Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Data-Tier Application Framework

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Data-Tier Application Framework is a program that provides application lifecycle services for database development and management.

DacFX supports various database deployment and management scenarios for SQL Server and Windows Azure SQL Databases including extracting/exporting a live database to a DAC package, deploying a DAC package to a new or existing database, and migrating from on-premise SQL Server to Windows Azure.