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Microsoft.SqlServer.DACFx

v170.5.38-preview

The Microsoft SQL Server Data-Tier Application Framework (DacFx) is a .NET library which provides application lifecycle services for database development and management for Microsoft SQL databases. DacFx supports various database deployment and management scenarios, including extracting / exporting a live database to a DAC package, deploying a DAC package to a new or existing database, and migrating from on-premises to Microsoft Azure. DacFx can target all supported versions of SQL Server, as well as Microsoft Azure SQL and SQL in Fabric. If you would like to use DacFx functionality from the command-line for creating and deploying .dacpac and .bacpac packages, please use the [SqlPackage](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.SqlPackage) CLI as a dotnet tool or downloadable exe. Learn more about SqlPackage from http://aka.ms/sqlpackage.

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SQL Dac DacFx Dacpac Bacpac DevOps database
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Total Downloads
21.9M
21,901,479
Published
Jun 30, 2026
Latest stable version

Install

.NET CLI
dotnet add package Microsoft.SqlServer.DACFx --version 170.5.38-preview
Package Manager Console
Install-Package Microsoft.SqlServer.DACFx -Version 170.5.38-preview
PackageReference
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.SqlServer.DACFx" Version="170.5.38-preview" />

Frameworks

.NETFramework4.7.2 net8.0 net10.0 .NETStandard2.0

Dependencies

Azure.Storage.Blobs
.NETFramework4.7.2
[12.18.0, )
Microsoft.Data.SqlClient
.NETFramework4.7.2
[6.1.5, )
System.Security.Permissions
.NETFramework4.7.2
[8.0.0, )
Microsoft.SqlServer.Types
.NETFramework4.7.2
[170.1000.7, )
Microsoft.ApplicationInsights
.NETFramework4.7.2
[2.23.0, )
Microsoft.SqlServer.TransactSql.ScriptDom
.NETFramework4.7.2
[180.37.3, )
Azure.Storage.Blobs
net8.0
[12.18.0, )
Microsoft.ApplicationInsights
net8.0
[2.23.0, )
Microsoft.Build
net8.0
[15.9.20, )
Microsoft.Build.Framework
net8.0
[15.9.20, )
Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core
net8.0
[15.9.20, )
Microsoft.Data.SqlClient
net8.0
[6.1.5, )
Microsoft.SqlServer.TransactSql.ScriptDom
net8.0
[180.37.3, )
Microsoft.SqlServer.Types
net8.0
[170.1000.7, )
System.ComponentModel.Composition
net8.0
[8.0.0, )
System.IO.Packaging
net8.0
[8.0.1, )
System.Runtime.Caching
net8.0
[8.0.1, )
System.Security.Permissions
net8.0
[8.0.0, )
Azure.Storage.Blobs
net10.0
[12.18.0, )
Microsoft.ApplicationInsights
net10.0
[2.23.0, )
Microsoft.Build
net10.0
[15.9.20, )
Microsoft.Build.Framework
net10.0
[15.9.20, )
Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core
net10.0
[15.9.20, )
Microsoft.Data.SqlClient
net10.0
[6.1.5, )

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