During November 2024, Xiaoxu Qi developed a new preview API version for Microsoft.DBForMySQL within the azure-rest-api-specs repository, focusing on enabling early customer access and supporting migration planning. The work involved defining versioned API specifications using YAML, aligning documentation, and updating the repository’s README to reflect the 2024-10-01-preview release. Xiaoxu concentrated on API development for FlexibleServers and ServiceOperations, leveraging expertise in Azure and cloud services to ensure the new version integrated smoothly with existing workflows. The depth of the contribution lay in careful version management and documentation, providing a foundation for future enhancements and customer adoption of the preview API.