# addSqlServer

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

Adds a SQL Server resource to the application model. A container is used for local development.

## Definition

```typescript
interface IDistributedApplicationBuilder {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  addSqlServer(
    name: string,
    password?: ParameterResource,
    port?: number): SqlServerServerResource
}
```

## Parameters

- `name` (`string`)
- `password` (`ParameterResource`) `optional`
- `port` (`number`) `optional`

## Returns

[SqlServerServerResource](/reference/api/typescript/aspire.hosting.sqlserver/sqlserverserverresource.md) `builder`

## Applies to

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