Data API Builder and SQL MCP with Jerry Nixon
From RunAs Radio by Richard Campbell
June 3, 2026 · 37 min · Episode 1039
About this episode
Richard Campbell interviews Jerry Nixon about Data API Builder, a Microsoft tool for providing secure access to databases.
How do you intelligently surface access to your database? While at NDC Toronto, Richard spoke with Jerry Nixon about Data API Builder, Microsoft's tool that enables data professionals using Microsoft databases, including SQL Server, Postgres, CosmosDB, and MySQL, to provide an API layer with security, schema extraction, and governance policies. You can expose the API as a REST interface, a GraphQL interface, and an MCP server! This is a powerful tool for providing controlled access to data while still allowing for ad-hoc access. The potential is huge - you need to check it out!
People in this episode
Host: Richard Campbell
Guest: Jerry Nixon
Topics covered
- Data API
- Database Access
- Microsoft Tools
- API Layer
- Security
- Governance
Keywords
- Data API Builder
- SQL Server
- Postgres
- CosmosDB
- MySQL
- API security
- GraphQL
- REST interface
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Microsoft
Products: Data API Builder, SQL Server, Postgres, CosmosDB, MySQL
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