diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 487c652a587..a95a78d6cbb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Azure/go-autorest/tracing v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/Azure/go-ntlmssp v0.0.0-20220621081337-cb9428e4ac1e // indirect
 	github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-go v1.2.1 // indirect
+	github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.5.2 // @grafana/grafana-search-and-storage
 	github.com/FZambia/eagle v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/JohnCGriffin/overflow v0.0.0-20211019200055-46fa312c352c // indirect
 	github.com/Masterminds/goutils v1.1.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ff54aefd824..ebb105ae342 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1284,6 +1284,8 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2/go.mod h1:CxXYINrC8qIiEnFrOxCa7Jy5BFHlXnUU2pbi
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
 github.com/Code-Hex/go-generics-cache v1.3.1 h1:i8rLwyhoyhaerr7JpjtYjJZUcCbWOdiYO3fZXLiEC4g=
 github.com/Code-Hex/go-generics-cache v1.3.1/go.mod h1:qxcC9kRVrct9rHeiYpFWSoW1vxyillCVzX13KZG8dl4=
+github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.5.2 h1:OcvFkGmslmlZibjAjaHm3L//6LiuBgolP7OputlJIzU=
+github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.5.2/go.mod h1:88MAG/4G7SMwSE3CeA0ZKzrT5CiOU3OJ+JlNzwDqpNU=
 github.com/DataDog/datadog-go v3.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:LButxg5PwREeZtORoXG3tL4fMGNddJ+vMq1mwgfaqoQ=
 github.com/FZambia/eagle v0.1.0 h1:9gyX6x+xjoIfglgyPTcYm7dvY7FJ93us1QY5De4CyXA=
 github.com/FZambia/eagle v0.1.0/go.mod h1:YjGSPVkQTNcVLfzEUQJNgW9ScPR0K4u/Ky0yeFa4oDA=
@@ -2459,6 +2461,7 @@ github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0/go.mod h1:cccZRl6mQpaq41TPp5QxidR+Sa
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.1.0/go.mod h1:EZBBE59ingxPouuu3KfxchcWSUPOHkagtvWXihfKN4Q=
 github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.5.0/go.mod h1:pFxgyoBC7bSaBwPgfKdkLd5X25qrDl4LWUI2bnpBCr8=
 github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+oQHNcck=
+github.com/kisielk/sqlstruct v0.0.0-20201105191214-5f3e10d3ab46/go.mod h1:yyMNCyc/Ib3bDTKd379tNMpB/7/H5TjM2Y9QJ5THLbE=
 github.com/klauspost/asmfmt v1.3.2 h1:4Ri7ox3EwapiOjCki+hw14RyKk201CN4rzyCJRFLpK4=
 github.com/klauspost/asmfmt v1.3.2/go.mod h1:AG8TuvYojzulgDAMCnYn50l/5QV3Bs/tp6j0HLHbNSE=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.10.3/go.mod h1:aoV0uJVorq1K+umq18yTdKaF57EivdYsUV+/s2qKfXs=
diff --git a/pkg/services/store/entity/db/dbimpl/db.go b/pkg/services/store/entity/db/dbimpl/db.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..76450b56c0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/store/entity/db/dbimpl/db.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package dbimpl
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+	"fmt"
+
+	entitydb "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/store/entity/db"
+)
+
+func NewDB(d *sql.DB, driverName string) entitydb.DB {
+	return sqldb{
+		DB:         d,
+		driverName: driverName,
+	}
+}
+
+type sqldb struct {
+	*sql.DB
+	driverName string
+}
+
+func (d sqldb) DriverName() string {
+	return d.driverName
+}
+
+func (d sqldb) BeginTx(ctx context.Context, opts *sql.TxOptions) (entitydb.Tx, error) {
+	t, err := d.DB.BeginTx(ctx, opts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return tx{
+		Tx: t,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (d sqldb) WithTx(ctx context.Context, opts *sql.TxOptions, f entitydb.TxFunc) error {
+	t, err := d.BeginTx(ctx, opts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("begin tx: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := f(ctx, t); err != nil {
+		if rollbackErr := t.Rollback(); rollbackErr != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("tx err: %w; rollback err: %w", err, rollbackErr)
+		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("tx err: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err = t.Commit(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("commit err: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+type tx struct {
+	*sql.Tx
+}
diff --git a/pkg/services/store/entity/db/dbimpl/db_test.go b/pkg/services/store/entity/db/dbimpl/db_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2a6b93a871a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/store/entity/db/dbimpl/db_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package dbimpl
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	sqlmock "github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	entitydb "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/store/entity/db"
+)
+
+func newCtx(t *testing.T) context.Context {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	d, ok := t.Deadline()
+	if !ok {
+		// provide a default timeout for tests
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
+		t.Cleanup(cancel)
+
+		return ctx
+	}
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithDeadline(context.Background(), d)
+	t.Cleanup(cancel)
+
+	return ctx
+}
+
+func TestDB_WithTx(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	newTxFunc := func(err error) entitydb.TxFunc {
+		return func(context.Context, entitydb.Tx) error {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	t.Run("happy path", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		sqldb, mock, err := sqlmock.New()
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		db := NewDB(sqldb, "sqlmock")
+
+		mock.ExpectBegin()
+		mock.ExpectCommit()
+		err = db.WithTx(newCtx(t), nil, newTxFunc(nil))
+
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/services/store/entity/db/dbimpl/dbimpl.go b/pkg/services/store/entity/db/dbimpl/dbimpl.go
index b064f268a25..7f9863b2fb6 100644
--- a/pkg/services/store/entity/db/dbimpl/dbimpl.go
+++ b/pkg/services/store/entity/db/dbimpl/dbimpl.go
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/dlmiddlecote/sqlstats"
+	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"xorm.io/xorm"
+
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/db"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/log"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/infra/tracing"
@@ -12,9 +16,6 @@ import (
 	entitydb "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/store/entity/db"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/store/entity/db/migrations"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
-	"github.com/jmoiron/sqlx"
-	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-	"xorm.io/xorm"
 )
 
 var _ entitydb.EntityDBInterface = (*EntityDB)(nil)
@@ -128,3 +129,14 @@ func (db *EntityDB) GetSession() (*session.SessionDB, error) {
 func (db *EntityDB) GetCfg() *setting.Cfg {
 	return db.cfg
 }
+
+func (db *EntityDB) GetDB() (entitydb.DB, error) {
+	engine, err := db.GetEngine()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	ret := NewDB(engine.DB().DB, engine.Dialect().DriverName())
+
+	return ret, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/services/store/entity/db/migrations/entity_store_mig.go b/pkg/services/store/entity/db/migrations/entity_store_mig.go
index 81f194562a5..54051883719 100644
--- a/pkg/services/store/entity/db/migrations/entity_store_mig.go
+++ b/pkg/services/store/entity/db/migrations/entity_store_mig.go
@@ -187,6 +187,20 @@ func initEntityTables(mg *migrator.Migrator) string {
 		},
 	})
 
+	tables = append(tables, migrator.Table{
+		Name: "kind_version",
+		Columns: []*migrator.Column{
+			{Name: "group", Type: migrator.DB_NVarchar, Length: 190, Nullable: false},
+			{Name: "resource", Type: migrator.DB_NVarchar, Length: 190, Nullable: false},
+			{Name: "resource_version", Type: migrator.DB_BigInt, Nullable: false},
+			{Name: "created_at", Type: migrator.DB_BigInt, Nullable: false},
+			{Name: "updated_at", Type: migrator.DB_BigInt, Nullable: false},
+		},
+		Indices: []*migrator.Index{
+			{Cols: []string{"group", "resource"}, Type: migrator.UniqueIndex},
+		},
+	})
+
 	// Initialize all tables
 	for t := range tables {
 		mg.AddMigration("drop table "+tables[t].Name, migrator.NewDropTableMigration(tables[t].Name))
diff --git a/pkg/services/store/entity/db/service.go b/pkg/services/store/entity/db/service.go
index 7a5414dacd6..58801051904 100755
--- a/pkg/services/store/entity/db/service.go
+++ b/pkg/services/store/entity/db/service.go
@@ -1,16 +1,58 @@
 package db
 
 import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+
 	"xorm.io/xorm"
 
-	// "github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/sqlstore"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/sqlstore/session"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/setting"
 )
 
+const (
+	DriverPostgres = "postgres"
+	DriverMySQL    = "mysql"
+	DriverSQLite3  = "sqlite3"
+)
+
+// EntityDBInterface provides access to a database capable of supporting the
+// Entity Server.
 type EntityDBInterface interface {
 	Init() error
+	GetCfg() *setting.Cfg
+	GetDB() (DB, error)
+
+	// TODO: deprecate.
 	GetSession() (*session.SessionDB, error)
 	GetEngine() (*xorm.Engine, error)
-	GetCfg() *setting.Cfg
+}
+
+// DB is a thin abstraction on *sql.DB to allow mocking to provide better unit
+// testing. We purposefully hide database operation methods that would use
+// context.Background().
+type DB interface {
+	ContextExecer
+	BeginTx(context.Context, *sql.TxOptions) (Tx, error)
+	WithTx(context.Context, *sql.TxOptions, TxFunc) error
+	PingContext(context.Context) error
+	Stats() sql.DBStats
+	DriverName() string
+}
+
+type TxFunc = func(context.Context, Tx) error
+
+type Tx interface {
+	ContextExecer
+	Exec(query string, args ...any) (sql.Result, error)
+	Query(query string, args ...any) (*sql.Rows, error)
+	QueryRow(query string, args ...any) *sql.Row
+	Commit() error
+	Rollback() error
+}
+
+type ContextExecer interface {
+	ExecContext(ctx context.Context, query string, args ...any) (sql.Result, error)
+	QueryContext(ctx context.Context, query string, args ...any) (*sql.Rows, error)
+	QueryRowContext(ctx context.Context, query string, args ...any) *sql.Row
 }
diff --git a/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/entity_delete.sql b/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/entity_delete.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6948c19c38e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/entity_delete.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+DELETE FROM {{ .Ident "entity" }}
+    WHERE 1 = 1
+        AND {{ .Ident "namespace" }} = {{ .Arg .Key.Namespace }}
+        AND {{ .Ident "group" }}     = {{ .Arg .Key.Group }}
+        AND {{ .Ident "resource" }}  = {{ .Arg .Key.Resource }}
+        AND {{ .Ident "name" }}      = {{ .Arg .Key.Name }}
+;
diff --git a/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/entity_folder_insert.sql b/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/entity_folder_insert.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0f21145d267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/entity_folder_insert.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+INSERT INTO {{ .Ident "entity_folder" }}
+    (
+        {{ .Ident "guid" }},
+        {{ .Ident "namespace" }},
+        {{ .Ident "name" }},
+        {{ .Ident "slug_path" }},
+        {{ .Ident "tree" }},
+        {{ .Ident "depth" }},
+        {{ .Ident "lft" }},
+        {{ .Ident "rgt" }},
+        {{ .Ident "detached" }}
+    )
+
+    VALUES
+        {{ $this := . }}
+        {{ $addComma := false }}
+        {{ range .Items }}
+            {{ if $addComma }}
+                ,
+            {{ end }}
+            {{ $addComma = true }}
+
+            (
+                {{ $this.Arg .GUID }},
+                {{ $this.Arg .Namespace }},
+                {{ $this.Arg .UID }},
+                {{ $this.Arg .SlugPath }},
+                {{ $this.Arg .JS }},
+                {{ $this.Arg .Depth }},
+                {{ $this.Arg .Left }},
+                {{ $this.Arg .Right }},
+                {{ $this.Arg .Detached }}
+            )
+        {{ end }}
+;
diff --git a/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/entity_insert.sql b/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/entity_insert.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..78622ccc6c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/entity_insert.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+INSERT INTO
+
+    {{/* Determine which table to insert into */}}
+    {{ if .TableEntity }} {{ .Ident "entity" }}
+    {{ else }}            {{ .Ident "entity_history" }}
+    {{ end }}
+
+    {{/* Explicitly specify fields that will be set */}}
+    (
+        {{ .Ident "guid" }},
+        {{ .Ident "resource_version" }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "key" }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "group" }},
+        {{ .Ident "group_version" }},
+        {{ .Ident "resource" }},
+        {{ .Ident "namespace" }},
+        {{ .Ident "name" }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "folder" }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "meta" }},
+        {{ .Ident "body" }},
+        {{ .Ident "status" }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "size" }},
+        {{ .Ident "etag" }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "created_at" }},
+        {{ .Ident "created_by" }},
+        {{ .Ident "updated_at" }},
+        {{ .Ident "updated_by" }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "origin" }},
+        {{ .Ident "origin_key" }},
+        {{ .Ident "origin_ts" }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "title" }},
+        {{ .Ident "slug" }},
+        {{ .Ident "description" }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "message" }},
+        {{ .Ident "labels" }},
+        {{ .Ident "fields" }},
+        {{ .Ident "errors" }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "action" }}
+    )
+
+    {{/* Provide the values */}}
+    VALUES (
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.Guid }},
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.ResourceVersion }},
+
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.Key }},
+
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.Group }},
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.GroupVersion }},
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.Resource }},
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.Namespace }},
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.Name }},
+
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.Folder }},
+
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.Meta }},
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.Body }},
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.Status }},
+
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.Size }},
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.ETag }},
+
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.CreatedAt }},
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.CreatedBy }},
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.UpdatedAt }},
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.UpdatedBy }},
+
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.Origin.Source }},
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.Origin.Key }},
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.Origin.Time }},
+
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.Title }},
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.Slug }},
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.Description }},
+
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.Message }},
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.Labels }},
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.Fields }},
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.Errors }},
+
+        {{ .Arg .Entity.Action }}
+    )
+;
diff --git a/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/entity_labels_delete.sql b/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/entity_labels_delete.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3f9794d95ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/entity_labels_delete.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+DELETE FROM {{ .Ident "entity_labels" }}
+    WHERE 1 = 1
+        AND {{ .Ident "guid" }} = {{ .Arg .GUID }}
+        {{ if gt (len .KeepLabels) 0 }}
+            AND {{ .Ident "label" }} NOT IN (
+                {{ $this := . }}
+                {{ $addComma := false }}
+                {{ range .KeepLabels }}
+                    {{ if $addComma }}
+                        ,
+                    {{ end }}
+                    {{ $addComma = true }}
+
+                    {{ $this.Arg . }}
+                {{ end }}
+            )
+        {{ end }}
+;
diff --git a/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/entity_labels_insert.sql b/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/entity_labels_insert.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..daf3ec6e977
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/entity_labels_insert.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+INSERT INTO {{ .Ident "entity_labels" }}
+    (
+        {{ .Ident "guid" }},
+        {{ .Ident "label" }},
+        {{ .Ident "value" }}
+    )
+
+    VALUES
+        {{/*
+          When we enter the "range" loop the "." will be changed, so we need to
+          store the current ".GUID" in a variable to be able to use its value
+        */}}
+        {{ $guid := .GUID }}
+
+        {{ $this := . }}
+        {{ $addComma := false }}
+        {{ range $name, $value := .Labels }}
+            {{ if $addComma }}
+                ,
+            {{ end }}
+            {{ $addComma = true }}
+
+            (
+                {{ $this.Arg $guid }},
+                {{ $this.Arg $name }},
+                {{ $this.Arg $value }}
+            )
+        {{ end }}
+;
diff --git a/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/entity_list_folder_elements.sql b/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/entity_list_folder_elements.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7dc4778dc8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/entity_list_folder_elements.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+SELECT
+        {{ .Ident "guid"   | .Into .FolderInfo.GUID }},
+        {{ .Ident "name"   | .Into .FolderInfo.UID }},
+        {{ .Ident "folder" | .Into .FolderInfo.ParentUID }},
+        {{ .Ident "name"   | .Into .FolderInfo.Name }},
+        {{ .Ident "slug"   | .Into .FolderInfo.Slug }}
+
+    FROM {{ .Ident "entity" }}
+
+    WHERE 1 = 1
+        AND {{ .Ident "group" }}     = {{ .Arg .Group }}
+        AND {{ .Ident "resource" }}  = {{ .Arg .Resource }}
+        AND {{ .Ident "namespace" }} = {{ .Arg .Namespace }}
+;
diff --git a/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/entity_read.sql b/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/entity_read.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11143daef20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/entity_read.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+SELECT
+        {{ .Ident "guid"             | .Into .Entity.Guid }},
+        {{ .Ident "resource_version" | .Into .Entity.ResourceVersion }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "key"              | .Into .Entity.Key }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "group"            | .Into .Entity.Group }},
+        {{ .Ident "group_version"    | .Into .Entity.GroupVersion }},
+        {{ .Ident "resource"         | .Into .Entity.Resource }},
+        {{ .Ident "namespace"        | .Into .Entity.Namespace }},
+        {{ .Ident "name"             | .Into .Entity.Name }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "folder"           | .Into .Entity.Folder }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "meta"             | .Into .Entity.Meta }},
+        {{ .Ident "body"             | .Into .Entity.Body }},
+        {{ .Ident "status"           | .Into .Entity.Status }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "size"             | .Into .Entity.Size }},
+        {{ .Ident "etag"             | .Into .Entity.ETag }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "created_at"       | .Into .Entity.CreatedAt }},
+        {{ .Ident "created_by"       | .Into .Entity.CreatedBy }},
+        {{ .Ident "updated_at"       | .Into .Entity.UpdatedAt }},
+        {{ .Ident "updated_by"       | .Into .Entity.UpdatedBy }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "origin"           | .Into .Entity.Origin.Source }},
+        {{ .Ident "origin_key"       | .Into .Entity.Origin.Key }},
+        {{ .Ident "origin_ts"        | .Into .Entity.Origin.Time }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "title"            | .Into .Entity.Title }},
+        {{ .Ident "slug"             | .Into .Entity.Slug }},
+        {{ .Ident "description"      | .Into .Entity.Description }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "message"          | .Into .Entity.Message }},
+        {{ .Ident "labels"           | .Into .Entity.Labels }},
+        {{ .Ident "fields"           | .Into .Entity.Fields }},
+        {{ .Ident "errors"           | .Into .Entity.Errors }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "action"           | .Into .Entity.Action }}
+
+    FROM
+        {{ if gt .ResourceVersion 0 }}
+            {{ .Ident "entity_history" }}
+        {{ else }}
+            {{ .Ident "entity" }}
+        {{ end }}
+
+    WHERE 1 = 1
+        AND {{ .Ident "namespace" }} = {{ .Arg .Key.Namespace }}
+        AND {{ .Ident "group" }}     = {{ .Arg .Key.Group }}
+        AND {{ .Ident "resource" }}  = {{ .Arg .Key.Resource }}
+        AND {{ .Ident "name" }}      = {{ .Arg .Key.Name }}
+
+      {{/*
+        Resource versions work like snapshots at the kind level. Thus, a request
+        to retrieve a specific resource version should be interpreted as asking
+        for a resource as of how it existed at that point in time. This is why we
+        request matching entities with at most the provided resource version, and
+        return only the one with the highest resource version. In the case of not
+        specifying a resource version (i.e. resource version zero), it is
+        interpreted as the latest version of the given entity, thus we instead
+        query the "entity" table (which holds only the latest version of
+        non-deleted entities) and we don't need to specify anything else. The
+        "entity" table has a unique constraint on (namespace, group, resource,
+        name), so we're guaranteed to have at most one matching row.
+      */}}
+      {{ if gt .ResourceVersion 0 }}
+            AND {{ .Ident "resource_version" }} <= {{ .Arg .ResourceVersion }}
+
+          ORDER BY {{ .Ident "resource_version" }} DESC
+          LIMIT 1
+      {{ end }}
+
+      {{ if .SelectForUpdate }}
+          {{ .SelectFor "UPDATE" }}
+      {{ end }}
+;
diff --git a/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/entity_ref_find.sql b/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/entity_ref_find.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a382e609261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/entity_ref_find.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+SELECT
+        e.{{ .Ident "guid"             | .Into .Entity.Guid }},
+        e.{{ .Ident "resource_version" | .Into .Entity.ResourceVersion }},
+
+        e.{{ .Ident "key"              | .Into .Entity.Key }},
+
+        e.{{ .Ident "group"            | .Into .Entity.Group }},
+        e.{{ .Ident "group_version"    | .Into .Entity.GroupVersion }},
+        e.{{ .Ident "resource"         | .Into .Entity.Resource }},
+        e.{{ .Ident "namespace"        | .Into .Entity.Namespace }},
+        e.{{ .Ident "name"             | .Into .Entity.Name }},
+
+        e.{{ .Ident "folder"           | .Into .Entity.Folder }},
+
+        e.{{ .Ident "meta"             | .Into .Entity.Meta }},
+        e.{{ .Ident "body"             | .Into .Entity.Body }},
+        e.{{ .Ident "status"           | .Into .Entity.Status }},
+
+        e.{{ .Ident "size"             | .Into .Entity.Size }},
+        e.{{ .Ident "etag"             | .Into .Entity.ETag }},
+
+        e.{{ .Ident "created_at"       | .Into .Entity.CreatedAt }},
+        e.{{ .Ident "created_by"       | .Into .Entity.CreatedBy }},
+        e.{{ .Ident "updated_at"       | .Into .Entity.UpdatedAt }},
+        e.{{ .Ident "updated_by"       | .Into .Entity.UpdatedBy }},
+
+        e.{{ .Ident "origin"           | .Into .Entity.Origin.Source }},
+        e.{{ .Ident "origin_key"       | .Into .Entity.Origin.Key }},
+        e.{{ .Ident "origin_ts"        | .Into .Entity.Origin.Time }},
+
+        e.{{ .Ident "title"            | .Into .Entity.Title }},
+        e.{{ .Ident "slug"             | .Into .Entity.Slug }},
+        e.{{ .Ident "description"      | .Into .Entity.Description }},
+
+        e.{{ .Ident "message"          | .Into .Entity.Message }},
+        e.{{ .Ident "labels"           | .Into .Entity.Labels }},
+        e.{{ .Ident "fields"           | .Into .Entity.Fields }},
+        e.{{ .Ident "errors"           | .Into .Entity.Errors }},
+
+        e.{{ .Ident "action"           | .Into .Entity.Action }}
+
+    FROM
+        {{ .Ident "entity_ref" }} AS r
+            INNER JOIN
+        {{ .Ident "entity" }} AS e
+            ON r.{{ .Ident "guid" }} = e.{{ .Ident "guid" }}
+
+    WHERE 1 = 1
+        AND r.{{ .Ident "namespace" }}   = {{ .Arg .Request.Namespace }}
+        AND r.{{ .Ident "group" }}       = {{ .Arg .Request.Group }}
+        AND r.{{ .Ident "resource" }}    = {{ .Arg .Request.Resource }}
+        AND r.{{ .Ident "resolved_to" }} = {{ .Arg .Request.Name }}
+;
diff --git a/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/entity_update.sql b/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/entity_update.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8acb73e150c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/entity_update.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+UPDATE {{ .Ident "entity" }} SET
+        {{ .Ident "resource_version" }} = {{ .Arg .Entity.ResourceVersion }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "group_version" }}    = {{ .Arg .Entity.GroupVersion }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "folder" }}           = {{ .Arg .Entity.Folder }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "meta" }}             = {{ .Arg .Entity.Meta }},
+        {{ .Ident "body" }}             = {{ .Arg .Entity.Body }},
+        {{ .Ident "status" }}           = {{ .Arg .Entity.Status }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "size" }}             = {{ .Arg .Entity.Size }},
+        {{ .Ident "etag" }}             = {{ .Arg .Entity.ETag }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "updated_at" }}       = {{ .Arg .Entity.UpdatedAt }},
+        {{ .Ident "updated_by" }}       = {{ .Arg .Entity.UpdatedBy }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "origin" }}           = {{ .Arg .Entity.Origin.Source }},
+        {{ .Ident "origin_key" }}       = {{ .Arg .Entity.Origin.Key }},
+        {{ .Ident "origin_ts" }}        = {{ .Arg .Entity.Origin.Time }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "title" }}            = {{ .Arg .Entity.Title }},
+        {{ .Ident "slug" }}             = {{ .Arg .Entity.Slug }},
+        {{ .Ident "description" }}      = {{ .Arg .Entity.Description }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "message" }}          = {{ .Arg .Entity.Message }},
+        {{ .Ident "labels" }}           = {{ .Arg .Entity.Labels }},
+        {{ .Ident "fields" }}           = {{ .Arg .Entity.Fields }},
+        {{ .Ident "errors" }}           = {{ .Arg .Entity.Errors }},
+
+        {{ .Ident "action" }}           = {{ .Arg .Entity.Action }}
+
+    WHERE {{ .Ident "guid" }} = {{ .Arg .Entity.Guid }}
+;
diff --git a/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/kind_version_inc.sql b/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/kind_version_inc.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1625cf764f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/kind_version_inc.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+UPDATE {{ .Ident "kind_version" }}
+    SET {{ .Ident "resource_version" }} = {{ .Arg .ResourceVersion }} + 1
+    WHERE 1 = 1
+        AND {{ .Ident "group" }}            = {{ .Arg .Group }}
+        AND {{ .Ident "resource" }}         = {{ .Arg .Resource }}
+        AND {{ .Ident "resource_version" }} = {{ .Arg .ResourceVersion }}
+;
diff --git a/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/kind_version_insert.sql b/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/kind_version_insert.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..52cab7794c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/kind_version_insert.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+INSERT INTO {{ .Ident "kind_version" }}
+    (
+        {{ .Ident "group" }},
+        {{ .Ident "resource" }},
+        {{ .Ident "resource_version" }}
+    )
+
+    VALUES (
+        {{ .Arg .Group }},
+        {{ .Arg .Resource }},
+        1
+    )
+;
diff --git a/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/kind_version_lock.sql b/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/kind_version_lock.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fe514ac77a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/data/kind_version_lock.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+SELECT {{ .Ident "resource_version" | .Into .ResourceVersion }}
+    FROM {{ .Ident "kind_version" }}
+    WHERE 1 = 1
+        AND {{ .Ident "group" }}         = {{ .Arg .Group }}
+        AND {{ .Ident "resource" }}      = {{ .Arg .Resource }}
+    {{ .SelectFor "UPDATE" }}
+;
diff --git a/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/queries.go b/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/queries.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..836f1fc8752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/queries.go
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+package sqlstash
+
+import (
+	"embed"
+	"fmt"
+	"text/template"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/store/entity"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/store/entity/sqlstash/sqltemplate"
+)
+
+// Templates.
+var (
+	//go:embed data
+	templatesFs embed.FS
+
+	// all templates
+	templates = template.Must(template.ParseFS(templatesFs, `data/*.sql`))
+
+	sqlEntityDelete             = getTemplate("entity_delete.sql")
+	sqlEntityInsert             = getTemplate("entity_insert.sql")
+	sqlEntityListFolderElements = getTemplate("entity_list_folder_elements.sql")
+	sqlEntityUpdate             = getTemplate("entity_update.sql")
+	sqlEntityRead               = getTemplate("entity_read.sql")
+
+	sqlEntityFolderInsert = getTemplate("entity_folder_insert.sql")
+
+	sqlEntityRefFind = getTemplate("entity_ref_find.sql")
+
+	sqlEntityLabelsDelete = getTemplate("entity_labels_delete.sql")
+	sqlEntityLabelsInsert = getTemplate("entity_labels_insert.sql")
+
+	sqlKindVersionInc    = getTemplate("kind_version_inc.sql")
+	sqlKindVersionInsert = getTemplate("kind_version_insert.sql")
+	sqlKindVersionLock   = getTemplate("kind_version_lock.sql")
+)
+
+func getTemplate(filename string) *template.Template {
+	if t := templates.Lookup(filename); t != nil {
+		return t
+	}
+	panic(fmt.Sprintf("template file not found: %s", filename))
+}
+
+type sqlEntityFolderInsertRequest struct {
+	*sqltemplate.SQLTemplate
+	Items []*sqlEntityFolderInsertRequestItem
+}
+
+type sqlEntityFolderInsertRequestItem struct {
+	GUID      string
+	Namespace string
+	UID       string
+	SlugPath  string
+	JS        string
+	Depth     int32
+	Left      int32
+	Right     int32
+	Detached  bool
+}
+
+type sqlEntityRefFindRequest struct {
+	*sqltemplate.SQLTemplate
+	Request *entity.ReferenceRequest
+	Entity  *withSerialized
+}
+
+type sqlEntityLabelsInsertRequest struct {
+	*sqltemplate.SQLTemplate
+	GUID   string
+	Labels map[string]string
+}
+
+type sqlEntityLabelsDeleteRequest struct {
+	*sqltemplate.SQLTemplate
+	GUID       string
+	KeepLabels []string
+}
+
+type sqlKindVersionLockRequest struct {
+	*sqltemplate.SQLTemplate
+	Group           string
+	GroupVersion    string
+	Resource        string
+	ResourceVersion int64
+}
+
+type sqlKindVersionIncRequest struct {
+	*sqltemplate.SQLTemplate
+	Group           string
+	GroupVersion    string
+	Resource        string
+	ResourceVersion int64
+}
+
+type sqlKindVersionInsertRequest struct {
+	*sqltemplate.SQLTemplate
+	Group        string
+	GroupVersion string
+	Resource     string
+}
+
+type sqlEntityListFolderElementsRequest struct {
+	*sqltemplate.SQLTemplate
+	Group      string
+	Resource   string
+	Namespace  string
+	FolderInfo *folderInfo
+}
+
+type sqlEntityReadRequest struct {
+	*sqltemplate.SQLTemplate
+	Key             *entity.Key
+	ResourceVersion int64
+	SelectForUpdate bool
+	Entity          *withSerialized
+}
+
+type sqlEntityDeleteRequest struct {
+	*sqltemplate.SQLTemplate
+	Key *entity.Key
+}
+
+type sqlEntityInsertRequest struct {
+	*sqltemplate.SQLTemplate
+	Entity *withSerialized
+
+	// TableEntity, when true, means we will insert into table "entity", and
+	// into table "entity_history" otherwise.
+	TableEntity bool
+}
+
+type sqlEntityUpdateRequest struct {
+	*sqltemplate.SQLTemplate
+	Entity *withSerialized
+}
+
+// withSerialized provides access to the wire Entiity DTO as well as the
+// serialized version of some of its fields suitable to be read from or written
+// to the database.
+type withSerialized struct {
+	*entity.Entity
+
+	Labels []byte
+	Fields []byte
+	Errors []byte
+}
+
+// TODO: remove once we start using these symbols. Prevents `unused` linter
+// until the next PR.
+var (
+	_, _, _ = sqlEntityDelete, sqlEntityInsert, sqlEntityListFolderElements
+	_, _, _ = sqlEntityUpdate, sqlEntityRead, sqlEntityFolderInsert
+	_, _, _ = sqlEntityRefFind, sqlEntityLabelsDelete, sqlEntityLabelsInsert
+	_, _, _ = sqlKindVersionInc, sqlKindVersionInsert, sqlKindVersionLock
+	_, _    = sqlEntityFolderInsertRequest{}, sqlEntityFolderInsertRequestItem{}
+	_, _    = sqlEntityRefFindRequest{}, sqlEntityLabelsInsertRequest{}
+	_, _    = sqlEntityLabelsInsertRequest{}, sqlEntityLabelsDeleteRequest{}
+	_, _    = sqlKindVersionLockRequest{}, sqlKindVersionIncRequest{}
+	_, _    = sqlKindVersionInsertRequest{}, sqlEntityListFolderElementsRequest{}
+	_, _    = sqlEntityReadRequest{}, sqlEntityDeleteRequest{}
+	_, _    = sqlEntityInsertRequest{}, sqlEntityUpdateRequest{}
+	_       = withSerialized{}
+)