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Azure SQL Database Backup MCP Server

The Azure SQL Database Backup API, provided by Microsoft Azure, is a specialized management plane API designed to grant programmatic access to the metadata and recovery states of Azure SQL Databases.

Quick Start Summary

The Azure SQL Database Backup MCP server is a Model Context Protocol bridge that connects AI assistants — including Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code Copilot — to the Azure SQL Database Backup API through natural language. It exposes 4 API endpoints as callable tools, such as RecoverableDatabases_ListByServer, RecoverableDatabases_Get, RestorableDroppedDatabases_ListByServer, and more. No authentication is required — setup takes approximately 30 seconds. The server uses STDIO transport and can be installed by running npx -y @mcp/azure-com-sql-backups. This integration is sourced from the auto Azure SQL Database Backup OpenAPI specification (v2014-04-01) and has a quality score of 28/99 (fair documentation coverage).

4Endpointstools mapped
NoneAuthopen access
28/99Qualityfair
~30 secSetupno auth
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Server Details

Category
Databases
Authentication
None
Endpoints
4 operations
Transport
STDIO
Spec Version
v2014-04-01
Install Command
npx -y @mcp/azure-com-sql-backups

Environment Variables

AZURE_SQL_DATABASE_BACKUP_API_KEY

Example: your_azure_sql_database_backup_api_key

Top Endpoints

GET
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/recoverableDatabases

RecoverableDatabases_ListByServer

GET
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/recoverableDatabases/{databaseName}

RecoverableDatabases_Get

GET
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/restorableDroppedDatabases

RestorableDroppedDatabases_ListByServer

GET
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/restorableDroppedDatabases/{restorableDroppededDatabaseId}

RestorableDroppedDatabases_Get

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📖 Detailed MCP Integration Guide

A technical breakdown of capabilities, agent workflows, and security/configuration best practices.

⚡Capabilities & Use Cases
The Azure SQL Database Backup API, provided by Microsoft Azure, is a specialized management plane API designed to grant programmatic access to the metadata and recovery states of Azure SQL Databases. Its core capability is read-only visibility into two critical categories of database states: Recoverable Databases, which represent databases backed up by Azure's automated backup infrastructure that are available for geo-restore, and Restorable Dropped Databases, which are recently deleted databases retained within a system-defined period for point-in-time restore. For enterprise organizations and cloud database administrators, this API is indispensable for building sophisticated backup validation, compliance reporting, and disaster recovery (DR) planning tools. It enables the creation of dashboards that audit backup coverage across subscriptions, verify the recoverability of critical databases, and automate DR drill procedures by confirming the presence and status of restorable backups without altering production data.
🤖AI Agent Value
When exposed as tools via a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server to an AI coding assistant, this API provides profound value by transforming a static development environment into a dynamic, infrastructure-aware workspace. The AI agent gains real-time introspection into the live backup and recovery topology of the developer's Azure environment. This allows the assistant to move beyond generic code generation and offer contextually accurate guidance grounded in the actual state of the user's cloud resources. For instance, the AI can verify whether a specific database has a recent geo-redundant backup before suggesting a failover strategy, or it can list all restorable dropped databases to help a developer recover a mistakenly deleted dataset, thereby bridging the gap between code logic and operational reality.
💬Example Workflows
In practice, a developer can instruct the AI agent to perform dynamic, resource-aware tasks that streamline complex workflows. For example, one could command, "Check if the 'ProductionDB' database on my 'MainSQLServer' is backed up and restorable," prompting the AI to call the appropriate endpoint, parse the response, and confirm the recovery services backup status. Another powerful workflow involves disaster recovery planning: "List all restorable dropped databases older than 7 days on my server and identify which ones could be restored to a point-in-time from last week." The AI would execute the queries, analyze the date ranges, and provide a clear summary. Furthermore, during infrastructure-as-code development, the AI could be instructed to "Validate that all databases in my resource group are included in the recoverable databases list, helping ensure no database is accidentally excluded from the backup policy."
🛡️Security & Auth
Critical to the secure and effective deployment of this API is its authentication model. While the endpoint specification lists "None" for authentication, in a real-world Azure environment, access is governed by Azure Role-Based Access Control (RBAC). Any tool or identity—human or automated—querying this API must possess an appropriate Azure RBAC role, such as "Reader" or a custom role with the specific "Microsoft.Sql/servers/recoverableDatabases/read" and "Microsoft.Sql/servers/restorableDroppedDatabases/read" permissions. Developers must adhere to the principle of least privilege, granting these read-only permissions only to service principals, managed identities, or user accounts that strictly require them for backup monitoring or DR tooling. Configuration should involve registering an application in Azure Active Directory, securing its credentials or using managed identities, and meticulously scoping permissions to the exact subscription and resource group level to minimize the security footprint.

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