure/data-api-builder/blob/main/LICENSE.txt
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/microsoft-sql-server-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/microsoft-sql-server-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/microsoft-sql-server-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/microsoft-sql-server-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/microsoft-sql-server-scopes.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/msft-sql-server
- type: Downloads
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/sql-server/sql-server-downloads
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/sql-server/sql-server-2022-pricing
- type: Support
  url: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/contactus
- type: Documentation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/
- type: Blog
  url: https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/sqlserver/
- type: Community
  url: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/sql-server/ct-p/SQLServer
- type: Driver History
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/connect-history
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/microsoft/sql-server-samples
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/what-s-new-in-sql-server-2025
- type: Forums
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/tags/191/sql-server
- type: Feedback
  url: https://feedback.azure.com/d365community/forum/04fe6ee0-3b25-ec11-b6e6-000d3a4f0da0
- type: Videos
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/shows/data-exposed/
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace
apis:
- name: SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) API
  description: .NET API for managing and administering SQL Server programmatically.
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/relational-databases/server-management-objects-smo/
  baseURL: ''
  tags:
  - .NET
  - Administration
  - Management
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/relational-databases/server-management-objects-smo/overview-smo
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.SqlServer.SqlManagementObjects
  - type: CodeExamples
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/relational-databases/server-management-objects-smo/create-program/
  aid: microsoft-sql-server:sql-server-management-objects-smo-api
- name: SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Catalog API
  description: API for managing SSIS packages, projects, and execution in the SSIS Catalog.
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/integration-services/
  baseURL: ''
  tags:
  - Data Pipeline
  - ETL
  - Integration
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/integration-services/service/package-management-ssis-service
  - type: Stored Procedures
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/integration-services/system-stored-procedures/
  aid: microsoft-sql-server:sql-server-integration-services-ssis-catalog-api
- name: Data API Builder
  description: Open source configuration-based engine that creates REST and GraphQL APIs for SQL Server, Azure SQL, Azure
    Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, and MySQL databases.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-api-builder/overview
  baseURL: ''
  tags:
  - CRUD
  - Data Access
  - GraphQL
  - Open Source
  - REST API
  tags_raw:
  - CRUD
  - Data Access
  - GraphQL
  - Open Source
  - REST API
  - Open-Source
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-api-builder/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/Azure/data-api-builder
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-api-builder/overview
  - url: graphql/microsoft-sql-server-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
  aid: microsoft-sql-server:data-api-builder
- name: Azure Analysis Services REST API
  description: REST API for managing Azure Analysis Services resources and performing asynchronous data refreshes of tabular
    models.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/analysisservices/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com
  tags:
  - Analysis Services
  - Microsoft Azure
  - Business Intelligence
  - REST API
  - Tabular Models
  tags_raw:
  - Analysis Services
  - Azure
  - Business Intelligence
  - REST API
  - Tabular Models
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/analysisservices/
  - type: ClientLibraries
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/analysis-services/client-libraries
  - type: TMSLReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/analysis-services/tmsl/tabular-model-scripting-language-tmsl-reference
  aid: microsoft-sql-server:azure-analysis-services-rest-api
- name: Microsoft SqlClient Data Provider (ADO.NET)
  description: ADO.NET data provider for .NET Framework and .NET Core used for connecting to SQL Server, executing commands,
    and retrieving results.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/ado-net/overview-sqlclient-driver
  tags:
  - .NET
  - ADO.NET
  - Data Provider
  - SqlClient
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/ado-net/overview-sqlclient-driver
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.data.sqlclient
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient
  - type: Download
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/ado-net/download-microsoft-sqlclient-data-provider
  aid: microsoft-sql-server:microsoft-sqlclient-data-provider-ado-net
- name: Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server
  description: Type 4 JDBC driver providing database connectivity to SQL Server through standard JDBC application program
    interfaces on the Java platform.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/jdbc/microsoft-jdbc-driver-for-sql-server
  tags:
  - Cross-Platform
  - Driver
  - Java
  - JDBC
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- name: Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server
  description: ODBC driver providing native-code API connectivity to SQL Server and Azure SQL Database for applications on
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  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/odbc/microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server
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- name: Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server
  description: Stand-alone OLE DB data access API for low-level COM components requiring high-performance access to SQL Server.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/oledb/oledb-driver-for-sql-server
  tags:
  - COM
  - Driver
  - OLE DB
  - Windows
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    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/oledb/oledb-driver-for-sql-server
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    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/oledb/ole-db/oledb-driver-for-sql-server-programming
  - type: Download
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/oledb/download-oledb-driver-for-sql-server
  aid: microsoft-sql-server:microsoft-ole-db-driver-for-sql-server
- name: Microsoft Python Driver for SQL Server (mssql-python)
  description: Python driver using Direct Database Connectivity for direct connections to SQL Server without requiring an
    external driver manager, compliant with Python DB-API 2.0.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/python/mssql-python/python-sql-driver-mssql-python
  tags:
  - Cross-Platform
  - DB-API
  - Driver
  - Python
  properties:
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    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/python/mssql-python/python-sql-driver-mssql-python-quickstart
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    url: https://github.com/microsoft/mssql-python
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    url: https://pypi.org/project/mssql-python/
  aid: microsoft-sql-server:microsoft-python-driver-for-sql-server-mssql-python
- name: Node.js Driver for SQL Server (tedious)
  description: Open-source JavaScript implementation of the TDS protocol for connecting to SQL Server from Node.js on Windows,
    Linux, or macOS.
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/node-js/node-js-driver-for-sql-server
  tags:
  - Cross-Platform
  - Driver
  - JavaScript
  - Node.js
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    url: https://github.com/tediousjs/tedious
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/mssql
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- aid: microsoft-sql-server:microsoft-sql-server-azure-sql-databases-api
  name: Microsoft SQL Server Azure SQL Databases API
  description: The Azure SQL Databases API from Microsoft SQL Server — 3 operation(s) for azure sql databases.
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/sql-server/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com
  tags:
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  properties:
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    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/sql-server/sql-server-technical-documentation
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/relational-databases/security/authentication-access/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/sp-invoke-external-rest-endpoint-transact-sql
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/sql/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/
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    url: https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/sql-database/
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    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/sql/rest-api-sql-create-or-update-database
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    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/reporting-services/developer/rest-api
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    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/reporting-services/tutorial-access-rest-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/sql-server-reporting/
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- aid: microsoft-sql-server:microsoft-sql-server-azure-sql-servers-api
  name: Microsoft SQL Server Azure SQL Servers API
  description: The Azure SQL Servers API from Microsoft SQL Server — 1 operation(s) for azure sql servers.
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/sql-server/
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    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/sql-server/sql-server-technical-documentation
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/relational-databases/security/authentication-access/
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    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/sp-invoke-external-rest-endpoint-transact-sql
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    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/sql/
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    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/
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    url: https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/sql-database/
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    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/sql/rest-api-sql-create-or-update-database
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    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/reporting-services/developer/rest-api
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    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/reporting-services/tutorial-access-rest-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/sql-server-reporting/
- aid: microsoft-sql-server:microsoft-sql-server-data-api-builder-api
  name: Microsoft SQL Server Data API Builder API
  description: The Data API Builder API from Microsoft SQL Server — 2 operation(s) for data api builder.
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/sql-server/
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    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/relational-databases/security/authentication-access/
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    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/sp-invoke-external-rest-endpoint-transact-sql
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    url: https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/
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    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/sql/rest-api-sql-create-or-update-database
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  - type: APIReference
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/sql-server-reporting/
- name: SQL Server Management Objects (SMO)
  description: .NET API for programmatically managing SQL Server instances and databases.
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  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/server-management-objects-smo/
  baseURL: ''
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  contact:
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    email: support@microsoft.com
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- name: ODBC Driver for SQL Server
  description: ODBC driver API for connecting applications to SQL Server.
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  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/odbc/
  baseURL: ''
  tags:
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  contact:
  - FN: Microsoft Support
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  aid: microsoft-sql-server:odbc-driver-for-sql-server
- name: JDBC Driver for SQL Server
  description: JDBC driver for connecting Java applications to SQL Server.
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  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/jdbc/
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  contact:
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  aid: microsoft-sql-server:jdbc-driver-for-sql-server
- name: SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) API
  description: APIs for managing and querying SQL Server Analysis Services.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/sql-server/images/sql-server-logo.png
  humanURL: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/analysis-services/
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  tags:
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  aid: microsoft-sql-server:sql-server-analysis-services-ssas-api
- name: SQL Server External REST Endpoint Invocation
  description: Native T-SQL stored procedure sp_invoke_external_rest_endpoint for calling external HTTPS REST endpoints directly
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  image: https://www.microsoft.com/sql-server/images/sql-server-logo.png
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/system-stored-procedures/sp-invoke-external-rest-endpoint-transact-sql
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  aid: microsoft-sql-server:sql-server-external-rest-endpoint-invocation
- name: Data API Builder for SQL Server
  description: Open-source tool that generates REST and GraphQL endpoints for SQL Server and Azure SQL databases from configuration,
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  contact:
  - FN: Microsoft Support
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- name: ADO.NET Provider for SQL Server (Microsoft.Data.SqlClient)
  description: The official .NET data provider for Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL databases, providing ADO.NET access
    to SQL Server.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/sql-server/images/sql-server-logo.png
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/ado-net/microsoft-ado-net-sql-server
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  tags:
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  properties:
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    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/ado-net/download-microsoft-sqlclient-data-provider
  contact:
  - FN: Microsoft Support
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  aid: microsoft-sql-server:ado-net-provider-for-sql-server-microsoft-data-sqlclient
- name: OLE DB Driver for SQL Server
  description: Stand-alone OLE DB data access API for connecting applications to SQL Server.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/sql-server/images/sql-server-logo.png
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/oledb/oledb-driver-for-sql-server
  baseURL: ''
  tags:
  - Connectivity
  - Driver
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  properties:
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  - type: Download
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/oledb/download-oledb-driver-for-sql-server
  contact:
  - FN: Microsoft Support
    email: support@microsoft.com
  aid: microsoft-sql-server:ole-db-driver-for-sql-server
- name: SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) API
  description: Programmable object model for building, managing, and executing ETL data integration packages in SQL Server.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/sql-server/images/sql-server-logo.png
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/integration-services/sql-server-integration-services
  baseURL: ''
  tags:
  - Automation
  - Data Integration
  - ETL
  - SSIS
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/integration-services/sql-server-integration-services
  contact:
  - FN: Microsoft Support
    email: support@microsoft.com
  aid: microsoft-sql-server:sql-server-integration-services-ssis-api
- name: Node.js Driver for SQL Server
  description: Node.js driver (tedious/mssql) for connecting JavaScript and TypeScript applications to SQL Server and Azure
    SQL Database.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/sql-server/images/sql-server-logo.png
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/node-js/node-js-driver-for-sql-server
  baseURL: ''
  tags:
  - Connectivity
  - Driver
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  - npm
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  - Driver
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  properties:
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    url: https://github.com/tediousjs/node-mssql
  - type: npmPackage
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/mssql
  contact:
  - FN: Microsoft Support
    email: support@microsoft.com
  aid: microsoft-sql-server:node-js-driver-for-sql-server
- name: Python Drivers for SQL Server
  description: Python drivers for connecting to SQL Server including the first-party mssql-python driver, pyodbc, and pymssql.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/sql-server/images/sql-server-logo.png
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/python/python-driver-for-sql-server
  baseURL: ''
  tags:
  - Connectivity
  - Driver
  - Pymssql
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  - Python
  properties:
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  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/python/pyodbc/python-sql-driver-pyodbc
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/python/mssql-python/python-sql-driver-mssql-python
  contact:
  - FN: Microsoft Support
    email: support@microsoft.com
  aid: microsoft-sql-server:python-drivers-for-sql-server
- name: Go Driver for SQL Server
  description: Microsoft Go driver (go-mssqldb) for connecting Go applications to SQL Server and Azure SQL Database using
    the TDS protocol.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/sql-server/images/sql-server-logo.png
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/golang/microsoft-go-mssqldb-driver
  baseURL: ''
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  - Driver
  - Go
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  - Connectivity
  - Driver
  - Go
  - Golang
  properties:
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    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/golang/microsoft-go-mssqldb-driver
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/microsoft/go-mssqldb
  - type: GoPackage
    url: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/microsoft/go-mssqldb
  contact:
  - FN: Microsoft Support
    email: support@microsoft.com
  aid: microsoft-sql-server:go-driver-for-sql-server
- name: PHP Drivers for SQL Server
  description: Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server providing SQLSRV and PDO_SQLSRV extensions for connecting PHP applications
    to SQL Server.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/sql-server/images/sql-server-logo.png
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/php/microsoft-php-driver-for-sql-server
  baseURL: ''
  tags:
  - Connectivity
  - Driver
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  properties:
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  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/microsoft/msphpsql
  - type: Download
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/php/download-drivers-php-sql-server
  contact:
  - FN: Microsoft Support
    email: support@microsoft.com
  aid: microsoft-sql-server:php-drivers-for-sql-server
- name: Ruby Driver for SQL Server
  description: Ruby driver (TinyTDS) for connecting Ruby applications to SQL Server using FreeTDS DB-Library bindings.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/sql-server/images/sql-server-logo.png
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/ruby/step-3-proof-of-concept-connecting-to-sql-using-ruby
  baseURL: ''
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  - Driver
  - Ruby
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    url: https://github.com/rails-sqlserver/tiny_tds
  contact:
  - FN: Microsoft Support
    email: support@microsoft.com
  aid: microsoft-sql-server:ruby-driver-for-sql-server
- name: Entity Framework Core SQL Server Provider
  description: Entity Framework Core database provider enabling .NET object-relational mapping with SQL Server and Azure SQL
    databases.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/sql-server/images/sql-server-logo.png
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/providers/sql-server/
  baseURL: ''
  tags:
  - .NET
  - Driver
  - Entity Framework
  - ORM
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    url: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer
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    url: https://github.com/dotnet/efcore
  contact:
  - FN: Microsoft Support
    email: support@microsoft.com
  aid: microsoft-sql-server:entity-framework-core-sql-server-provider
- name: SQL Server PowerShell Module
  description: PowerShell cmdlets for managing SQL Server instances, databases, and resources from the command line.
  image: https://www.microsoft.com/sql-server/images/sql-server-logo.png
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/sqlserver/
  baseURL: ''
  tags:
  - Automation
  - CLI
  - Management
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  properties:
  - type: Documentation
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    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/sql-server/download-sql-server-ps-module
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/microsoft/SQLServerPSModule
  - type: PowerShellGallery
    url: https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/SqlServer
  contact:
  - FN: Microsoft Support
    email: support@microsoft.com
  aid: microsoft-sql-server:sql-server-powershell-module


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Does Microsoft SQL Server have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 32 APIs from Microsoft SQL Server, including SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) API, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Catalog API and Data API Builder, and 29 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Microsoft SQL Server API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 6 OpenAPI specifications for Microsoft SQL Server, each linked for download from this page.

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Microsoft SQL Server documents its authentication (oauth2 · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Microsoft Sql Server Authentication.

Does Microsoft SQL Server have an MCP server?

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This provider

curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/providers/microsoft-sql-server"

All providers

curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/providers?limit=25"

Every operation they expose

curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/providers/microsoft-sql-server/operations?limit=25"

How their score was established

curl "https://apis.io/api/v1/providers/microsoft-sql-server/evidence"

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