Move Database from Dynamics 365 F&O Tier 2 to Dev Environment


Hello everyone,

Today, I'm sharing a concise guide on transferring data from your Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O Tier 2 environment to your development machine. This blog will focus on the steps for importing a bacpac file that you've prepared on your Lifecycle Services (LCS) platform.

To Restore a .bacpac File in Your Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O Dev VM:

Step 1: Download the bacpac file from LCS to your Dev environment.

Step 2: If this is your first time importing a bacpac file into your VM, download the "Windows .NET 6" zip file and extract it to the C:\Temp folder. You can find it here: Download Link

Step 3: Locate the Sqlpackage.exe file within the extracted folder.

Step 4: Open a Command Prompt in Administrator mode and navigate to the folder containing Sqlpackage.exe.

Step 5: Execute the following command to import the bacpac file:

SqlPackage.exe /Action:Import /TargetServerName:"localhost" /TargetDatabaseName:"Testbackup" /TargetTrustServerCertificate:True /SourceFile:"J:\MSSQL_BACKUP\mybackup.bacpac" /p:CommandTimeout=6200

Please note that the import process may take a while depending on the size of the database.

This streamlined guide should help you smoothly transfer your data from Tier 2 to your development environment in Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O.

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