Real-time
Two-way sync
Changes in Microsoft Graph or SQL Server instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.
Developer tools ⇄ Database
Microsoft Graph to SQL Server integration — real-time, two-way sync
Keep Microsoft Graph and SQL Server in sync without custom scripts. Cut weeks of integration work, eliminate silent data drift, and give your team a single, reliable source of truth.
- SOC 2 and 6 other compliance frameworks
- POC with real engineers in minutes
Adopted by fast-scaling companies moving mission-critical data in real time
Case study
Migrated from MuleSoft
Case study
Migrated from Celigo
Migrated from Heroku Connect
Migrated from Matillion
Case study
Migrated from Fivetran
Case study
Migrated from Celigo
Why teams connect Microsoft Graph and SQL Server
Keep SQL Server and Microsoft Graph in step: the rows in your database and the Planner tasks, Users, Groups and memberships, Mail messages (Outlook) your engineering tools track stay consistent in real time, in both directions.
SQL Server is where your application's durable data lives; Microsoft Graph is where engineering and operations teams track the issues, events, messages, or identities that run alongside it. The two overlap constantly, a row should open a ticket, an alert should land as a record, a user in one should exist in the other, but bridging them today means per-tool integration code: auth, webhooks, pagination, rate limits, and retries, built and maintained separately for every tool.
Stacksync syncs Views, Columns, Primary and Unique Keys, CDC Change Tables in SQL Server with Planner tasks, Users, Groups and memberships, Mail messages (Outlook) in Microsoft Graph field by field, in real time, and in both directions. You decide which system owns which fields; Stacksync keeps every copy consistent and resolves conflicts by rules you set, so the database and the tooling around it never drift apart.
Common use cases
- 01 Bi-directional sync between SQL Server rows and CRM objects so .NET line-of-business apps and sales tools share one dataset
- 02 Expose SaaS records as SQL Server tables that existing SSRS reports and internal apps can query
- 03 Send Outlook mail through the sendMail action when a database or CRM record changes, then read replies back onto the same record.
- 04 Mirror OneDrive and SharePoint drive items into a data store to index documents and their metadata for search and governance.
Common sync patterns
Turn rows into the records your tools track
A new or changed row in SQL Server creates or updates the matching record in Microsoft Graph, whether that is an issue, an event, a message, or a user, so the tool reflects the database without a custom API job.
Land tool activity as queryable rows
Records and events from Microsoft Graph arrive in SQL Server as rows, so tickets, alerts, messages, or identity changes become joinable data your services and reports read directly.
One integration pattern instead of per-tool API code
Read and write the synced tables in SQL Server and Stacksync keeps Microsoft Graph current, replacing the auth, webhooks, rate limits, and retry logic you would otherwise maintain for each tool.
What you can sync between Microsoft Graph and SQL Server
Representative objects on each side — any object or custom field can map to any target. Schemas are auto-detected; types are converted between the two systems.
| Microsoft Graph objects | SQL Server objects | How this pairing syncs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calendar events Outlook events via /users/{id}/events; read and write meetings, attendees, and recurrence, and accept or decline invitations. | Schemas Namespaces (dbo and custom) used to organize synced tables. | Calendar events is specific to Microsoft Graph and Schemas to SQL Server — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side. | |
| Contacts Personal Outlook contacts via /users/{id}/contacts; full create, read, update, delete, synced two-way with CRM person records. | Tables The primary sync target; rows map to records in connected systems. | Contacts is specific to Microsoft Graph and Tables to SQL Server — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side. | |
| Drive items (OneDrive & SharePoint) Files and folders via /drives and /me/drive; read and write items, upload and download content, and read per-item metadata. | Views Read-side projections used as outbound sync sources. | Drive items (OneDrive & SharePoint) is specific to Microsoft Graph and Views to SQL Server — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side. | |
| Teams messages and chats Channel messages and chats via /teams/{id}/channels and /chats; read message history and post new messages for alerts and archiving. | Columns Field-level mapping targets with T-SQL types. | Teams messages and chats is specific to Microsoft Graph and Columns to SQL Server — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side. | |
| Planner tasks Plans, buckets, and tasks via /planner; read and write task status, assignments, and due dates to keep project state in sync. | Primary and Unique Keys Match keys for idempotent upserts and conflict handling. | Planner tasks is specific to Microsoft Graph and Primary and Unique Keys to SQL Server — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side. | |
| Users Entra ID user accounts read and written via /users; create, update profile attributes, and enable or disable accounts with User.ReadWrite.All. | CDC Change Tables System-populated tables holding captured inserts, updates, and deletes for consumers. | Users is specific to Microsoft Graph and CDC Change Tables to SQL Server — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side. |
How changes propagate between Microsoft Graph and SQL Server
Each direction of the sync is driven by what the source system can signal and what the destination accepts — detection, delivery, and expected latency below.
Microsoft Graph SQL Server Sub-second propagation
DetectionMicrosoft Graph notifies Stacksync of record changes through webhook events. Delta query (change tracking) returns created, updated, and deleted items since the last deltaLink for users, groups, mail, events, contacts, and.
DeliveryEach detected change is applied to SQL Server as a row-level write, with types converted between the two schemas.
SQL Server Microsoft Graph Sub-second propagation
DetectionChanges in SQL Server are captured at the source via change data capture — no polling loop against its API. SQL Server Native Change Data Capture (CDC).
DeliveryEach detected change is written to Microsoft Graph through its API, with automatic retries and rate-limit backoff.
Rate-limit considerations
- Microsoft Graph: Throttled per app and per tenant, returning HTTP 429 with a Retry-After header; limits vary by service — the Outlook mail service allows about 10,000 requests per 10 minutes per app per mailbox with up to 4 concurrent requests, and delta and subscription tokens expire and must be renewed.
- SQL Server: No API rate limits; throughput depends on instance resources, licensing tier, and connection limits.
What ships with Microsoft Graph ⇄ SQL Server
Connect Microsoft Graph and SQL Server for flexible, real-time data sync.
Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every Microsoft Graph–SQL Server connection.
No-code + pro-code
Workflow automation
Trigger automated workflows whenever Microsoft Graph or SQL Server data changes, update records, fire webhooks, or kick off sequences without brittle API scripts.
At scale
Event queues
Handle millions of events per minute without losing a single Microsoft Graph or SQL Server record.
Observability
Monitoring
Track your Microsoft Graph ⇄ SQL Server sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.
Trading partners
EDI
Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between Microsoft Graph and SQL Server.
How the Microsoft Graph and SQL Server connectors work
Microsoft Graph
- Integration surface
- Microsoft Graph unified REST API (v1.0 and beta) at graph.microsoft.com, spanning Microsoft 365 services — Entra ID, Outlook mail and calendar, OneDrive and SharePoint, Teams, and Planner; supports JSON $batch (up to 20 requests per call).
- Authentication
- OAuth 2.0 via the Microsoft identity platform (Microsoft Entra ID). An app registration holds delegated or application (app-only) scopes such as Mail.ReadWrite, Calendars.ReadWrite, Files.ReadWrite.All, User.ReadWrite.All, and Group.ReadWrite.All; application permissions require tenant admin consent.
- Change detection
- Delta query (change tracking) returns created, updated, and deleted items since the last deltaLink for users, groups, mail, events, contacts, and driveItems; change-notification subscriptions (webhooks) POST near-real-time notifications to a notification URL and must be renewed before they expire.
- Capabilities
- read · write · webhooks
- Rate limits
- Throttled per app and per tenant, returning HTTP 429 with a Retry-After header; limits vary by service — the Outlook mail service allows about 10,000 requests per 10 minutes per app per mailbox with up to 4 concurrent requests, and delta and subscription tokens expire and must be renewed.
SQL Server
- Integration surface
- SQL over the TDS wire protocol (Tabular Data Stream), via ODBC/JDBC/ADO.NET drivers
- Authentication
- Database credentials entered as a connection string or as parameters (host/user/password) in the Create New Sync page
- Change detection
- SQL Server Native Change Data Capture (CDC); a DBA runs a one-time setup script with sysadmin privileges to enable CDC and create Stacksync wrapper procedures
- Capabilities
- read · write · CDC
- Rate limits
- No API rate limits; throughput depends on instance resources, licensing tier, and connection limits
How it works
How to connect Microsoft Graph to SQL Server — three steps, no code
Configure and sync within minutes, no code. Whether you sync 50k or 100M+ records, Stacksync handles the queues, infra, and plumbing. Integrations are non-invasive and need zero setup on your systems.
- 01
Connect your apps
Authenticate Microsoft Graph and SQL Server with each platform's native method — OAuth, API keys, or service accounts — plus secure options like SSH tunneling, IP whitelisting, and VPC peering.
Microsoft Graph
connected
SQL Server
connected
OAuth 2.0SSH tunnelSSL certificateVPC peering - 02
Choose tables
Pick the Microsoft Graph and SQL Server objects to sync — Stacksync auto-detects both schemas, including custom fields where the platform exposes them. Sync to existing tables, or let Stacksync create new ones with ideal data types.
objects · Microsoft Graph ⇄ SQL ServerCustomers 12,480Sales Orders 8,213Invoices 5,902Items 1,344 - 03
Map fields
Fields map automatically even when names and types differ. Stacksync handles transformation and type casting for you, zero configuration required.
Microsoft Graph SQL ServerCompany company_name textEmail email textAmount amount numericCreated created_at timestamp
FAQ
Microsoft Graph and SQL Server integration FAQ
-
Yes. Stacksync provides a managed, real-time two-way integration between Microsoft Graph and SQL Server: authenticate both systems, choose the objects to sync (such as Microsoft Graph's Calendar events and Contacts), map fields visually, and changes propagate both ways in milliseconds — no code required.
-
Yes — Stacksync ships production-grade connectors for both Microsoft Graph and SQL Server. The connectors handle authentication, schema detection, rate limits, and retries; you configure the sync, and Stacksync operates it.
-
Change detection on Microsoft Graph: Delta query (change tracking) returns created, updated, and deleted items since the last deltaLink for users, groups, mail, events, contacts, and driveItems; change-notification subscriptions (webhooks) POST near-real-time notifications to a notification URL and must be renewed before they expire. On SQL Server: SQL Server Native Change Data Capture (CDC); a DBA runs a one-time setup script with sysadmin privileges to enable CDC and create Stacksync wrapper procedures. Each detected change propagates to the other side in milliseconds, with field-level conflict resolution and an inspectable event log.
-
On the SQL Server side: Views, Columns, Primary and Unique Keys, CDC Change Tables, plus custom fields where SQL Server exposes them. On the Microsoft Graph side: Planner tasks, Users, Groups and memberships, Mail messages (Outlook). Stacksync auto-detects both schemas and converts types between the two systems.
-
Yes. Each object mapping can be bidirectional or restricted to a single direction (both systems accept writes). Read-only mirrors, one-way pushes, and full two-way sync can be mixed in the same integration.
-
Common patterns for Microsoft Graph and SQL Server: Turn rows into the records your tools track; Land tool activity as queryable rows; One integration pattern instead of per-tool API code. A new or changed row in SQL Server creates or updates the matching record in Microsoft Graph, whether that is an issue, an event, a message, or a user, so the tool reflects the database without a custom API job.
SECURITY
Security teams trust Stacksync
As a data company, we understand the importance of keeping your data secure. Stacksync is built with security best practices to keep your data safe at every layer, and is DPF-certified for US, EU, UK and CH data transfers.
SOC 2 Type II
ISO 27001
HIPAA BAA
GDPR
CCPA
DPF US-EU-UK-CH
→ SECURITY WITH BENEFITS
SSO & SCIM
Let your users access Stacksync from your centralized user management systems. Works with Okta, Azure, Google SSO and more.
Alerts
Immediately get alerted about record syncing issues over email, Slack, PagerDuty and WhatsApp. Resolve issues from a centralized dashboard with retry and revert options.
Secure connection options
Securely connects to your systems with:
Related integrations
Every pair below is a real-time, two-way sync. Search all 351 integrations available for Microsoft Graph and SQL Server.
Popular · 5 of 351
-
Microsoft Graph ⇄ Elasticsearch -
SQL Server ⇄ Azure Service Bus -
SQL Server ⇄ Datadog -
SQL Server ⇄ Google Pubsub -
SQL Server ⇄ Ldap
No integrations match .
