In this session we will provide an overview of how the SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) can be leveraged as a cloud development and migration tool. Learn how easy it is to deploy an on-premise database to the cloud using SSDT and get insight into best practices and compatibility issues when migrating from on-prem to SQL Azure. We will also cover how SSDT integrates with the SQL Azure Management Portal, Import/Export service, SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) by leveraging the DACPAC schema format.

1. TO THE CLOUD WITH
SQL SERVER DATA TOOLS
Gert Drapers (@DataDude)
Principal Group Program Manager
SQL Server Data Platform

2. INTRODUCING SQL SERVER DATA TOOLS

4. DEPLOY DATABASE TO SQL AZURE
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5. SQL AZURE VS. SQL SERVER, SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES…
Features not available include… Unsupported syntax includes…
• Common Language Runtime (CLR) • USE DATABASE
• Filegroup management • ON PRIMARY (Filegroups)
• Full-text Search • Tables must have a clustered index
• Extended Properties
• Linked Servers
• NOT FOR REPLICATION
• Distributed Transactions
• ROWGUIDCOL
• Change Tracking
• Various Index options (WITH)
• Service Broker • Windows logins
• Various XML features
Features only on SQL Azure…
• Encrypted objects
• UDTs (CLR)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee336253.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/ee336267.aspx

6. RETARGET TO SQL AZURE
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7. SQL AZURE MIGRATION PROCESS
• Assess database schema for compatibility
Assess • Assess application requirements
• Update schema as required
Update • Update applications to match revised schema
• Deploy schema, or
• Update database and deploy schema + data
Deploy • Deploy applications and test

8. MIGRATION TO SQL AZURE WITH SSDT
• Conversion approaches
• Import database schema into project and prune, or
• Schema Compare into empty project excluding unsupported objects
• Validation
• Set project target to SQL Azure and build
• Fix validation errors and rebuild to confirm
• Deploy Schema
• Publish schema to SQL Azure (direct, via scripts or dacpac)
• Deploy Schema + Data
• Reset target and update original database to make it SQL Azure compliant
• Use (SSMS) Deploy to SQL Azure… (uses bacpac)

9. FILTERING OUT UNSUPPORTED SQL AZURE OBJECTS
APPLICATION-SCOPED OBJECTS NON-APPLICATION SCOPED
• Aggregates • Message Types • All…
• Application Roles • Partition Functions
• Assemblies • Partition Schemes
• Asymmetric keys • Queues
• Broker Priorities • Remote Service Bindings
• Certificates • Rules
• Contracts • Sequences
• Defaults • Services
• Extended Properties • Symmetric Keys
• Filegroups • User Defined Types (CLR)
• Full Text Catalogs • XML Indexes
• Full Text Indexes • XML Schema Collections
• Full Text Stoplists • Users (if Windows users…)
Use Schema Compare options to exclude these from comparison

10. DAC SCENARIOS
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11. SQL SERVER DATA TOOLS (SSDT)
Developer-focused toolset for authoring, building and publishing
DACPACs
Experiences Enabled
• Connected Imperative and Declarative Development
• Project Based Development
• Application Lifecycle & Tools
DACPAC verbs
• Author DACPAC declaratively and build package from source
• Compare DACPAC to project, database, and other DACPACs
• Import DACPAC into project
• Publish DACPAC or Project to database

12. SQL SERVER MANAGEMENT STUDIO (SSMS)
DBA-focused tools for deploying and extracting DACPACs; importing
and exporting BACPACs
Experiences Enabled
• Administration and Monitoring
• Connected Imperative Development
• Configuration and Task Wizards
DACPAC Verbs Supported BACPAC Verbs Supported
• Deploy Data Tier Application • Import and Export Data Tier Application
• Register/Unregister Data Tier Application • Migrate Database to SQL Azure
• Upgrade Data Tier Application

13. SQL AZURE MANAGEMENT PORTAL (SAMP)
Subscriber and Operator oriented toolset for managing SQL Azure
databases through DACfx Verbs
Experiences Enabled
• Connected Development
• Portal Based Tools
• Application Lifecycle support
DACPAC verbs supported BACPAC Verbs supports (Via Blob Storage)
• Deploy Data Tier Application • Export Data Tier Application
• Upgrade Data Tier Application • Import Data Tier Application
• Extract Data Tier Application

14. DAC LIFECYCLE
Developer DBA DBA/Admin
Develop (SSDT) Deploy (SSMS) Manage (SSMS and SAMP)
• Import Database/ • Deploy Package • Export and Extract Packages
DACPAC • New Databases • Register Database as DAC
• Author DAC • Upgrade Databases
• Compare and
Synchronize Source
• Compile Database
Project to DACPAC
• Publish DACPAC
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15. SCHEMA DEPLOYMENT USING DACFX
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16. RESOURCES
SQL Server Data Tools Online Installation
http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/tools Get It
Team Blog
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ssdt/
MSDN Forum
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ssdt/threads
Articles
MSDN Magazine Sept 2011 The "Juneau" Database Project

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