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The SQL Server data portability documentation explains various mechanisms by which user-created data in SQL Server can be extracted for use in other software products. These mechanisms include import/export functionality, documented APIs, industry standard formats, or documented data structures/file formats.

• The SQL Server data portability documentation explains various mechanisms by which user-created data in SQL Server can be extracted for use in other software products. These mechanisms include import/export functionality, documented APIs, industry standard formats, or documented data structures/file formats.
  
  These documents are intended for use in conjunction with other Open Specifications documents, SQL Server Books Online content (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb545450.aspx) and publicly available standard specifications. They assume that the reader either is familiar with this material or has access to it.

Files

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File	Size
SQLServerDataPortability.zip SHA1: 9a341fbe4a0d69164e63ba1cc96177b57537016a	35.82 MB
[MS-BCP].pdf SHA1: 3e467afd63645321e5d33e7a0e84b5c046e90c61	647 KB
[MS-CONNMGR].pdf SHA1: 85dea7ea7b6de30fe5d6572eaf13723694e7714b	444 KB
[MS-CSDLBI].pdf SHA1: cdc033796fe5f0d3ab12f9d8075ca64cba2061f0	1.09 MB
[MS-DACPAC].pdf SHA1: 79c83ec7f48b136889b36e25b887aea58aed4471	1.15 MB
[MS-DPAD].pdf SHA1: c3bb3c6e28490f70f113054614d846751547dd53	477 KB
[MS-DPBACPAC].pdf SHA1: 14de4c42db421d6fb71dfd2c8e68d43aae50aaee	438 KB
[MS-DPBCP].pdf SHA1: c2abf0d672270d8a94dda31b86e9765e16795eeb	474 KB
[MS-DPDACPAC].pdf SHA1: d2c304b4b635a300b47b5078832256c57dca2da3	601 KB
[MS-DPDQS].pdf SHA1: 142f19caa1ee34d855cf0c0d49827d68965b9e89	683 KB
[MS-DPEDMX].pdf SHA1: 57ae2b061ebbaa7df25b8df32ae0fd6fad126ec8	433 KB
[MS-DPEDM].pdf SHA1: 8ed2424a014d00a24084e3a097fb017dde6c26ff	433 KB
[MS-DPIS].pdf SHA1: 3f44f36a88296bd168b368d46a2e48e9ebd06fa9	460 KB
[MS-DPMDS].pdf SHA1: f3f1766ff46e20ed63c99bde90c025b40fcf05d5	568 KB
[MS-DPPDW].pdf SHA1: 01f0dc8e0f7dc5db36bff2dcbb81eaa181e0ee9d	476 KB
[MS-DPRDL].pdf SHA1: 663bc83dfef81ad64bf07f0f2e5f839d74bcd6aa	468 KB
[MS-DPREP].pdf SHA1: ee3190074cfc5426fdc0c5837ef0b3ada38cdbfd	423 KB
[MS-DPSMDL].pdf SHA1: c494c9875665ea4426ee4b2a991ce3f853e1ab09	431 KB
[MS-DPSSAS].pdf SHA1: b9be0edeb6943874f66be8cb4334460dacf7e551	458 KB
[MS-DTSX2].pdf SHA1: ee9fb06b19ba2bb88919d2ac9c3b816d9bd6b7cc	4.00 MB
[MS-DTSX].pdf SHA1: 152d4fae00ad36ab47411aadd3f16c182bb5e66a	4.06 MB
[MS-DTS].pdf SHA1: 368befeb6172e19af04b6634ada596c1198469b9	953 KB
[MS-ISPAC].pdf SHA1: 3c202be8bd4377ae971add8f6b50442b2cf75c4e	541 KB
[MS-MSL].pdf SHA1: 217f042126250ec94cfb5f9cebd53bd4a38ef22d	668 KB
[MS-RDLRS].pdf SHA1: c361177c58f3b4d4ba0e58d4e0960bb530bc5f20	676 KB
[MS-RDL].pdf SHA1: 7a99f8cb335abd81088f616279bb333637881db7	13.16 MB
[MS-SMDL].pdf SHA1: ddd370062021eebd3f8b54324a53a40e8371b74a	2.09 MB
[MS-SSDL].pdf SHA1: be81521a804b387067df1807c25d7b1c177b29d9	660 KB
[MS-SSISPARAMS].pdf SHA1: 7e16ca62fdc76754ebd675c347d0e08d9613447f	476 KB
[[ReadmefirstSQL]].pdf SHA1: b822968071c5e108f25fd6ef25256bb99d744a95	227 KB

File sizes and hashes are retrieved from the Wayback Machine’s indexes. They may not match the latest versions of files hosted on Microsoft servers.

• The data portability documentation is available in the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) which you can open by using Adobe Reader, available at http://www.adobe.com.
  
  Note: For optimal readability of the PDF documents, it is recommended that they be opened and viewed by using Adobe Reader version 8.0 or above. Earlier versions of Adobe Reader might not provide the same reading quality.

• Individual PDF files should be stored in a single directory to enable links between the data portability documents. Note that if you download additional data portability or protocol documents from Microsoft, they should also be stored in the same directory to enable linking.
  
  The self-extracting Zip file (SQLDataPortability.zip) in this list of files contains all of the data portability documents. Please download and read the readme file. This package does not collect any personal information.