In this post, I want to cover how you can create a dacpac for SQL Server 2022 databases using sqlpackage. So that you keep the new SQL Server 2022 compatibility level when you deploy new databases.

My solution makes use of the Microsoft.SqlServer.DacFx.x64 (v150.4826.1) NuGet-package to programmatically publish a DACPAC, built using Visual Studio 2019 (Version 16.6.2) and SQL Server Data Tools ...

Deploy SQL Using (Required) Specify the way in which you want to deploy DB, either by using Dacpac or by using Sql Script. DACPAC File (Required) Location of the DACPAC file on the target machines or ...

DBCC CLONEDATABASE command generates a schema-only clone or copy of a database. Effective March 1, 2025, Microsoft will no longer support creating copy of a database using the DBCC CLONEDATABASE ...