Publish DACPAC to SQL Server 2014 using SqlPackage.exe?

Question

I\'ve been successfully publishing DACPACs to SQL Server 2008-2012 instances using SqlPackage.exe, as installed by SQL Server Data Tools (and typically found in C:\\Pr

Answer 1

Yes, there is a new version supporting SQL Server 2005-2016 available and it installs into a different location than the previous (SQL Server 2012 and lower) version. In fact, you'll have different install locations depending on if you just use SSDT or if you install it as part of SSMS or the standalone installer.

• SSDT installs the Dac DLLs inside Visual Studio in the latest releases. This is to avoid side by side issues (Visual Studio 2012 vs 2013 vs SSMS) that required all to be updated to use the latest code.

  • If you have updated to the latest SSDT, you'll find SqlPackage.exe and the related DLLs in the VS Install Directory\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\SQLDB\DAC\130. For VS2013 the VS install directory is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0, and it's 14.0 for VS2015.

• SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) and the standalone Dac Framework MSI both install to the system-wide location. This is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\130\Dac\bin.