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Feb 20, 2026
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Light up Multiple Databases with a Single API with Data API builder’s multi-source configuration

Jerry Nixon
Jerry Nixon

Data API builder (DAB) supports multi-source configurations Data API builder (DAB) connects to your database with a safe REST or GraphQL endpoint. But DAB is not limited to just one database. Using a multi-source configuration, you can connect to more than one database simultaneously. Learn more about Data API builder: https://aka.ms/dab/docs ...

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Feb 18, 2026
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Federating Databases with Data API Builder Chaining

Jerry Nixon
Jerry Nixon

For decades, DBAs relied on linked servers to stitch data together. If you needed data from two places, you wired them up and moved on. It worked. It was straightforward. It felt native to SQL. But what if linked servers are not an option? What if policy blocks them? What if one of the systems is not SQL or lives in another cloud? How do you cross...

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Feb 17, 2026
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Dear Copilot, can you help me with SQL?

Jerry Nixon
Jerry Nixon

Perhaps we missed it at first, but Copilot is more than comfortable with SQL. This goes beyond autocomplete. This is moving from nothing to a working database without leaving our tools. Have we really arrived? Yes, sort of. For database engineers and app engineers alike, we have crossed an important line. Making us more productive is easy for Copi...

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Feb 9, 2026
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Time Travel in Azure SQL with Temporal Tables

Jerry Nixon
Jerry Nixon

Applications often need to know what data looked like before. Who changed it, when it changed, and what the previous values were. Rebuilding that history in application code is tedious and error prone. This is especially valuable when exposing a database to an AI agent through MCP servers like SQL MCP Server, where information discovery matters. ...

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Feb 6, 2026
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Masking Sensitive Data in Azure SQL

Jerry Nixon
Jerry Nixon

Applications often need access to data without needing access to everything. Social Security numbers, email addresses, and phone numbers are common examples. Storing them is required. Exposing them broadly is not. This is especially valuable when exposing a database to an AI agent through MCP servers like SQL MCP Server, where safety and reversibil...

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Feb 5, 2026
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Enable Soft Delete in Azure SQL

Jerry Nixon
Jerry Nixon

Sometimes applications need to remove data without actually losing it. Soft delete keeps rows in the database while making them invisible to normal application access. This is especially valuable when exposing a database to an AI agent through MCP servers like SQL MCP Server, where safety and reversibility matter. Learn more about SQL MCP Serve...

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Dec 1, 2025
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Data API builder’s “request-body-strict” Simplifies Client Code

Jerry Nixon
Jerry Nixon

Data API builder (DAB) provides REST and GraphQL endpoints over SQL Server, Azure Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL Data Warehouse. The configuration value controls how REST endpoints treat unknown JSON properties in the payload: * When set to (default), unknown properties are rejected and an exception is thrown. * When set to , unknown...

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Sep 29, 2025
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Data API builder 1.6: Advanced Behaviors with Special HTTP Headers

Jerry Nixon
Jerry Nixon

Data API builder (DAB) provides REST and GraphQL endpoints over SQL Server, Azure Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL Data Warehouse. REST endpoints support several HTTP headers that let you control how requests behave. These headers give you precision over updates, caching, and discovering new resources. If-Match By default, DAB tre...

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Sep 25, 2025
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Data API builder 1.6: Flexible Logging for Every Developer

Jerry Nixon
Jerry Nixon

Previously, developers were limited to the default log levels and filters hardcoded into DAB. With release 1.6, you can now configure filters and levels for logs emitted by the engine. This release also adds new sinks. In addition to Application Insights and OpenTelemetry publishing, Data API builder now supports both file and Azure Log Analytics a...

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Mar 24, 2025
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Secure APIs with Data API Builder, Keycloak, and SQL Server

Alessio Tugnoli
Alessio Tugnoli

In this article, we'll explore how to create a secure, on-premises API using Data API Builder (DAB), Keycloak, and SQL Server. You'll learn to set up JSON Web Token (JWT) authentication with Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC), and Row-Level Security (RLS), ideal for secure business scenarios. Want to replic...

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