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azure-resource-manager-sql-dotnet

Azure SQL resource management

Developer Setup

Setup & Installation

bash

npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/skills --skill azure-resource-manager-sql-dotnet

npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/skills --skill azure-resource-manager-sql-dotnet

Or paste this URL into your assistant to install:

https://github.com/microsoft/skills/tree/main/.github/plugins/azure-sdk-dotnet/skills/azure-resource-manager-sql-dotnet View on GitHub

Overview

What This Skill Does

Management plane SDK for Azure SQL in .NET. Covers provisioning and configuring SQL servers, databases, elastic pools, firewall rules, and failover groups via Azure Resource Manager. Does not execute queries — use Microsoft.Data.SqlClient for data plane operations.

Application

When to use this Skill

Configuring integration settings for custom agent workflows.
Optimizing query execution and response latency in production.
Developing clean, standard-compliant implementations for enterprise services.
Troubleshooting connection timeouts and authentication handshakes.
Monitoring API rate limits and execution pipelines programmatically.

Documentation

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Azure.ResourceManager.Sql (.NET)

Management plane SDK for provisioning and managing Azure SQL resources via Azure Resource Manager.

⚠️ Management vs Data Plane

This SDK (Azure.ResourceManager.Sql): Create servers, databases, elastic pools, configure firewall rules, manage failover groups

Data Plane SDK (Microsoft.Data.SqlClient): Execute queries, stored procedures, manage connections

Installation

dotnet add package Azure.ResourceManager.Sql
dotnet add package Azure.Identity

Current Versions: Stable v1.3.0, Preview v1.4.0-beta.3

Environment Variables

AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID=<your-subscription-id>  # Required: Azure subscription ID
AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prod  # Required only if DefaultAzureCredential is used in production
AZURE_TENANT_ID=<tenant-id>  # For service principal auth (optional)
AZURE_CLIENT_ID=<client-id>  # For service principal auth (optional)
AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET=<client-secret>  # For service principal auth (optional)

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