1. SQL Server deployments
Made easy with DACPACs
Sanil Mhatre
@SQLSuperGuru

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4. Agenda SQL Server Data Tools Legacy deployment scripts
What is a DACPAC
Benefits of DACPAC Deployments
SQLPACKAGE
Demos – Physical SQL Server and SQL Azure
Q&A

5. SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)
Modern Database Development tooling
Declarative Model
Connected or Disconnected Mode of Database Development in Visual Studio
Build, Debug, Maintain & Refactor Databases
Visual Table Designer
Advanced Schema compare & Publish Features

6. Deployment With Scripts
Manual/Custom built
Tedious to maintain and deploy
Error Prone & susceptible to tampering
Static against a target environment
Disparate deployment methods
Disparate logging techniques
Rollback

7. Data-tier Application Component
Data-tier Application Component (DAC)
Logical Database Management entity that defines all SQL Sever objects
Self contained unit of SQL Server Database Deployment
Modern Framework - DacFx
Portable Deployment artifact – DAC package (DACPAC, .dacpac file)

8. DACPAC – What and why DAC Package is a portable deployment artifact
Declarative Model, independent of target environment
Robust and tamper resistant
Ability to perform script-less deployments
Works with multiple deployment tools (SqlPackage, MSDeploy, Powershell, etc.)
Works with various versions of SQL Server on premise and in the cloud
Easy rollback

9. SQLPACKAGE SqlPackage.exe – command line tool
Built into SQL Server & SSMS Install
No additional purchase, licensing or install
Robust & easy to use
Performs all DAC Operations
Control deployment options via publish profile and/or Command line parameters

10. DAC Options/Operations
Extract a dacpac (Schema only)
Export a bacpac (Schema + Data)
Register a DAC
Drift Report
Demo

11. DAC Deployments Physical SQL Server – on permise Deployment Report
Deployment Script
Publish
Rollback
Demo

12. DAC Deployments SQL Azure - PaaS Visual Studio Team Services
Build definition
Release definition
Execute Azure SQL : Dacpac Task (SqlPackage.exe)
Demo

13. Summary SSDT DACPAC Deployments Implementation details Benefits
Questions ?

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15. Appendix – Build Definition

16. Appendix – Release Definition

17. Appendix – Release

18. Appendix – References
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) - us/library/hh272686(v=vs.103).aspx
DAC Framework (DacFx) - us/library/dn645454(v=sql.120).aspx
SQL Package -
Publish profile with Advanced options options-to-specify-object-types-to-exclude-or-not-drop/
Visual Studio Team services -
Build and deploy a DACPAC using VSTS - us/docs/release/examples/azure/azure-web-apps-and-sql-db