diff --git a/apis/server.d.ts b/apis/server.d.ts
index d36a04a4..7296abf6 100644
--- a/apis/server.d.ts
+++ b/apis/server.d.ts
@@ -15,24 +15,33 @@ export const connect: {
 
   /**
 		 * Connects to a specific datasource.
-		 * @example cds.connect.to ('service')
+		 * @example await cds.connect.to ('service')
 		 * @see [capire](https://cap.cloud.sap/docs/node.js/cds-connect#cds-connect-to)
 		 */
   to(datasource: string, options?: cds_connect_options): Promise<Service>,
 
   /**
 	 * Shortcut for 'db' as the primary database returning `cds.DatabaseService`
-	 * @example cds.connect.to ('db')
+	 * @example await cds.connect.to ('db')
 	*/
   to(datasource: 'db', options?: cds_connect_options): Promise<cds.DatabaseService>,
 
   /**
 	 * Connects to a specific datasource via a Service subclass
-	 * @example cds.connect.to (ServiceClass)
+	 * @example await cds.connect.to (ServiceClass)
 	 * @see [capire](https://cap.cloud.sap/docs/node.js/cds-connect#cds-connect-to)
 	 */
   to<S extends Service>(datasource: {new(): S}, options?: cds_connect_options): Promise<S>,
 
+  /**
+	 * Connects to a specific datasource via a Service class from cds-typer
+	 * @example
+	 *   import ServiceClass from '#cds-models/SomeService'
+	 *   await cds.connect.to (ServiceClass)
+	 * @see [capire](https://cap.cloud.sap/docs/node.js/cds-connect#cds-connect-to)
+	 */
+  to<S>(datasource: S, options?: cds_connect_options): Promise<cds.CdsFunctions<S> & Service>,
+
   /**
 		 * Connects to a specific datasource via options.
 		 * @example cds.connect.to ({ kind:..., impl:... })
diff --git a/apis/services.d.ts b/apis/services.d.ts
index 777ea2bb..becb766c 100644
--- a/apis/services.d.ts
+++ b/apis/services.d.ts
@@ -356,6 +356,12 @@ type CdsFunction = {
   __returns: any,
 }
 
+// extracts all CdsFunction properties from T
+/**
+ * @beta helper
+ */
+type CdsFunctions<T> = Pick<T, { [K in keyof T]: T[K] extends CdsFunction ? K : never }[keyof T]>
+
 /**
  * Types herein can be used to type handler functions that are not declared in line:
  * @example