# addAzureSqlServer

- Module: [Aspire.Hosting.Azure.Sql](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.sql.md)
- Version: `13.4.0`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/aspire)

Adds an Azure SQL Database (server) resource to the application model.

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addAzureSqlServer(name: string): AzureSqlServerResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)

## Returns

[AzureSqlServerResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.sql/azuresqlserverresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

- [IDistributedApplicationBuilder](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.azure.sql/idistributedapplicationbuilder.md)