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Simple powershell script to create BACPAC of your SQL Server (or Azure SQL) database. Ready to run from SQL Server Agent job. "Operating system" step type is recommended for SQL 2012 because of http://www.sqlhammer.com/running-powershell-in-a-sql-agent-job/
#how to run script from cmd
#powershell.exe -version 3.0 -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -file "C:\Scripts\SqlServer_Create_Bacpac.ps1"
import-module sqlps
$ConnectionString = ""
$DatabaseName = ""
$DacAssembly = "c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\120\DAC\bin\Microsoft.SqlServer.Dac.dll"
$backupFolder = "C:\Backups\"
$timestamp = $(get-date -f yyyy-MM-dd-HH-mm-ss)
$OutputFile = $backupFolder + $DatabaseName + "-" + $timestamp + ".bacpac"
# Load DAC assembly.
Write-Host "Loading Dac Assembly: $DacAssembly"
Add-Type -Path $DacAssembly
Write-Host "Dac Assembly loaded."
# Initialize Dac service.
$now = $(Get-Date).ToString("HH:mm:ss")
$Services = new-object Microsoft.SqlServer.Dac.DacServices $ConnectionString
if ($Services -eq $null)
{
exit
}
# Start the actual export.
Write-Host "Starting backup at $DatabaseName at $now"
$Watch = New-Object System.Diagnostics.StopWatch
$Watch.Start()
$Services.ExportBacpac($OutputFile, $DatabaseName)
$Watch.Stop()
Write-Host "Backup completed in" $Watch.Elapsed.ToString()
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