{"id":10019,"date":"2025-03-12T08:23:38","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T16:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/python\/?p=10019"},"modified":"2025-03-12T08:23:38","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T16:23:38","slug":"mssql-python-for-sqlserver-alpha-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/python\/mssql-python-for-sqlserver-alpha-release\/","title":{"rendered":"New Python Driver for SQL Server and Azure SQL!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re thrilled to announce the alpha release of our new open-source Python driver for Microsoft SQL Server and the Azure SQL family, now available on GitHub: <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/mssql-python\">mssql-python<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Built from the ground up, this driver offers Python developers a robust, efficient, and fully open-source solution for connecting to SQL Server and Azure SQL. Whether you&#8217;re building data-driven applications, automating workflows, or leveraging advanced analytics, mssql-python is designed to provide a seamless and high-performance experience.<\/p>\n<p>For more details, check-out our announcement blog post: <a href=\"https:\/\/lnkd.in\/gRWsszby\">https:\/\/lnkd.in\/gRWsszby<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is just the beginning\u2014we\u2019re excited to build this driver together with the community and would love your feedback!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/mssql-python\/wiki\">Documentation<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/mssql-python\/releases\">Release Notes<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/mssql-python\/blob\/main\/ROADMAP.md\">Roadmap<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join us in shaping the future of Python connectivity with SQL Server!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re thrilled to announce the alpha release of our new open-source Python driver for Microsoft SQL Server and the Azure SQL family, now available on GitHub at mssql-python.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":184286,"featured_media":10119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-10019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-python","tag-python"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>We\u2019re thrilled to announce the alpha release of our new open-source Python driver for Microsoft SQL Server and the Azure SQL family, now available on GitHub at mssql-python.<\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/python\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/python\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/python\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/python\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/184286"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/python\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/python\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/python\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/python\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/python\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/python\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}