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title: "SQL Server"
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SQL Server is a relational database management system (RDBMS).
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## About
[SQL Server][mssql-docs] is a relational database management system (RDBMS)
developed by Microsoft that allows users to store, retrieve, and manage large
amount of data through a structured format.
[mssql-docs]: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server
## Available Tools
- [`mssql-sql`](../tools/mssql/mssql-sql.md)
Execute pre-defined SQL Server queries with placeholder parameters.
- [`mssql-execute-sql`](../tools/mssql/mssql-execute-sql.md)
Run parameterized SQL Server queries in SQL Server.
- [`mssql-list-tables`](../tools/mssql/mssql-list-tables.md)
List tables in a SQL Server database.
## Requirements
### Database User
This source only uses standard authentication. You will need to [create a
SQL Server user][mssql-users] to login to the database with.
[mssql-users]: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/security/authentication-access/create-a-database-user?view=sql-server-ver16
## Example
```yaml
sources:
my-mssql-source:
kind: mssql
host: 127.0.0.1
port: 1433
database: my_db
user: ${USER_NAME}
password: ${PASSWORD}
# encrypt: strict
```
{{< notice tip >}}
Use environment variable replacement with the format ${ENV_NAME}
instead of hardcoding your secrets into the configuration file.
{{< /notice >}}
## Reference
| **field** | **type** | **required** | **description** |
|-----------|:--------:|:------------:|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| kind | string | true | Must be "mssql". |
| host | string | true | IP address to connect to (e.g. "127.0.0.1"). |
| port | string | true | Port to connect to (e.g. "1433"). |
| database | string | true | Name of the SQL Server database to connect to (e.g. "my_db"). |
| user | string | true | Name of the SQL Server user to connect as (e.g. "my-user"). |
| password | string | true | Password of the SQL Server user (e.g. "my-password"). |
| encrypt | string | false | Encryption level for data transmitted between the client and server (e.g., "strict"). If not specified, defaults to the [github.com/microsoft/go-mssqldb](https://github.com/microsoft/go-mssqldb?tab=readme-ov-file#common-parameters) package's default encrypt value. |