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Part 2of 3 on the Data API Builder MCP (preview) functionality. This time on getting it to run on Azure Container Apps connecting to Azure SQL.

#sqlserver
#azuresql
#mcp
#dab
#ai
#microsoftfoundry
#visualstudiocode
#copilot

http://sqlreitse.com/2026/02/25/sql-and-mcp-azure-sql-edition/

SQL and MCP, Azure SQL Edition

In part one, I covered the basics of your Data API Builder setup. Now, it’s time to get into the real stuff :). For the demo, I’m using the Stack Overflow 2013 database on an Azure SQL …

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Blog Alert!
Part 1 of 3 on the Data API Builder MCP (preview) functionality. This time on design and installation.

#sqlserver
#azuresql
#mcp
#dab
#ai
#microsoftfoundry
#visualstudiocode
#copilot

http://sqlreitse.com/2026/02/24/sql-azure-sql-and-mcp-the-introduction/

SQL, Azure SQL and MCP, the Introduction

This three-part series of blog posts will take you along my first experiments, trials and errors using the MCP Service for SQL. This first blog will focus on the technology behind it; part 2 will f…

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GitHub Copilot in SSMS Preview

GitHub Copilot in SSMS is now available in Preview in the latest release of SSMS 22. To get help writing T-SQL, or to ask questions about your database,...

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Data API builder 1.6: Advanced Behaviors with Special HTTP Headers | by Jerry Nixon

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/azure-sql/data-api-builder-16-http-headers/

#database #sqlserver #azuresql #data #apis #cosmosdb

Data API builder 1.6: Advanced Behaviors with Special HTTP Headers - Azure SQL Devs’ Corner

Customize Data API builder with HTTP headers for enhanced control over REST and GraphQL endpoints in your projects.

Azure SQL Devs’ Corner

I'm always surprised by how slow Azure databases are, compared to actual/local installations ..... makes realistic testing very difficult unless on a carbon-copy of production.
Queries and inserts that run in seconds or less when local/dedicated, takes minutes on staging/prod.

I know, I know - you get what you pay for, but it's danged hard to find actual numbers for anything.

#azure #azuresql

Using the new SqlVector type with EF Core and Dapper - Azure SQL Devs’ Corner

Azure SQL vector support has been generally available for a few months now, and the ecosystem is quickly evolving to make working with vectors in your applications as seamless and efficient as possible. With the release of Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 6.1, developers can now take advantage of binary transport for vector data via the new SqlVector class. […]

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Announcing the release of SSMS 22 Preview 1 | Microsoft Community Hub

The SSMS team is excited to share the first preview of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 22! Preview releases are our way of getting features into your...

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Coming Soon: More SSMS 21 Updates and SSMS 22 Preview! | Microsoft Community Hub

Coming soon: an additional SSMS 21 release and the upcoming Preview of SSMS 22!

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So happy that I could record a short and 100% demo session with the amazing Anna Hoffman. Join us to see how exact prompting helps you get better results from #SQL #Copilot

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Watch 📷: bit.ly/4lYjodU #AzureSQL #MVPTuesday

I've added Azure SQL change tracking to my set of samples showing how to expose various databases changefeed from ASP​.NET Core.

(Also for this one I got to play with Microsoft Graph extension for Bicep to make it credential-less)

#AspNetCore #AzureSql #ChangeTracking

https://github.com/tpeczek/Demo.AspNetCore.Changefeed/pull/18

Add sample for exposing Azure SQL change tracking by tpeczek · Pull Request #18 · tpeczek/Demo.AspNetCore.Changefeed

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