# SQL Server

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SQL Server is a relational database management system developed by Microsoft.

The SQL Server data connector can be used to connect to your SQL Server data.

You can also use the SQL Server data connector to connect to an Azure SQL database.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>SQL Server system requirements</strong></td><td>Supported versions of SQL Server.</td><td></td><td><a href="sql-server/sql-server-sys-reqs">sql-server-sys-reqs</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Required SQL Server configuration</strong></td><td>Set up the database users, authentication and recovery model for SQL Server.</td><td></td><td><a href="sql-server/sql-server-before-create-workspace">sql-server-before-create-workspace</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Configure workspace data connections</strong></td><td>Data connection settings for SQL Server workspaces.</td><td></td><td><a href="sql-server/sql-server-workspace-data-connections">sql-server-workspace-data-connections</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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