# Microsoft SQL Server

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-sql-server/  
**Website:** https://www.microsoft.com/sql-server  
**APIs profiled:** 14

A relational database management system developed by Microsoft for enterprise-scale data management and business intelligence solutions.

## Kin Score — 34.5 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 34.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 63.0 |
| Contract Quality | 49.9 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 36.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 28.6 |
| Commercial Clarity | 26.3 |
| Access Clarity | 26.3 |

## Agent readiness — 33.2 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | documented |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (14)

- **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.
- **Azure SQL Managed Instance REST API** — REST API for creating, configuring, and managing Azure SQL Managed Instances including databases, operations, and scheduling.
- **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.

## MCP servers (1)

- **MCP Server**

## Agentic access (1)

- **Microsoft Sql Server Agentic Access** — 12 operations · 7 acting

## Security (3)

- **Microsoft Sql Server Authentication** — oauth2 · 1 scheme
- **Microsoft Sql Server Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Microsoft Sql Server Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Microsoft Sql Server Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Cloud, Data Management, Database, Enterprise, Relational Database, SQL

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-sql-server/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.