Connect OpenAI to live SQL Server data, securely.
CData Connect AI lets you plug any business application into any AI tool — like SQL Server into OpenAI — for live, trusted answers and actions with zero data copies.
Give SQL Server rich semantic context and real-time data from OpenAI so it can answer precisely and take safe, effective actions across your business.
SQL Server:
Microsoft SQL Server is a powerful relational database management system designed for storing and retrieving data. It offers advanced features such as data encryption, in-memory processing, and business intelligence tools. With support for multiple programming languages and integration with other Microsoft products, SQL Server is a versatile and reliable database solution.
OpenAI:
OpenAI’s agent framework combines the Responses API (with built-in Tools like Web, File, and Computer), the Agents SDK (for stateful tool use with tracing), and the Realtime API (for multimodal and voice-first agents). With Connect AI, you can give OpenAI agents live, governed business data from across your stack—without building custom tool wrappers or staging data pipelines.
Popular OpenAI & SQL Server integration use cases
- Autonomous OpenAI agents — Build agents that plan and execute multi-step workflows grounded in real-time SQL Server data.
- Voice-first copilots with the Realtime API — Let agents speak, reason, and act while pulling live context from [tech].
- Retrieval and tool calls via the Responses API — Enable accurate summaries, answers, and updates based on current SQL Server records.
- Auditable, governed tool usage — Expose only approved read/write operations on SQL Server to OpenAI agents, with full logging via the Agents SDK.
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SQL Server to OpenAI Features
Real-time data accessed in-place
Access data where it lives right now. Ensure data is always live, always retains its metadata and semantics, and always protected by source system permissions.
Semantic intelligence & preserved context
Expose your data's metadata, relationships, and context so AI has real understanding of your business without recreating it on top of a warehouse.
One connection to both explore and take action
Point-and-click connection setup that works for both queries and actions so you can set up integrations in minutes.
Enterprise security and governance
Pass through and edit role-based access control (RBAC) inherited from the source to users in AI and AI agents.
How It Works: Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Connect AI is first managed Model Context Protocol (MCP) platform for AI integration. Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard for connecting AI assistants, agents, and automations to external tools and data.
With Connect AI's managed MCP platform, you can present your enterprise systems as standardized MCP tools and resources and call them directly from AI.
Instead of building and maintaining dozens of one-off MCP Servers, your AI simply calls one universal MCP URL from Connect AI, and gets governed access to live data from across your enterprise stack.
Getting Started is Easy:
- Configure data sources (Salesforce, NetSuite, Workday, SQL, Jira, etc.) in Connect AI.
- Create a 'Remote MCP' URL.
- Connect OpenAI to your business data.
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