Microsoft Azure Azure SQL Database Backup
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For Agents
Inspect recoverable and restorable-dropped Azure SQL databases so an agent can discover which backups exist before triggering a restore.
Use for: List all recoverable databases on my Azure SQL Server, Find dropped databases I can still restore on serverName, Retrieve the geo backup for database orders-prod, Check whether a deleted database is still within its restore window
Not supported: Does not perform restores, manage long-term retention policies, or configure geo-replication - use for read-only backup discovery on Azure SQL Server only.
The Azure SQL Database Backup API provides read access to recoverable databases and restorable dropped databases under Azure SQL Server resources. Agents can list geo-redundant backups available for recovery, retrieve backup metadata for specific databases, and inspect dropped databases that remain restorable within their retention window. The API exposes 4 GET operations under the Microsoft.Sql resource provider and is intended for disaster-recovery discovery and audit workflows on Azure SQL Server.
Install Jentic One Beta
Connect the Azure SQL Database Backup to your agent
Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the Azure SQL Database Backup, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.
Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.
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Step 1: Jentic One Host machine
# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fazure.com%2Fazure-sql-database-backup" | sh2
Step 2: Agent machine
# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fazure.com%2Fazure-sql-database-backup" | sh
jentic register # connects your agent to your Jentic One instanceJentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.
Capabilities
What an agent can do with Azure SQL Database Backup API.
List recoverable databases that have geo-redundant backups available on a given Azure SQL Server
Retrieve a specific recoverable database resource representing a database's geo backup
List restorable dropped databases on a server within their retention window
Get metadata for a single restorable dropped database including deletion date and earliest restore date
Inspect service tier and edition information attached to backup-eligible databases
Use Cases
Patterns agents use Azure SQL Database Backup API for, with concrete tasks.
★ Disaster Recovery Inventory
Before initiating a restore, an operations team needs to know which Azure SQL databases on a server have recoverable geo backups and which dropped databases are still within their restore window. This API returns recoverable database listings and per-database backup metadata under the Microsoft.Sql/servers resource path, scoped to a subscription and resource group. It is read-only and complements the broader Azure SQL Database management API used to perform the actual restore.
List all restorable dropped databases for resource group sales-prod on server sales-sql-east, and return any whose earliestRestoreDate is within the last 7 days
Compliance Audit of Backup Coverage
Compliance reviewers need evidence that production databases have valid geo-redundant backups. The recoverableDatabases endpoints surface lastAvailableBackupDate, edition, and serviceLevelObjective per database, which auditors can compare against retention SLOs. Read-only, no mutation risk during an audit pass.
For every database under server finance-sql-prod, fetch the recoverableDatabase resource and flag any whose lastAvailableBackupDate is older than 24 hours
Pre-Restore Validation by AI Agent
An AI agent handling a restore request first verifies the target database is actually restorable before invoking the disaster-recovery configuration or restore operation in the broader SQL management API. Through Jentic, the agent searches for backup-inspection operations, loads the schema, and calls RecoverableDatabases_Get or RestorableDroppedDatabases_Get to confirm eligibility, returning the earliestRestoreDate to the user.
Verify that database orders-prod on server orders-sql-east is recoverable and return its lastAvailableBackupDate and serviceLevelObjective
Key Endpoints
4 endpoints — the azure sql database backup api provides read access to recoverable databases and restorable dropped databases under azure sql server resources.
METHOD
PATH
DESCRIPTION
GET
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/recoverableDatabases
List recoverable databases on a server
GET
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/recoverableDatabases/{databaseName}
Get a specific recoverable database
GET
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/restorableDroppedDatabases
List restorable dropped databases on a server
GET
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/restorableDroppedDatabases/{restorableDroppededDatabaseId}
Get a specific restorable dropped database
GET
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/recoverableDatabases
List recoverable databases on a server
GET
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/recoverableDatabases/{databaseName}
Get a specific recoverable database
GET
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/restorableDroppedDatabases
List restorable dropped databases on a server
GET
/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/restorableDroppedDatabases/{restorableDroppededDatabaseId}
Get a specific restorable dropped database
Jentic AI Readiness Score
This API is usable in Jentic One now. Its AI-readiness score against Jentic's framework shows where it stands today and where improvements would make it even easier for agents to use.
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Azure SQL Database Backup
- Non-Ready (F)40/100
73
Foundational Compliance55
Developer Experience & Jentic Compatibility18
AI-Readiness & Agent Experience94
Agent Usability35
Security100
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Foundational Compliance
Base layer of spec validity and structural soundness.
Grade: A-Signals: 4
94%
Lint Results
Aggregated quality score from linter diagnostics, weighted by severity.
100%
Resolution Completeness
Percentage of `$ref` references that resolve successfully.
0%
Specification Validity
Checks whether the API description parses successfully and conforms to its declared specification (e.g., OpenAPI).
100%
Structural Integrity
Structural correctness score based on schema issues using logarithmic dampening.
55
Developer Experience & Jentic Compatibility
Clarity, completeness, and ingestion readiness for developers and tooling.
Grade: CSignals: 4
0%
Example Density
How richly the API is illustrated with examples.
100%
Example Validity
Percentage of examples that conform to their schemas.
25%
Response Coverage
Percentage of operations with complete response definitions (success, client error, server error).
93%
Tooling Readiness
Health of API ingestion, bundling, and resolution within Jentic pipelines.
18
AI-Readiness & Agent Experience
Semantic breadth, depth, and agent comprehension for AI systems.
Grade: FSignals: 4
73%
Description Coverage
Coverage of descriptions across API elements.
0%
Error Standardization
Coverage of RFC 9457 Problem Details for error responses.
0%
OperationId Quality
Coverage, uniqueness, and casing consistency of operationIds for AI inference.
0%
Summary Coverage
Coverage of summaries across operations/tags/info.
94
Agent Usability
Functional utility, complexity comfort, and AI orchestration readiness.
Grade: A+Signals: 1
94%
Complexity Comfort
Agent comfort level based on API operational and structural complexity.
35
Security
Trust, risk posture, and security compliance.
Grade: FSignals: 1
35%
Authentication Strength
Average quality of security schemes based on authentication method strength (weakest link for OAuth2).
100
AI Discoverability
Findability, semantic richness, and reasoning readiness.
Grade: A+Signals: 1
100%
Descriptive Richness
Clarity and depth of descriptions across API elements.
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npx @jentic/api-scorecard-cli score <openapi-url>Why Jentic?
What agents get from Jentic-routed access to this vendor.
Setup
Wiring the Azure SQL Database Backup API by hand means registering an Azure AD app, minting bearer tokens for https://management.azure.com/, and writing your own paging and Retry-After handling for the read-only Microsoft.Sql backup endpoints. Through Jentic you install once, import Azure SQL Database Backup from the API Directory, store the Azure AD credential once, and your agent calls it.
Permission scoping
The server and database ids travel in the URL path (/servers/{serverName}/recoverableDatabases/{databaseName}), so a rule can pin your agent to one server: it can list recoverable and restorable-dropped databases there and nothing else. Every operation on this surface is a read-only GET, so limit the agent to the specific lookups it needs, such as listing recoverable databases.
Credential isolation
Your Azure AD credential is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and exchanged for a short-lived bearer token at execution time. It never enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
Intent-based discovery
Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'list azure sql recoverable databases' or 'check whether a dropped database is still restorable', and Jentic returns the matching Microsoft.Sql operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the ARM reference.
Related APIs
Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.
FAQs
Specific to using Azure SQL Database Backup API through Jentic.
What authentication does the Azure SQL Database Backup API use?
It uses Azure Active Directory OAuth 2.0 (the azure_auth scheme with the implicit flow and the user_impersonation scope at https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize). Through Jentic, the OAuth token is held in the vault and never exposed to the agent - the agent receives a scoped execution token instead.
Can I trigger a restore with the Azure SQL Database Backup API?
No. This API is read-only - it exposes 4 GET endpoints on RecoverableDatabases and RestorableDroppedDatabases for discovery only. To perform an actual restore or failover, use the broader Azure SQL Database management API or the disaster-recovery configurations API.
What are the rate limits for the Azure SQL Database Backup API?
The API is governed by Azure Resource Manager throttling: typically 12,000 read requests per hour per subscription and per region, with 429 responses including a Retry-After header. Limits are shared across all Microsoft.Sql operations in the subscription.
How do I list recoverable databases through Jentic?
Run pip install jentic, then search Jentic with the query 'list azure sql recoverable databases'. Jentic returns the RecoverableDatabases_ListByServer operation on the path /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Sql/servers/{serverName}/recoverableDatabases. Load its schema and execute with subscriptionId, resourceGroupName, and serverName.
What backup metadata does this API return?
For recoverable databases: edition, elasticPoolName, lastAvailableBackupDate, and serviceLevelObjective. For restorable dropped databases: creationDate, databaseName, deletionDate, earliestRestoreDate, edition, elasticPoolName, maxSizeBytes, and serviceLevelObjective.
Is the Azure SQL Database Backup API free?
The control-plane API itself does not incur direct call charges, but the underlying SQL Database service and its geo-redundant backup storage are billed per the database tier and storage consumed. See the Azure SQL Database pricing page for current rates.
Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the Azure SQL Database Backup API?
Yes. Because you run Jentic One yourself, your own rules decide which operations and credentials the agent may use. Since the server and database names travel in the URL path, a rule can pin the agent to a single Azure SQL Server so it only lists recoverable and restorable-dropped databases there and touches nothing else. Every operation on this surface is a read-only GET, so you can further restrict the agent to just the lookups it needs, such as listing recoverable databases, and no write or restore action is possible.
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