Deploying, or publishing, a registered data-tier application (DAC) from a DAC package to an existing instance of the database engine or Azure SQL Database is available in a wizard from SQL Server ...

(SQL Server Magazine Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Suppose that you're the administrator of hundreds of SQL Server instances in a virtualized environment. Previously, many of your SQL Server computers ...

In this article, we will cover some recent changes to the Data-Tier Application Framework (DacFx) and SqlPackage. DacFx is a library that provides APIs for database deployment and development ...

"We've also enhanced SQL Server Object Explorer by surfacing the default LocalDB instance and enabling the deletion of LocalDB instances." Other improvements include an updated Data-Tier Application ...

SQL Server 2005, now available as a "community technology preview," is an odd beast. For those who believe their databases should be little more than simple data access routines with business ...

On the more technical side of news, the SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) team has announced their most recent update to 16.4. The update to 16.4 is making Schema Compare supported in SqlPackage.exe. It ...

Microsoft's SQL Server toolbox is a complicated ecosystem, ... DacFX [Data-Tier Application Framework], SQL PowerShell, SSDT [SQL Server Data Tools], mssql-cli [a command-line tool], SSMS ...

You can delete a registered data-tier application by using the Delete Data-tier Application wizard in SQL Server Management Studio. You can specify whether the associated database is retained, ...

"We've also enhanced SQL Server Object Explorer by surfacing the default LocalDB instance and enabling the deletion of LocalDB instances." Other improvements include an updated Data-Tier Application ...