azuresql-db-from-sql-server
95 / 100 · Low risk
Fine to try.
Migrates a local SQL Server setup to the Azure SQL Database container for Azure-faithful local development. Use when a project already uses mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server, mssql/server, an sqlcmd plus SA password docker setup, a "SQL Server in docker" or "local mssql container", or a docker-compose with the mssql/server image; and use when the user asks for "SQL Server locally", "run mssql in Docker", "spin up a local SQL database", or "test against SQL Server" but actually wants the Azure SQL …
What this skill can do
Runs commands on your computer
Install
Paste this into your terminal. It downloads exactly the version we scanned, not whatever is newest.
if [ -e ~/.agents/skills/'azuresql-db-from-sql-server' ] || [ -L ~/.agents/skills/'azuresql-db-from-sql-server' ]; then echo 'A skill folder named azuresql-db-from-sql-server already exists — not replacing it' >&2; false; else d=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/microsoft/azure-sql-database-container' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet 'b785608f7de00966c28cf18f722ce50c402b239b' -- 'skills/azuresql-db-from-sql-server' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'skills/azuresql-db-from-sql-server' ~/.agents/skills/'azuresql-db-from-sql-server' && rm -rf "$d"; fi
Codex reads ~/.agents/skills directly. For Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity or OpenCode, also link it. For Claude Code: ln -s ~/.agents/skills/'azuresql-db-from-sql-server' ~/.claude/skills/'azuresql-db-from-sql-server' (other agents: ~/.cursor/skills, ~/.copilot/skills, ~/.gemini/skills, ~/.gemini/config/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills). Or install through the finder skill, which does both.
Badge for your README
[](https://zalavijaysinh.github.io/skilltrust/repos/microsoft/azure-sql-database-container/)
Score history
| Date | Version | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-07 | b785608 | 95 |