diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Connection/ConnectionService.cs b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Connection/ConnectionService.cs
index 5a96a6c7..735eed29 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Connection/ConnectionService.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Connection/ConnectionService.cs
@@ -952,6 +952,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.Connection
             serviceHost.SetRequestHandler(ListDatabasesRequest.Type, HandleListDatabasesRequest);
             serviceHost.SetRequestHandler(ChangeDatabaseRequest.Type, HandleChangeDatabaseRequest);
             serviceHost.SetRequestHandler(GetConnectionStringRequest.Type, HandleGetConnectionStringRequest);
+            serviceHost.SetRequestHandler(BuildConnectionInfoRequest.Type, HandleBuildConnectionInfoRequest);
         }
 
         /// <summary> 
@@ -1288,6 +1289,64 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.Connection
             });
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Handles a request to serialize a connection string
+        /// </summary>
+        public async Task HandleBuildConnectionInfoRequest(
+            string connectionString,
+            RequestContext<ConnectionDetails> requestContext)
+        {
+            await Task.Run(async () =>
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    await requestContext.SendResult(ParseConnectionString(connectionString));
+                }
+                catch (Exception e)
+                {
+                    // If theres an error in the parse, it means we just can't parse, so we return undefined
+                    // rather than an error.
+                    await requestContext.SendResult(null);
+                }
+            });
+        }
+
+        public ConnectionDetails ParseConnectionString(string connectionString)
+        {
+            SqlConnectionStringBuilder builder = new SqlConnectionStringBuilder(connectionString);
+            ConnectionDetails details = new ConnectionDetails()
+            {
+                ApplicationIntent = builder.ApplicationIntent.ToString(),
+                ApplicationName = builder.ApplicationName,
+                AttachDbFilename = builder.AttachDBFilename,
+                AuthenticationType = builder.IntegratedSecurity ? "Integrated" : "SqlLogin",
+                ConnectRetryCount = builder.ConnectRetryCount,
+                ConnectRetryInterval = builder.ConnectRetryInterval,
+                ConnectTimeout = builder.ConnectTimeout,
+                CurrentLanguage = builder.CurrentLanguage,
+                DatabaseName = builder.InitialCatalog,
+                Encrypt = builder.Encrypt,
+                FailoverPartner = builder.FailoverPartner,
+                LoadBalanceTimeout = builder.LoadBalanceTimeout,
+                MaxPoolSize = builder.MaxPoolSize,
+                MinPoolSize = builder.MinPoolSize,
+                MultipleActiveResultSets = builder.MultipleActiveResultSets,
+                MultiSubnetFailover = builder.MultiSubnetFailover,
+                PacketSize = builder.PacketSize,
+                Password = !builder.IntegratedSecurity ? builder.Password : string.Empty,
+                PersistSecurityInfo = builder.PersistSecurityInfo,
+                Pooling = builder.Pooling,
+                Replication = builder.Replication,
+                ServerName = builder.DataSource,
+                TrustServerCertificate = builder.TrustServerCertificate,
+                TypeSystemVersion = builder.TypeSystemVersion,
+                UserName = builder.UserID,
+                WorkstationId = builder.WorkstationID,
+            };
+
+            return details;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Handles a request to change the database for a connection
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Connection/Contracts/BuildConnectionInfoRequest.cs b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Connection/Contracts/BuildConnectionInfoRequest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a301e179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/Connection/Contracts/BuildConnectionInfoRequest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+//
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+//
+
+using Microsoft.SqlTools.Hosting.Protocol.Contracts;
+
+namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.Connection.Contracts
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Serialize Connection String request 
+    /// </summary>
+    public class BuildConnectionInfoRequest
+    {
+        public static readonly
+            RequestType<string, ConnectionDetails> Type =
+            RequestType<string, ConnectionDetails>.Create("connection/buildconnectioninfo");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.UnitTests/Connection/ConnectionServiceTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.UnitTests/Connection/ConnectionServiceTests.cs
index 36bd0e0d..505a19a8 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.UnitTests/Connection/ConnectionServiceTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.UnitTests/Connection/ConnectionServiceTests.cs
@@ -1460,5 +1460,29 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.UnitTests.Connection
 
             Assert.Equal(defaultDbName, dbName);
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Test ParseConnectionString
+        /// </summary>
+        [Fact]
+        public void ParseConnectionStringTest()
+        {
+            // If we make a connection to a live database 
+            ConnectionService service = ConnectionService.Instance;
+            
+            var connectionString = "Server=tcp:{servername},1433;Initial Catalog={databasename};Persist Security Info=False;User ID={your_username};Password={your_password};MultipleActiveResultSets=False;Encrypt=True;TrustServerCertificate=False;Connection Timeout=30;";
+
+            var details = service.ParseConnectionString(connectionString);
+
+            Assert.Equal("tcp:{servername},1433", details.ServerName);
+            Assert.Equal("{databasename}", details.DatabaseName);
+            Assert.Equal("{your_username}", details.UserName);
+            Assert.Equal("{your_password}", details.Password);
+            Assert.Equal(false, details.PersistSecurityInfo);
+            Assert.Equal(false, details.MultipleActiveResultSets);
+            Assert.Equal(true, details.Encrypt);
+            Assert.Equal(false, details.TrustServerCertificate);
+            Assert.Equal(30, details.ConnectTimeout);
+        }
     }
 }