Use PowerShell to import a BACPAC file into a database in SQL Database

Applies to: Azure SQL Database

This Azure PowerShell script example imports a database from a BACPAC file into a new database in SQL Database.

If you don't have an Azure trail subscription, create a trial subscription before you begin.

This tutorial requires Az PowerShell 1.4.0 or later. If you need to upgrade, see Install Azure PowerShell module. You also need to run Connect-AzAccount -EnvironmentName AzureChinaCloud to create a connection with Azure.

Sample script

# Connect-AzAccount -Environment AzureChinaCloud
# The SubscriptionId in which to create these objects
$SubscriptionId = ''
# Set the resource group name and location for your server
$resourceGroupName = "myResourceGroup-$(Get-Random)"
$location = "chinaeast"
# Set an admin login and password for your server
$adminSqlLogin = "SqlAdmin"
$password = "ChangeYourAdminPassword1"
# Set server name - the logical server name has to be unique in the system
$serverName = "server-$(Get-Random)"
# The sample database name
$databaseName = "myImportedDatabase"
# The storage account name and storage container name
$storageAccountName = "sqlimport$(Get-Random)"
$storageContainerName = "importcontainer$(Get-Random)"
# BACPAC file name
$bacpacFilename = "sample.bacpac"
# The ip address range that you want to allow to access your server
$startip = "0.0.0.0"
$endip = "0.0.0.0"

# Set subscription 
Set-AzContext -SubscriptionId $subscriptionId 

# Create a resource group
$resourcegroup = New-AzResourceGroup -Name $resourceGroupName -Location $location

# Create a storage account 
$storageAccount = New-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName `
    -AccountName $storageAccountName `
    -Location $location `
    -Type "Standard_LRS"

# Create a storage container 
$storageContainer = New-AzStorageContainer -Name $storageContainerName `
    -Context $(New-AzStorageContext -StorageAccountName $storageAccountName `
        -StorageAccountKey $(Get-AzStorageAccountKey -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -StorageAccountName $storageAccountName).Value[0])

# Download sample database from Github
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12 #required by Github
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://github.com/Microsoft/sql-server-samples/releases/download/wide-world-importers-v1.0/WideWorldImporters-Standard.bacpac" -OutFile $bacpacfilename

# Upload sample database into storage container
Set-AzStorageBlobContent -Container $storagecontainername `
    -File $bacpacFilename `
    -Context $(New-AzStorageContext -StorageAccountName $storageAccountName `
        -StorageAccountKey $(Get-AzStorageAccountKey -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -StorageAccountName $storageAccountName).Value[0])

# Create a new server with a system wide unique server name
$server = New-AzSqlServer -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName `
    -ServerName $serverName `
    -Location $location `
    -SqlAdministratorCredentials $(New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $adminSqlLogin, $(ConvertTo-SecureString -String $password -AsPlainText -Force))

# Create a server firewall rule that allows access from the specified IP range
$serverFirewallRule = New-AzSqlServerFirewallRule -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName `
    -ServerName $serverName `
    -FirewallRuleName "AllowedIPs" -StartIpAddress $startIp -EndIpAddress $endIp

# Import bacpac to database with an S3 performance level
$importRequest = New-AzSqlDatabaseImport -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName `
    -ServerName $serverName `
    -DatabaseName $databaseName `
    -DatabaseMaxSizeBytes "262144000" `
    -StorageKeyType "StorageAccessKey" `
    -StorageKey $(Get-AzStorageAccountKey -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -StorageAccountName $storageAccountName).Value[0] `
    -StorageUri "https://$storageaccountname.blob.core.chinacloudapi.cn/$storageContainerName/$bacpacFilename" `
    -Edition "Standard" `
    -ServiceObjectiveName "S3" `
    -AdministratorLogin "$adminSqlLogin" `
    -AdministratorLoginPassword $(ConvertTo-SecureString -String $password -AsPlainText -Force)

# Check import status and wait for the import to complete
$importStatus = Get-AzSqlDatabaseImportExportStatus -OperationStatusLink $importRequest.OperationStatusLink
[Console]::Write("Importing")
while ($importStatus.Status -eq "InProgress")
{
    $importStatus = Get-AzSqlDatabaseImportExportStatus -OperationStatusLink $importRequest.OperationStatusLink
    [Console]::Write(".")
    Start-Sleep -s 10
}
[Console]::WriteLine("")
$importStatus

# Scale down to S0 after import is complete
Set-AzSqlDatabase -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName `
    -ServerName $serverName `
    -DatabaseName $databaseName  `
    -Edition "Standard" `
    -RequestedServiceObjectiveName "S0"

# Clean up deployment 
# Remove-AzResourceGroup -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName

Clean up deployment

Use the following command to remove the resource group and all resources associated with it.

Remove-AzResourceGroup -ResourceGroupName $resourcegroupname

Script explanation

This script uses the following commands. Each command in the table links to command-specific documentation.

Next steps

For more information on Azure PowerShell, see Azure PowerShell documentation.

Additional SQL Database PowerShell script samples can be found in the Azure SQL Database PowerShell scripts.