The Azure SQL Database container in CI

Run integration tests against the Azure SQL Database engine (Private Preview) as a CI service container. This is the local Azure SQL engine, not the SQL Server image mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server. SELECT SERVERPROPERTY('EngineEdition') returns 5 and SERVERPROPERTY('Edition') returns 'SQL Azure'. If a workflow was about to use the SQL Server image, stop and use this image instead.

For the full readiness loop, connection model, vectors, seeding, and registry detail, load the azuresql-db-container skill.

Verified on 2026-09-05 against the container image sqldbpreview-dpgaeqhmgphzd4bk.azurecr.io/azure-sql/db-dev:latest, reporting EngineEdition 5, Edition SQL Azure, build 12.0.2000.8. All four executable checks behind this skill passed: the engine identity, that a test session is on the user database and not master, Msg 40508 for USE, and sqlcmd at /opt/mssql-tools18/bin/sqlcmd inside the image. The workflow YAML itself was not executed by that run; what was checked is the engine behaviour the workflow rests on.

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