JavaScript
Build a task-tracking app
Build a web app that displays tasks stored in Azure SQL. Start with sample data and make it your own.
Azure SQL, built for AI workloads
Bring the idea. Build with Azure SQL.
Start with a prompt. Give your AI coding agent SQL skills, and make your next app yours.
Works with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Cursor.
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Power your next app with Azure SQL.
Choose your starting point: the cloud, local development, or your coding agent.
Create a free Azure SQL database.
Create it in the Azure portal with the free offer, then verify from any SQL editor. Prerequisites and offer limits are in the setup guide.
SELECT 1 AS connected;Three steps, then you are live.
- 1Create the databaseYou need an Azure subscription with permission to create resources. Follow the free-offer guide and pick the free offer when prompted.
- 2Open accessAdd your IP to the firewall and sign in with Microsoft Entra.
- 3VerifyRun SELECT 1. A result of 1 means your connection works and you are ready for a build prompt.
Run the Azure SQL Database engine on your laptop.
Same engine as the cloud, in a container, offline. Preview today. Sign up and we send registry access.
What you get once you are in.
- 1One docker runSign in to the preview registry, pull the image, start the engine.
- 2Agent skills includedSkills teach your agent to provision, connect, migrate, seed, and ship, with you reviewing each step.
- 3Ship to Azure unchangedOnly the connection string changes.
Install the skills, then ask in plain English.
One command teaches Claude Code, Copilot, Codex, or Cursor how Azure SQL works. You stay in the loop on every step.
npx skills add microsoft/microsoft-sqlThen say what you want.
- 1Create a free database firstProvisioning is still your step today. The agent takes it from there.
- 2Prompt your agent"Connect to my Azure SQL database and scaffold the schema, migrations, and data layer for my stack."
- 3VerifyThe agent runs the first query and shows you the result.
Then:Local or free tier→Azure SQL DatabaseSame code, connection string changes, app goes live.
Bring your app idea to life
Start with a task app, an API, or search over your content. Choose a scenario and use its prompt with your coding agent to build on Azure SQL.
Each prompt works against a database you already have. No database yet? Get a database running takes three steps.
- Choose a scenario
- Copy the prompt
- Build and verify
Python
Build an API for your app
Give your app a way to create, complete, and retrieve tasks. Build a Python API that connects to Azure SQL with Microsoft Entra, no passwords.
Python / AI
Search your content by meaning
Find relevant text with vector search in Azure SQL. Build the retrieval layer for a RAG app using sample text and an embedding model you provide.
.NET
Create a serverless task API
Read and save tasks through an Azure Functions API backed by Azure SQL. Build and test the functions locally.
.NET
Respond to data changes
Extend the serverless API with a function that reacts when tasks change in Azure SQL. Log inserts, updates, and deletes as a starting point for automation.
JavaScript
Separate each customer's data
Extend a task app for multiple customers. Add row-level security and test that one tenant cannot read another tenant's tasks.
Built for AI workloads
The pieces an AI app needs, inside the engine.
Vector search
A native VECTOR type and VECTOR_DISTANCE. Store embeddings next to the rows they describe.
Vector docsEmbeddings in T-SQL
Generate and chunk from inside the database with external model calls. No separate pipeline.
AI_GENERATE_EMBEDDINGSRAG, end to end
Chunk, embed, store, retrieve, ground. One skill walks your agent through all five.
Copy the RAG promptSafe for agents to write
Row-level security, Entra identity, and injection-safe patterns the skills enforce by default.
Row-level security docsMicrosoft SQL Agent Skills
Pick your agent. One install. The skills load themselves when the work matches.
claude plugin marketplace add microsoft/microsoft-sql
claude plugin install microsoft-sql@microsoft-sqlTwo commands: register the marketplace, then install the plugin with every skill. Or the portable form: gh skill install microsoft/microsoft-sql --all --agent claude-code.
Then just ask:
Click to copy. Paste into your agent.
Full catalog, every skill's source, and the feedback form at aka.ms/azuresql-skills. Skills teach your agent the engine; they do not grant access to the Preview container.
See it in action
Longer walkthroughs from the Microsoft SQL team. Scroll for more.
Already have Azure SQL data?
Point the prompts above at an existing development database. Review permissions and schema changes before you let an agent run them.
Prefer local development?Preview
The Azure SQL Database container runs the same engine offline. Sign up for the Preview.
Before you build
What do I need to get started?
An Azure account and a development database. The free offer covers everything on this page, within its limits. If you want to work offline, sign up for the container Preview.
Is it safe to let an agent write to my database?
Use a development database with least-privilege access. The skills default to parameterised queries, Entra identity over passwords, and row-level security for multi-tenant work. Review schema changes before they run against anything real.
Do I need the container?
No. Every prompt here targets Azure SQL Database in the cloud. The container is the local option, in Preview today.
What does this cost?
The free offer covers the database for every example here, within its limits; see the offer details for what those are. The RAG example needs an embedding service, priced by whoever provides it; the prompt asks which one you have before using it.
How is this different from SQL Server?
Same engine family, managed for you, with features that ship to Azure SQL Database first. The container runs the Azure SQL Database engine, not the SQL Server image.