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mcp/microsoft-sql-server-mcp/install

install Microsoft SQL Server MCP

pick your MCP client below. snippets, file paths and reload steps included.

source: extracted from upstream README — github.com/AdrianCY/mssql-mcp

paste into

macos: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mssql": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "/absolute/path/to/mssql-mcp/dist/index.js"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MSSQL_SERVER": "localhost",
        "MSSQL_USER": "your_user",
        "MSSQL_PASSWORD": "your_password",
        "MSSQL_DATABASE": "your_database",
        "MSSQL_TRUST_SERVER_CERTIFICATE": "true"
      }
    }
  }
}

then: Quit Claude Desktop completely (Cmd/Ctrl+Q) and reopen it.

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