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A project which specifies SQL Server 2022 or Azure SQL Database Managed Instance as the target platform cannot be published to Microsoft Azure SQL Database v12.

While deploying a DACPAC project to Azure SQL Database using Azure DevOps, you may encounter an error due to specifying SQL Server 2022 as the target platform. The article provides steps to fix this issue by changing the target platform to ‘Microsoft Azure SQL Database’ in Visual Studio and rebuilding the project.

A project which specifies SQL Server 2022 or Azure SQL Database Managed Instance as the target platform cannot be published to Microsoft Azure SQL Database v12. Read More »

Create DACPAC from SQL Server Database

DACPAC file is essential when migrating your on-premise SQL Server database to Azure. This is because Azure SQL database does not support regular SQL Server backups (.bak) files for restorations and requires a separate type of backup file called BAKPAC – Data-Tier Application Export (.bacpac file). Moreover, to create a BACPAC file, you must first create a DACPAC file to ensure that your database is ready for a BACPAC export. This article will show how to take a DACPAC extract of an on-premise SQL Server database.

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