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Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system developed by Microsoft. Connect to SQL Server to manage data. You can perform various actions such as create, update, get, and delete on rows in a table.

This connector is available in the following products and regions:

Service Class Regions
Logic Apps Standard All Logic Apps regions and Integration Service Environments (ISEs)
Power Automate Premium All Power Automate regions
Power Apps Premium All Power Apps regions
Connector Metadata
Publisher Microsoft

Connector in-depth

This article describes the operations for the SQL Server managed connector, which is available for Azure Logic Apps, Power Automate, and Power Apps. The SQL Server built-in connector is available only for Standard logic app workflows in Azure Logic Apps.

Authentication

If you want to create non-Microsoft Entra ID (Microsoft Entra ID) connections, use the connection string authentication option. Make sure that you provide the same Server name and Database name values as defined in your connection.

Microsoft Entra ID authentication

Known limitations with Microsoft Entra ID authentication

Due to current authentication pipeline limitations, Microsoft Entra ID guest users aren't supported for Microsoft Entra ID connections to SQL Server. To resolve this problem, use SQL Server authentication or Windows authentication instead.

Enable Microsoft Entra ID authentication for SQL Server

  1. Set up and provision your account as a SQL Microsoft Entra ID (Microsoft Entra ID) member. For more information, see Configure and manage Microsoft Entra ID authentication with Azure SQL.

  2. On your SQL server, set up your Microsoft Entra ID administrator.

    1. In the Azure portal, go to the SQL server where you want to enable Microsoft Entra ID authentication.
    2. On your SQL server resource menu, under Settings, select Microsoft Entra ID.
    3. On the Microsoft Entra ID pane toolbar, select Set admin.
    4. Find and select an Microsoft Entra ID user account in the current tenant to make them a server administrator. Save your changes.

  3. In your Microsoft Entra ID tenant, create and register an Microsoft Entra ID application for accessing your SQL database. For more information, see SQL Server - Set up Microsoft Entra ID authentication.

    1. In the Azure portal, go to your Microsoft Entra ID tenant where you want to create the Microsoft Entra ID application.

    2. On the tenant menu, under Manage, select App registrations > New registration.

    3. On the Register an application pane, provide a name for the application. Remember this name so you can later create a user and grant role access to your SQL database.

    4. When you're done, select Register, which creates the Microsoft Entra ID application.

    5. On the App registrations pane, select your new Microsoft Entra ID application. On the application menu, select Certificates & secrets > New client secret.

    6. Provide a description for the secret, and select an expiration.

  4. Sign in to your SQL server and database with the credentials for the Microsoft Entra ID user account that you set up as a server administrator.

  5. In your SQL database, create a contained user to represent the Microsoft Entra ID application. This step requires Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

    The following steps assign the roles of db_datareader and db_datawriter to the Microsoft Entra ID application with the name example-Azure-AD-application-name. When you run the specified commands, remember to replace example-Azure-AD-application-name with the name for your Microsoft Entra ID application, and assign the required roles for your needs.

    1. Start SSMS and connect to the SQL server where the Microsoft Entra ID application will access.

    2. In Authentication, use Active Directory - Universal with MFA support and the Microsoft Entra ID account that you set up as the server administrator.

    3. In the Object Explorer, expand the Databases folder.

    4. Find your database, open the database shortcut menu, and select New query.

    5. In the query window, execute the following command to link the Microsoft Entra ID application to a new user in the database:

      CREATE USER [example-Azure-AD-app-name] FROM EXTERNAL PROVIDER

    6. Clear the query window. Then, run the following command to assign the db_datareader role to the Microsoft Entra ID application:

      ALTER ROLE db_datareader ADD MEMBER [example-Azure-AD-application-name]

    7. Repeat the previous step to assign the db_datawriter role to the Microsoft Entra ID application:

      ALTER ROLE db_datawriter ADD MEMBER [example-Azure-AD-application-name]

Managed identity authentication

Currently, only Azure Logic Apps supports managed identity authentication for the SQL Server connector.

Service principal authentication

Set up managed identity on your logic app

  1. In the Azure portal, go to your logic app resource.

  2. Enable either the system-assigned identity or user-assigned identity. If you don't have a user-assigned identity, you have to first create that identity. For more information, see Authenticate access to Azure resources with managed identities in Azure Logic Apps.

  3. If you selected user-assigned identity, make sure that you added that identity to your logic app resource.

    1. In the Azure portal, browse to the logic app resource where you want to use the managed identity.
    2. On the logic app navigation menu, under the Settings, select Identity.
    3. On the User assigned tab, select Add.
    4. Select the managed identity to use, and select Add.

Set up SQL server for managed identity authentication

  1. On your SQL server, set up your Microsoft Entra ID administrator.

    1. In the Azure portal, browse to the SQL server where you want to enable Microsoft Entra ID authentication.
    2. On your SQL server resource menu, under Settings, select Microsoft Entra ID.
    3. On the Microsoft Entra ID pane toolbar, select Set admin.
    4. Find and select an Microsoft Entra ID user account in the current tenant to make them a server administrator. Save your changes.

  2. In your SQL database, create a contained user to represent the managed identity. This step requires Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).

    The following steps assign the role of db_datareader to a managed identity with the name example-managed-identity-name. When you run the specified commands, remember to replace example-managed-identity-name with the name for your managed identity, and assign the correct role for your needs. For example, db_datareader can't execute write operations.

    1. Start SSMS and connect to the SQL server where the managed identity will access.

    2. In Authentication, use Active Directory - Universal with MFA support and the Microsoft Entra ID account that you set up as the server administrator.

    3. In the Object Explorer, expand the Databases folder.

    4. Find your database, open the database shortcut menu, and select New query.

    5. In the query window, execute the following command to link the managed identity to a new user in the database:

      CREATE USER [example-managed-identity-name] FROM EXTERNAL PROVIDER

    6. Clear the query window. Then, run the following command to assign a role to the manage identity:

      ALTER ROLE db_datareader ADD MEMBER [example-managed-identity-name]

      Note

      If you assign roles to the managed identity at the database level, the identity won't have the required scopes to list all databases. When you select from the Database name list in a SQL trigger or action, you'll get an error like the following example:

      Couldn't retrieve values. Error code: 'Unauthorized', Message: 'Credentials are missing or not valid'.
Inner exception: The credentials provided for the SQL source are invalid

      To resolve this problem, you have the following options:

      • Assign a server-level role that can list all databases to the managed identity.
      • In the SQL trigger or action, enter the database name using the Enter custom value option.

For more information, review the following documentation:

Virtual Network support

When the connector is used in a Power Platform environment linked to a Virtual Network, limitations apply:

Known issues and limitations with actions

Short description Operations Long description
Get deterministic results in an action output Get rows (V2) Usage of the Order By parameter is recommended in order to get deterministic results in action output. If Order By isn't specified, primary keys or unique keys are used by SQL Server by default. Non-deterministic results might cause issues, such as duplicating records in the action output when pagination is enabled. SQL views don't support primary key, which is the limitation from SQL Server itself.
Execute a SQL query limited support Execute a SQL query (V2) Not supported for on-premises SQL Server.
General CRUD requirements Get row (V2)
Get rows (V2)
Update row (V2)
Delete row (V2)		 String values will be trimmed in the case of Azure SQL instance usage. Therefore, blank strings will be converted into empty strings.

For INSERT and UPDATE operations, the connector will return the updated rows. This requires that the connection will need to have permission to read data from the SQL Server as well.

A Primary Key is required for the following operations:
- GetItem
- PatchItem
- DeleteItem
Aggregation transformation parameter support Get rows (V2) Only the following Aggregation transformations are supported:

- filter: Allows filtering input set. Supports the same expressions as $filter. Example: filter(ColName1 eq 1).

- aggregate: Allows aggregation using one of following methods: average, max, min, sum, countdistinct. Example: aggregate(ColName2 with max as MaxValue).

You can combine several operators separated by forward slashes to express that they are consecutively applied. This means the result of each transformation is the input to the next transformation. Example: filter(ColName1 eq 4)/aggregate(ColName2 with sum as MaxWorkItemId).
Formal parameter's data type overridden when executing a SQL query Execute a SQL query [DEPRECATED]
Execute a SQL query (V2)		 Data type entered when defining a formal parameter on a SQL query might be overridden since the underlying implementation of the connector determines the type via the provided value of the parameter.
IN operator using formal parameters requires passed in values to be defined separately Execute a SQL query (V2) When utilizing formal parameters with the IN operator all passed in values need to be defined separately rather than as a single formal parameter housing multiple comma separated values. Example: SELECT * FROM tableName WHERE columnName IN (@formalParameterA, @formalParameterB, @formalParameterC).

Known issues and limitations with triggers

Note

Turning off and turning on a flow won't reset the trigger state.

Short description Operations Long description
Modify an item: row operations When an item is modified (V2) Fires on both INSERT and UPDATE row operations.
Modify an item: column requirements When an item is modified (V2) A ROWVERSION column is required.
Create an item: column requirement When an item is created (V2) An IDENTITY column is required.
Create an item When an item is created (V2) Use the latest inserted row's identity column value as a threshold (trigger state) to identify newly inserted rows later. The logic assumes every new row's identity has to be bigger than the previous one. Therefore, in case identity sequence is reset for a table due to explicit t-sql command or table truncation, trigger logic will skip new rows for the existing flow. There are two different workarounds possible: First, you can reset the flow trigger state by updating the trigger action card (for example, rename it, update parameters, or add a new connection), and save the changes. Or, you can restore the target table identity sequence using the following approach.

General known issues and limitations

  • Insert and update to a table won't work if you defined a SQL server-side trigger on the table.

    To resolve this problem, you have the following options:

    • Use a stored procedure or native query.
    • Remove the trigger from your SQL table.

  • The following limitations apply to using the SQL connector with an on-premises SQL server:

    • The minimum supported version for on-premises SQL Server is SQL Server 2005.
    • The request size limit is 2 MB through on-premises SQL Server.
    • The response size limit is 8 MB through on-premises SQL Server.

  • The following limitations apply to invoking a stored procedure on an on-premises SQL server:

    • Output values for OUTPUT parameters aren't returned. You can still specify input values for OUTPUT parameters.
    • Return value isn't available.
    • Only the first result set is returned.
    • Dynamics schemas aren't supported for result sets.

  • The following data types can't be used as query option predicates:

    • date
    • datetime
    • datetime2
    • smalldatetime

  • Setting Force Encryption isn't supported. By default, SQL Database and SQL Managed Instance secure customer data by encrypting data in motion with Transport Layer Security (TLS). For more information, see Azure SQL security overview.

  • Multiple result sets support is currently limited for SQL native query execution. Only result sets, up to the first empty one result set, are returned.

    To resolve this problem, use stored procedures.

  • After SQL queries and stored procedures execute, the result set schema should contain unique non-empty column names.

  • For any operation inside the stored procedure that returns some set of results, such as any inner SELECT statement, the result set schema should contain unique non-empty column names.

  • You can't invoke stored procedures from Power Apps.

    To resolve this problem, you can create a flow in Power Automate and invoke the flow from Power Apps.

  • If the execution time exceeds 110 seconds for a SQL query or stored procedure, actions will time out.

    In Azure Logic Apps, to work around this limitation and learn how to execute long-running stored procedures, see Long-running SQL stored procedures in Logic Apps.

  • In Azure Logic Apps, you can access the private endpoint on SQL Server only from within an integration service environment (ISE). For more information, see Access to Azure virtual networks.

  • When creating a query with many filters, the following error can occur: "OData query syntax tree has exceeded nodes count limit of '100'. Please try to simplify OData query parameters expressions". To avoid this issue, please optimize the filtering conditions to reduce their number (for example, using ranges).

  • It is not recommended to store large amounts of data (more than 30 megabytes) in the target table fields (e.g. xml or text data types). It can lead to a significamt performance degradation of actions and triggers, causing 504 timeout errors. Please use 'Select Query' parameter to include only relatively small fields and avoid large output data fields. Or please use specialized file storages instead, such as Azure Blob Storage.

  • CRUD operations are not supported for Azure Synapse sources due to lack of OUTPUT clause support. It is highly recommended to use dedicated Azure SQL Data Warehouse connector instead.

  • Power Platform and Logic Apps navigator views are limited to a list size of 10,000 tables.

  • Database schema that do not conform to OData standard identifiers are not supported (column name starting with number, containing surrogate pair character, etc.). Customers can either use a View to abstract the name of the column(s), or they can use SQL Extended properties to handle the use of supplementary plane characters keeping them separate from the database schema, see: Add an extended property to a column in a table.

  • When using the SQL connector as a data source for virtual tables, the server and database values must match between the source dataset and the connection being used. When using SQL authentication, the dataset values can be set to default,default as the connection will already contain server and database values. If dataset connection values are explicitly stated, they must match those of the connection otherwise errors such as "Something went wrong. We weren't able to open your table. Try reloading or reopening." or "invalid data source" may occur.

  • When schema changes occur to views used in Power Automate flows, triggers may not fire until a new connection is created against the updated view - only refreshing the connection is not sufficient for resetting the trigger against updated views.

Special throttling limits

  • In different cases, the SQL connector has different throttling limits. In the following table, Native operations include SQL stored procedure and SQL Query. CRUD stands for create, read, update, and delete operations.

  • Along with the below limits, connectionID level throttling is also applied based on total time spent by previous requests in a given time period.

Service Environment Operations Name Calls Renewal period (seconds)
Logic Apps & Power Automate Shared Environment Native API calls per connection 500 10
Logic Apps & Power Automate Shared Environment CRUD API calls per connection 100 10
Logic Apps & Power Automate Shared Environment Native Concurrent calls per connection 200 -
Logic Apps & Power Automate Shared Environment CRUD Concurrent calls per connection 125 -
Power Apps Shared Environment All API calls per user 300 30
Power Apps Shared Environment All Concurrent calls per connection 125 -

Note

Concurrent calls are the number of in-progress requests that a particular connection can make. For example, with Azure Logic Apps native calls, a single connection can make 200 concurrent calls. Any subsequent calls return a 429 error if all 200 calls are still executing. No time limit exists because the calls can take an arbitrary amount of time. However, the point of the calls limit is to prevent too many long-running queries from a single connection and negatively affecting other connections.

For example, if a connection makes 200 calls at the same time, and each call takes 50 seconds to execute, all other calls will fail with a 429 error for the next 50 seconds. After one or more queries finish execution, and results are returned, any subsequent calls are processed.

Power Apps data type mappings

SQL Server Power Apps
bigint, decimal, int, money, numeric, smallint, smallmoney, tinyint, float, real Number
char, nchar, varchar, nvarchar, text, ntext Text
bit Boolean
date, datetime or datetime2 or smalldatetime, datetimeoffset, time DateTime
uniqueidentifier Guid

Note

If a SQL Server data type doesn't appear in the previous table, that data type isn't supported. Unsupported data types include the following examples: binary(), varbinary(), image, cursor, rowversion, hierarchyid, sql_variant xml, Spatial Geometry Types, Spatial Geography Types, and table.

Power Apps functions and operations delegable to SQL Server

You can delegate the following Power Apps operations, for a given data type, to SQL Server for processing, rather than processing locally within Power Apps. You can also delegate expressions joined with And, Or, and Not to SQL Server.

Operation or function Number Text Boolean DateTime Guid Notes
Filter Yes Yes Yes No, see notes. Yes Direct date filters don't work for SQL Server. However, you can create a calculated column that will work.

For example, you can create ALTER TABLE myTable ADD DateAsInt AS (YEAR([date]) * 10000 + MONTH([date]) * 100 + DAY([date])), and then filter on the calculated number column.
Sort Yes Yes Yes Yes -
SortByColumns Yes Yes Yes Yes -
Search No Yes No No -
Lookup Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
=, <> Yes Yes Yes No Yes
<, <=, >, >= Yes No No No -
in (substring) - Yes, see notes. - - - Supported for ("string value" in \<column>), but not for (\<column> in "string value").
+ Yes - - No -
- Yes - - No -
* Yes - - No -
/ Yes - - No -
StartsWith - Yes, see notes. - - - Supported for (StartsWith(\<column>, "string value")), but not for (StartsWith("string value", \<column>)).
EndsWith - Yes, see notes. - - - Supported for (EndsWith(\<column>, "string value")) but not for (EndsWith("string value", \<column>)). If a char(10) column has a value of "hello", EndsWith(\<column>, "llo") returns false, by design. A char(10) column has 10 characters.
IsBlank No No No No No An expression such as Filter('[dbo].[MyOrders]', !IsBlank(CustomerId)) won't delegate to the server. However, you can use an expression such as Filter('[dbo].[MyOrders]', CustomerId <> Blank()), which does delegate to the server and is sementically close. The difference is that the second expression won't treat the empty string ("") as empty. Although the expressions aren't equivalent, the latter might work for your purposes. You can't use this method for the Guid data type.
Len (length) - Yes, see notes. - - - Power Apps delegates the Len function, but the behavior might not work as you expect. In SQL Server, a char(10) column with value "hello" always has a length of 10. However, Power Apps treats that string as having a length of 5, which could might discrepancies and confusion. Don't use char/nchar on SQL server, but use varchar/nvarchar instead.
Sum Yes - - - -
Average Yes - - - -
Min Yes - - No -
Max Yes - - No -

Formal parameters in operations

Execute a SQL query [DEPRECATED] and Execute a SQL query (V2) actions allow usage of formal parameters. They're defined as key-value pairs, where key is the parameter name and value is the SQL data type, such as INT or NVARCHAR(255). After you define the name and data type, a new input field for the value is shown.

Migrate V1 operations to V2 equivalent

Follow the steps here to migrate from a V1 operation to its V2 equivalent.

Important

Before starting the migration always save a copy of your Logic App, Power Automate flow, or Power App to have a backup.

Note

All V2 operations have two extra parameters: Server Name, and Database Name. This enables V2 operations to support Microsoft Entra ID authentications.

Operation type V1 operation V2 operation equivalent
Action Delete row [DEPRECATED] Delete row (V2)
Action Execute a SQL query [DEPRECATED] Execute a SQL query (V2)
Action Execute stored procedure Execute stored procedure (V2)
Action Get row [DEPRECATED] Get row (V2)
Action Get rows [DEPRECATED] Get rows (V2)
Action Insert row [DEPRECATED] Insert row (V2)
Action Lists tables exposed by the connection [DEPRECATED] Get tables (V2)
Action Update row [DEPRECATED] Update row (V2)
Trigger When an item is created [DEPRECATED] When an item is created (V2)
Trigger When an item is modified [DEPRECATED] When an item is modified (V2)

Identify V1 actions

Power Automate

For Power Automate operations, open the SQL Server operation's Code View and check the host.operationId value. If the value matches one of the SQL Server V1 operation IDs listed above, that operation needs to be migrated to its V2 equivalent.

For example, PatchItem operation needs to be migrated to PatchItem_V2.

Select server name

Logic Apps

To get an overview of the Logic Apps that contain at least one SQL Server V1 operation:

  1. Open the Azure Portal

  2. Open the Azure Resource Graph Explorer

  3. Enter your subscription ID in the placeholder and run the query below to get a summary of the Logic Apps that need your attention and the count of SQL Server V1 actions in each of them.

    • Azure Resource Graph Explorer script to identify Logic Apps with V1 actions.

      resources
| where subscriptionId == "<subscription-id>"
| where type == "microsoft.logic/workflows"
| extend propertiesJson=parse_json(properties)
| extend actionsJson=propertiesJson["definition"]["actions"]
| mv-expand actionsJson
| where notnull(actionsJson)
| extend path=extract("\"path\":\"(.*?)\"", 1, tostring(actionsJson))
| where notnull(path) and path startswith "/datasets/default/"
| extend actionConnectionName=extract("\"connection\":{\"name\":\"(.*?)\"}", 1, tostring(actionsJson))
| where notnull(actionConnectionName)
| parse actionConnectionName with "@parameters('$connections')['"parsedActionConnectionName"']['connectionId']"
| extend tmpConnection = propertiesJson["parameters"]["$connections"]["value"][parsedActionConnectionName]
| where notnull(tmpConnection)
| extend connectionId=extract("\"id\":\"(.*?)\"", 1, tostring(tmpConnection))
| where notnull(connectionId) and connectionId endswith "/managedApis/sql"
| project id, name, resourceGroup, actionsJson
| summarize v1ActionCount = count() by resourceGroup, logicAppName = name

    • Azure Resource Graph Explorer script to identify Logic Apps with V1 triggers.

      resources
| where subscriptionId == "<subscription-id>"
| where type == "microsoft.logic/workflows"
| extend propertiesJson=parse_json(properties)
| extend triggersJson=propertiesJson["definition"]["triggers"]
| mv-expand triggersJson
| where notnull(triggersJson)
| extend path=extract("\"path\":\"(.*?)\"", 1, tostring(triggersJson))
| where notnull(path) and path startswith "/datasets/default/"
| extend triggerConnectionName=extract("\"connection\":{\"name\":\"(.*?)\"}", 1, tostring(triggersJson))
| where notnull(triggerConnectionName)
| parse triggerConnectionName with "@parameters('$connections')['"parsedTriggerConnectionName"']['connectionId']"
| extend tmpConnection = propertiesJson["parameters"]["$connections"]["value"][parsedTriggerConnectionName]
| where notnull(tmpConnection)
| extend connectionId=extract("\"id\":\"(.*?)\"", 1, tostring(tmpConnection))
| where notnull(connectionId) and connectionId endswith "/managedApis/sql"
| project id, name, resourceGroup, triggersJson
| summarize v1TriggerCount = count() by resourceGroup, logicAppName = name

Migrate to V2 operations on the UX

Migrate Logic Apps and Power Automate automation

  1. Open the Logic App or Power Automate flow that contains the V1 action.

  2. Add an action right before or after the V1 action you want to update.

    Add an action

  3. Click on the SQL Server connector and look for the V2 equivalent of the action being migrated.

    Select V2 action

  4. Select the connection to use on the V2 action.

    Tip

    V2 actions support Microsoft Entra ID authentication types. Logic Apps also supports Azure Logic Apps supports managed identity authentication on V2 actions.

    See more on the Authentication section.

  5. Enter the Server name.

    • If you are using Windows Authentication or SQL Server Authentication, select the server name from the drop-down.

      Select server name

    • If you are using Service principal, Microsoft Entra ID or Managed Identity authentication type, click "Enter custom value" on the drop-down, then enter your server name.

      Enter custom server name

  6. Enter your database by selecting it from the drop-down.

    Select database

  7. Enter the remaining of the parameters so they are the same as the V1 action.

  8. After completing configuring the V1 action, delete the V2 action.

    Delete V1 action

    Important

    Deleting the V1 action will cause all the dynamic content from V1 to be deleted; V2 dynamic content will need to be re-added.

Migrate Power Apps

  1. Open the app that needs to be updated.

  2. Delete all the SQL data sources.

    Note

    Formulas using the deleted data sources will show an error, this is expected and will get fixed on next steps.

    Delete data sources

  3. Open the Upcoming features tab on the Settings, and type in "SQL" on the search box. The "Enable enhanced Microsoft SQL Server connector" feature will come up.

    Open upcoming features

  4. Turn on the "Enable enhanced Microsoft SQL Server connector" feature.

    Note

    This feature is on by default for all new Power Apps.

    Turn on SQL Server enhanced feature

  5. Readd the data source.

    Readd data sources

  6. Verify the app behavior, specially on tables that handle DateTime data types.

  7. Save the app.

Migrate operations via Code View in Azure Logic Apps

For more complex scenarios, actions can be migrated by updating the definition of the workflow.

  1. Identify the name of the operations (trigger and/or actions) that need to be migrated in the Logic App.

  2. Open the designer of the Logic App to be modified, and click on "Code view".

    Open code view

  3. For each action that needs to be migrated:

    1. Find the action or trigger path property
    2. Substitute /datasets/default/ in the path property with /v2/datasets/@{encodeURIComponent(encodeURIComponent('default'))},@{encodeURIComponent(encodeURIComponent('default'))}/.

  4. Once all operations are updated, click on "Designer".

    Open designer view

  5. Verify that all operations were migrated successfully.

    • The server and database name should be populated with the values of the connection.
    • All other parameters should be populated as well.

    Final V2 view

  6. Save and test the Logic App.

Tip

If desired, once actions are migrated to the V2 version, the operation's name and connection can be updated.

Here is an example for migrating Get rows [DEPRECATED].

  1. Open "Code View".

  2. Find the "Get rows [DEPRECATED]" action.

    "actions": {
  "Get_rows_[DEPRECATED]": {
    "inputs": {
      "host": {
        "connection": {"name": "..."},
        "method": "get",
        "path": "/datasets/default/tables/.../items"
      },
      "runAfter": {},
      "type": "ApiConnection"
    }
  }
}

  3. Update the datasets segment of the path with the provided substitute above.

    "actions": {
  "Get_rows_[DEPRECATED]": {
    "inputs": {
      "host": {
        "connection": {"name": "..."},
        "method": "get",
        "path": "/v2/datasets/@{encodeURIComponent(encodeURIComponent('default'))},@{encodeURIComponent(encodeURIComponent('default'))}/tables/.../items"
      },
      "runAfter": {},
      "type": "ApiConnection"
    }
  }
}

  4. Click on "Designer" to go back to the initial view and verify that the action was correctly populated.

Migrate operations via editing the flow definition

  1. Identify the name of the operations (trigger and/or actions) that need to be migrated in the Logic App.

  2. Export your flow as a package (ZIP).

    Export flow

  3. Extract the ZIP file.

  4. Open the folder where ZIP was extracted.

  5. Navigate to Microsoft.Flow, then flows, then the GUID named folder.

  6. Open the definition.json file in a text editor.

    • To improve the readability, format the JSON.

  7. For each action that needs to be migrated:

    1. Find the action or trigger property

    2. Update inputs.host.operationId property to the V2 equivalent. You can find the value in the documentation of the operation.

      ZIP structure

    3. Add to inputs.parameters two properties:

      • server with value default
      • database with value default

  8. Save the definition.json file

  9. Navigate back to where manifest.json and Microsoft.Flow are located

  10. Select both Microsoft.Flow and manifest.json, and compress to a ZIP file.

    Important

    Make sure that the new ZIP file has the exact same file and folder structure as the original ZIP file.

    The folder Microsoft.Flow and the file manifest.json must be at the root of the new ZIP file. Failure to have the same structure will cause errors when uploading the package.

    ZIP structure

  11. Navigate to your flows on Power Automate.

  12. Import the updated flow by importing the package. Select the newly created ZIP, and upload the package.

    Import package

  13. Select the import setup (import/create a new one), and select the connections that will be used by the flow.

  14. Once the import completes, open the new/updated flow.

  15. Verify that the actions have been updated

  • The server and database name should be populated with the values of the connection.

  • All other parameters should be populated as well.

    V2 final view

Tip

If desired, once actions are migrated to the V2 version, the operation's name and connection can be updated on the UX.

Here is an example for migrating Execute a SQL query [DEPRECATED].

  1. Open "Code View".

  2. Find the "Execute a SQL query [DEPRECATED]" action.

    "actions": {
  "Execute_a_SQL_query_[DEPRECATED]": {
    // ...
    "inputs": {
      "host": {
        // ...
        "operationId": "ExecutePassThroughNativeQuery"
      },
      "parameters": {
        "query/query": "SELECT * from [dbo].[SampleTable] WHERE AnyId = 42",
      },
      // ..
    }
  }
}

  3. Update the operation ID with the V2 operation ID equivalent, then add the server and database parameters with the default value like instructed above.

    "actions": {
  "Execute_a_SQL_query_[DEPRECATED]": {
    // ...
    "inputs": {
      "host": {
        // ...
        "operationId": "ExecutePassThroughNativeQuery_V2"
      },
      "parameters": {
        "server": "default",
        "database": "default",
        "query/query": "SELECT * from [dbo].[SampleTable] WHERE AnyId = 42",
      },
      // ..
    }
  }
}

Creating a connection

The connector supports the following authentication types:
Azure AD Integrated Use Azure Active Directory to access your SQL database. Azure Government and Department of Defense (DoD) in Azure Government and MOONCAKE and US Government (GCC-High) only Not shareable
Azure AD Integrated (Azure Commercial) Use Azure Active Directory to access your SQL database in Azure Commercial. US Government (GCC) only Not shareable
Azure AD Integrated (Azure Government) Use Azure Active Directory to access your SQL database in Azure Government. US Government (GCC) only Not shareable
Client Certificate Auth Provide Microsoft Entra ID credentials using PFX certificate and password All regions Shareable
Microsoft Entra ID Integrated Use Microsoft Entra ID to access your SQL database. All regions except Azure Government and Department of Defense (DoD) in Azure Government and MOONCAKE and US Government (GCC) and US Government (GCC-High) Not shareable
Service principal (Azure AD application) Use Azure Active Directory application to access your SQL database. Azure Government and Department of Defense (DoD) in Azure Government and MOONCAKE and US Government (GCC) and US Government (GCC-High) only Not shareable
Service principal (Microsoft Entra ID application) Use Microsoft Entra ID application to access your SQL database. All regions except Azure Government and Department of Defense (DoD) in Azure Government and MOONCAKE and US Government (GCC) and US Government (GCC-High) Not shareable
SQL Server Authentication Use an account name and password to access your SQL database. All regions Shareable
Windows Authentication Use an on-premise Microsoft Entra ID account name and password to access your SQL database. All regions except Azure Government and Department of Defense (DoD) in Azure Government and MOONCAKE and US Government (GCC) and US Government (GCC-High) Shareable
Windows Authentication Use an on-premise Active Directory account name and password to access your SQL database. Azure Government and Department of Defense (DoD) in Azure Government and MOONCAKE and US Government (GCC) and US Government (GCC-High) only Shareable
Windows Authentication (Non Shared) Use an on-premise Microsoft Entra ID account name and password to access your SQL database. All regions except Azure Government and Department of Defense (DoD) in Azure Government and MOONCAKE and US Government (GCC) and US Government (GCC-High) Not shareable
Windows Authentication (Non Shared) Use an on-premise Active Directory account name and password to access your SQL database. Azure Government and Department of Defense (DoD) in Azure Government and MOONCAKE and US Government (GCC) and US Government (GCC-High) only Not shareable
Default [DEPRECATED] This option is only for older connections without an explicit authentication type, and is only provided for backward compatibility. All regions Not shareable

Azure AD Integrated

Auth ID: oauth

Applicable: Azure Government and Department of Defense (DoD) in Azure Government and MOONCAKE and US Government (GCC-High) only

Use Azure Active Directory to access your SQL database.

This is not shareable connection. If the power app is shared with another user, another user will be prompted to create new connection explicitly.

Azure AD Integrated (Azure Commercial)

Auth ID: oauthCom

Applicable: US Government (GCC) only

Use Azure Active Directory to access your SQL database in Azure Commercial.

This is not shareable connection. If the power app is shared with another user, another user will be prompted to create new connection explicitly.

Azure AD Integrated (Azure Government)

Auth ID: oauth

Applicable: US Government (GCC) only

Use Azure Active Directory to access your SQL database in Azure Government.

This is not shareable connection. If the power app is shared with another user, another user will be prompted to create new connection explicitly.

Client Certificate Auth

Auth ID: certOauth

Applicable: All regions

Provide Microsoft Entra ID credentials using PFX certificate and password

This is shareable connection. If the power app is shared with another user, connection is shared as well. For more information, please see the Connectors overview for canvas apps - Power Apps | Microsoft Docs

Name Type Description Required
Tenant string True
Client ID string The client ID of for the Microsoft Entra ID application
Client certificate secret clientCertificate The client certificate secret allowed by this application True

Microsoft Entra ID Integrated

Auth ID: oauth

Applicable: All regions except Azure Government and Department of Defense (DoD) in Azure Government and MOONCAKE and US Government (GCC) and US Government (GCC-High)

Use Microsoft Entra ID to access your SQL database.

This is not shareable connection. If the power app is shared with another user, another user will be prompted to create new connection explicitly.

Service principal (Azure AD application)

Auth ID: oauthSP

Applicable: Azure Government and Department of Defense (DoD) in Azure Government and MOONCAKE and US Government (GCC) and US Government (GCC-High) only

Use Azure Active Directory application to access your SQL database.

This is not shareable connection. If the power app is shared with another user, another user will be prompted to create new connection explicitly.

Name Type Description Required
Tenant string True
Client ID string True
Client Secret securestring True

Service principal (Microsoft Entra ID application)

Auth ID: oauthSP

Applicable: All regions except Azure Government and Department of Defense (DoD) in Azure Government and MOONCAKE and US Government (GCC) and US Government (GCC-High)

Use Microsoft Entra ID application to access your SQL database.

This is not shareable connection. If the power app is shared with another user, another user will be prompted to create new connection explicitly.

Name Type Description Required
Tenant string True
Client ID string True
Client Secret securestring True

SQL Server Authentication

Auth ID: sqlAuthentication

Applicable: All regions

Use an account name and password to access your SQL database.

This is shareable connection. If the power app is shared with another user, connection is shared as well. For more information, please see the Connectors overview for canvas apps - Power Apps | Microsoft Docs

Name Type Description Required
SQL server name string Specify the name of the SQL server (server[:port]) True
SQL database name string SQL database name True
Username securestring Username credential True
Password securestring Password credential True
Gateway gatewaySetting On-prem gateway (see https://docs.microsoft.com/data-integration/gateway for more details

Windows Authentication

Auth ID: windowsAuthentication

Applicable: All regions except Azure Government and Department of Defense (DoD) in Azure Government and MOONCAKE and US Government (GCC) and US Government (GCC-High)

Use an on-premise Microsoft Entra ID account name and password to access your SQL database.

This is shareable connection. If the power app is shared with another user, connection is shared as well. For more information, please see the Connectors overview for canvas apps - Power Apps | Microsoft Docs

Name Type Description Required
SQL server name string Specify the name of the SQL server (server[:port]) True
SQL database name string SQL database name True
Username securestring Username credential True
Password securestring Password credential True
Gateway gatewaySetting On-prem gateway (see https://docs.microsoft.com/data-integration/gateway for more details True

Windows Authentication

Auth ID: windowsAuthentication

Applicable: Azure Government and Department of Defense (DoD) in Azure Government and MOONCAKE and US Government (GCC) and US Government (GCC-High) only

Use an on-premise Active Directory account name and password to access your SQL database.

This is shareable connection. If the power app is shared with another user, connection is shared as well. For more information, please see the Connectors overview for canvas apps - Power Apps | Microsoft Docs

Name Type Description Required
SQL server name string Specify the name of the SQL server (server[:port]) True
SQL database name string SQL database name True
Username securestring Username credential True
Password securestring Password credential True
Gateway gatewaySetting On-prem gateway (see https://docs.microsoft.com/data-integration/gateway for more details True

Windows Authentication (Non Shared)

Auth ID: windowsAuthenticationNonShared

Applicable: All regions except Azure Government and Department of Defense (DoD) in Azure Government and MOONCAKE and US Government (GCC) and US Government (GCC-High)

Use an on-premise Microsoft Entra ID account name and password to access your SQL database.

This is not shareable connection. If the power app is shared with another user, another user will be prompted to create new connection explicitly.

Name Type Description Required
Username securestring Username credential True
Password securestring Password credential True
Gateway gatewaySetting On-prem gateway (see https://docs.microsoft.com/data-integration/gateway for more details True

Windows Authentication (Non Shared)

Auth ID: windowsAuthenticationNonShared

Applicable: Azure Government and Department of Defense (DoD) in Azure Government and MOONCAKE and US Government (GCC) and US Government (GCC-High) only

Use an on-premise Active Directory account name and password to access your SQL database.

This is not shareable connection. If the power app is shared with another user, another user will be prompted to create new connection explicitly.

Name Type Description Required
Username securestring Username credential True
Password securestring Password credential True
Gateway gatewaySetting On-prem gateway (see https://docs.microsoft.com/data-integration/gateway for more details True

Default [DEPRECATED]

Applicable: All regions

This option is only for older connections without an explicit authentication type, and is only provided for backward compatibility.

This is not shareable connection. If the power app is shared with another user, another user will be prompted to create new connection explicitly.

Name Type Description Required
SQL server name string SQL server name True
SQL database name string SQL database name True
Authentication Type string Authentication type to connect to your database
Username securestring Username credential True
Password securestring Password credential True
Gateway gatewaySetting On-prem gateway (see https://docs.microsoft.com/data-integration/gateway for more details

Throttling Limits

Name Calls Renewal Period
API calls per connection 100 10 seconds

Actions

Delete row (V2)

This operation deletes a row from a table.
Delete row [DEPRECATED]

This action has been deprecated. Please use Delete row (V2) instead.

This operation deletes a row from a table.
Execute a SQL query (V2)

Execute a SQL query (V2)
Execute a SQL query [DEPRECATED]

This action has been deprecated. Please use Execute a SQL query (V2) instead.

Execute a SQL query
Execute stored procedure

This operation runs a stored procedure.
Execute stored procedure (V2)

This operation runs a stored procedure.
Get row (V2)

This operation gets a row from a table.
Get row [DEPRECATED]

This action has been deprecated. Please use Get row (V2) instead.

This operation gets a row from a table.
Get rows (V2)

This operation gets rows from a table.
Get rows [DEPRECATED]

This action has been deprecated. Please use Get rows (V2) instead.

This operation gets rows from a table.
Get tables (V2)

This operation gets tables from a database.
Insert row (V2)

This operation inserts a new row into a table.
Insert row [DEPRECATED]

This action has been deprecated. Please use Insert row (V2) instead.

This operation inserts a new row into a table.
Lists tables exposed by the connection [DEPRECATED]

This action has been deprecated. Please use Get tables (V2) instead.

Lists tables exposed by the connection
Transform data using Power Query

Transform data using Power Query. Note: This operation does not work when connecting using SQL Microsoft Entra ID.
Update row (V2)

This operation updates an existing row in a table.
Update row [DEPRECATED]

This action has been deprecated. Please use Update row (V2) instead.

This operation updates an existing row in a table.

Delete row (V2)

Operation ID:
DeleteItem_V2

This operation deletes a row from a table.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Server name
 server True string

Name of SQL server
Database name
 database True string

Database name
Table name
 table True string

Name of table
Row id
 id True string

Unique identifier of the row to delete

Delete row [DEPRECATED]

Operation ID:
DeleteItem

This action has been deprecated. Please use Delete row (V2) instead.

This operation deletes a row from a table.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Table name
 table True string

Name of table
Row id
 id True string

Unique identifier of the row to delete

Execute a SQL query (V2)

Operation ID:
ExecutePassThroughNativeQuery_V2

Execute a SQL query (V2)

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Server name
 server True string

Name of SQL server
Database name
 database True string

Database name
Query
 query True dynamic

query body

Returns

The outputs of this operation are dynamic.

Execute a SQL query [DEPRECATED]

Operation ID:
ExecutePassThroughNativeQuery

This action has been deprecated. Please use Execute a SQL query (V2) instead.

Execute a SQL query

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Query
 query True dynamic

query body

Returns

The outputs of this operation are dynamic.

Execute stored procedure

Operation ID:
ExecuteProcedure

This operation runs a stored procedure.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Procedure name
 procedure True string

Name of stored procedure
Parameters list
 parameters True dynamic

Input parameters to the stored procedure

Returns

The outputs of this operation are dynamic.

Execute stored procedure (V2)

Operation ID:
ExecuteProcedure_V2

This operation runs a stored procedure.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Server name
 server True string

Name of SQL server
Database name
 database True string

Database name
Procedure name
 procedure True string

Name of stored procedure
Parameters list
 parameters True dynamic

Input parameters to the stored procedure

Returns

The outputs of this operation are dynamic.

Get row (V2)

Operation ID:
GetItem_V2

This operation gets a row from a table.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Server name
 server True string

Name of SQL server
Database name
 database True string

Database name
Table name
 table True string

Name of SQL table
Row id
 id True string

Unique identifier of the row to retrieve

Returns

The outputs of this operation are dynamic.

Get row [DEPRECATED]

Operation ID:
GetItem

This action has been deprecated. Please use Get row (V2) instead.

This operation gets a row from a table.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Table name
 table True string

Name of SQL table
Row id
 id True string

Unique identifier of the row to retrieve

Returns

The outputs of this operation are dynamic.

Get rows (V2)

Operation ID:
GetItems_V2

This operation gets rows from a table.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Server name
 server True string

Name of SQL server
Database name
 database True string

Database name
Table name
 table True string

Name of SQL table
Aggregation transformation
 $apply string

A sequence of OData aggregation transformations
Filter Query
 $filter string

An ODATA filter query to restrict the entries returned (e.g. stringColumn eq 'string' OR numberColumn lt 123).
Order By
 $orderby string

An ODATA orderBy query for specifying the order of entries.
Skip Count
 $skip integer

The number of entries to skip (default = 0).
Top Count
 $top integer

Total number of entries to retrieve (default = all).
Select Query
 $select string

Specific fields to retrieve from entries (default = all).

Returns

The outputs of this operation are dynamic.

Get rows [DEPRECATED]

Operation ID:
GetItems

This action has been deprecated. Please use Get rows (V2) instead.

This operation gets rows from a table.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Table name
 table True string

Name of SQL table
Aggregation transformation
 $apply string

A sequence of OData aggregation transformations
Filter Query
 $filter string

An ODATA filter query to restrict the entries returned (e.g. stringColumn eq 'string' OR numberColumn lt 123).
Order By
 $orderby string

An ODATA orderBy query for specifying the order of entries.
Skip Count
 $skip integer

The number of entries to skip (default = 0).
Top Count
 $top integer

Total number of entries to retrieve (default = all).
Select Query
 $select string

Specific fields to retrieve from entries (default = all).

Returns

The outputs of this operation are dynamic.

Get tables (V2)

Operation ID:
GetTables_V2

This operation gets tables from a database.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Server name
 server True string

Name of SQL server
Database name
 database True string

Database name

Returns

Represents a list of tables.

Body
TablesList

Insert row (V2)

Operation ID:
PostItem_V2

This operation inserts a new row into a table.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Server name
 server True string

Name of SQL server
Database name
 database True string

Database name
Table name
 table True string

Name of table
Row
 item True dynamic

Row to insert into the specified table

Returns

The outputs of this operation are dynamic.

Insert row [DEPRECATED]

Operation ID:
PostItem

This action has been deprecated. Please use Insert row (V2) instead.

This operation inserts a new row into a table.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Table name
 table True string

Name of table
Row
 item True dynamic

Row to insert into the specified table

Returns

The outputs of this operation are dynamic.

Lists tables exposed by the connection [DEPRECATED]

Operation ID:
GetTables

This action has been deprecated. Please use Get tables (V2) instead.

Lists tables exposed by the connection

Returns

Represents a list of tables.

Body
TablesList

Transform data using Power Query

Operation ID:
SqlExecutePassThroughPowerQuery

Transform data using Power Query. Note: This operation does not work when connecting using SQL Microsoft Entra ID.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
query
 query mquery

Query Text

Returns

The outputs of this operation are dynamic.

Update row (V2)

Operation ID:
PatchItem_V2

This operation updates an existing row in a table.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Server name
 server True string

Name of SQL server
Database name
 database True string

Database name
Table name
 table True string

Name of table
Row id
 id True string

Unique identifier of the row to update
Row
 item True dynamic

Row with updated values

Returns

The outputs of this operation are dynamic.

Update row [DEPRECATED]

Operation ID:
PatchItem

This action has been deprecated. Please use Update row (V2) instead.

This operation updates an existing row in a table.

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Table name
 table True string

Name of table
Row id
 id True string

Unique identifier of the row to update
Row
 item True dynamic

Row with updated values

Returns

The outputs of this operation are dynamic.

Triggers

When an item is created (V2)

Triggers a flow when an item is created in SQL
When an item is created [DEPRECATED]

This action has been deprecated. Please use When an item is created (V2) instead.

Triggers a flow when an item is created in SQL
When an item is modified (V2)

Triggers a flow when an item is modified/inserted in SQL
When an item is modified [DEPRECATED]

This action has been deprecated. Please use When an item is modified (V2) instead.

Triggers a flow when an item is modified/inserted in SQL

When an item is created (V2)

Operation ID:
GetOnNewItems_V2

Triggers a flow when an item is created in SQL

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Server name
 server True string

Name of SQL server
Database name
 database True string

Database name
Table name
 table True string

Name of SQL table
Filter Query
 $filter string

An ODATA filter query to restrict the entries returned (e.g. stringColumn eq 'string' OR numberColumn lt 123).
Top Count
 $top integer

Total number of entries to retrieve (default = all).
Order By
 $orderby string

An ODATA orderBy query for specifying the order of entries.
Select Query
 $select string

Specific fields to retrieve from entries (default = all).

Returns

The outputs of this operation are dynamic.

When an item is created [DEPRECATED]

Operation ID:
GetOnNewItems

This action has been deprecated. Please use When an item is created (V2) instead.

Triggers a flow when an item is created in SQL

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Table name
 table True string

Name of SQL table
Filter Query
 $filter string

An ODATA filter query to restrict the entries returned (e.g. stringColumn eq 'string' OR numberColumn lt 123).
Top Count
 $top integer

Total number of entries to retrieve (default = all).
Order By
 $orderby string

An ODATA orderBy query for specifying the order of entries.
Select Query
 $select string

Specific fields to retrieve from entries (default = all).

Returns

The outputs of this operation are dynamic.

When an item is modified (V2)

Operation ID:
GetOnUpdatedItems_V2

Triggers a flow when an item is modified/inserted in SQL

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Server name
 server True string

Name of SQL server
Database name
 database True string

Database name
Table name
 table True string

Name of SQL table
Filter Query
 $filter string

An ODATA filter query to restrict the entries returned (e.g. stringColumn eq 'string' OR numberColumn lt 123).
Top Count
 $top integer

Total number of entries to retrieve (default = all).
Order By
 $orderby string

An ODATA orderBy query for specifying the order of entries.
Select Query
 $select string

Specific fields to retrieve from entries (default = all).

Returns

The outputs of this operation are dynamic.

When an item is modified [DEPRECATED]

Operation ID:
GetOnUpdatedItems

This action has been deprecated. Please use When an item is modified (V2) instead.

Triggers a flow when an item is modified/inserted in SQL

Parameters

Name Key Required Type Description
Table name
 table True string

Name of SQL table
Filter Query
 $filter string

An ODATA filter query to restrict the entries returned (e.g. stringColumn eq 'string' OR numberColumn lt 123).
Top Count
 $top integer

Total number of entries to retrieve (default = all).
Order By
 $orderby string

An ODATA orderBy query for specifying the order of entries.
Select Query
 $select string

Specific fields to retrieve from entries (default = all).

Returns

The outputs of this operation are dynamic.

Definitions

Table

Represents a table.

Name Path Type Description
Name
 Name string

The name of the table. The name is used at runtime.
DisplayName
 DisplayName string

The display name of the table.
DynamicProperties
 DynamicProperties object

Additional table properties provided by the connector to the clients.

TablesList

Represents a list of tables.

Name Path Type Description
value
 value array of Table

List of Tables