Microsoft today announced the general availability of the open source Data API builder (DAB), which provides REST and GraphQL endpoints for Azure databases, some three years in the making.

Microsoft recently announced the general availability (GA) of Azure SQL Database External REST Endpoint Integration – an ability to call a REST endpoint natively from Azure SQL Database.

Introducing Data API builder Designed to run on premises, at the edge, and in the cloud, Data API builder is an open source tool targeting five different databases: Azure SQL, SQL Server ...

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No promises -- this is purely my speculation, but given the recent feature waves in Azure SQL DB and the timing since SQL Server 2022's release makes, this a safer bet.

Database revenue at Microsoft is alleged (by Gartner) to be around $14 billion a year, with SQL Server (and Azure SQL services) making up the vast majority of that revenue.