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Unable to restore Business Central bacpac into Azure Sql database

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We have created a bacpac file from Business Central. It has created a bacpac file in Azure Storage Account. The file size is 4GB.

I then tried to import the database in Azure SQL. After nearly 20-30 minutes it failed with the error below:

The package file provided was not able to be opened. Please run SqlPackage locally to ensure that the file is not corrupt and please ensure that it uploaded to Azure Storage completely.

Then I downloaded the bacpac file onto my local computer and tried to restore it onto a new database in my local sql server using 'Import Data Tier Application' option. It failed immediately with the error below:

**Could not load package from 'C:....//ProductionXX_20230817_01.bacpac'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Dac)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: File contains corrupted data. (Microsoft.Data.Tools.Schema.Sql) File contains corrupted data. (WindowsBase)**

We tried to generating another bacpac file from Business Central, but still getting the same errors.

Has anyone successfully imported a Business Central bacpac file into Azure SQL or On-premise sql server?

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    Inge M. Bruvik Profile Picture
    Inge M. Bruvik 1,165 Moderator on at
    Did you make sure to go through all of these steps?
    And have you tried to redo the export to make sure nothing went wrong during your first export?
     
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    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    YUN ZHU 99,090 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Hi, I have tested it before, and I have not encountered any problems. I hope the information below can give you some hints.
     
     
    Thanks.
    ZHU
  • Vikas Singh Profile Picture
    Vikas Singh 7 on at
    Hi @mayuran Para
    Were you able to fix this issue?
     
    I am running into the same issue. I tried both approaches - restoring it in Azure SQL Server and using SSMS and getting the error that the backup file is corrupt.
    I followed each and every step in the Microsoft documentation as well the in the article written by Yn Zhu but no luck.

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