SQL Command Prompt Utilities (Database Engine)
Applies to: 
SQL Server
Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Managed Instance
Azure Synapse Analytics
Analytics Platform System (PDW)
Command prompt utilities enable you to script SQL Server operations. The following table contains a list of many command prompt utilities that ship with SQL Server.
For information on the main SQL gui and command-line tools, see SQL Tools Overview.
| Utility | Description | Installed in |
|---|---|---|
| bcp Utility | Used to copy data between an instance of Microsoft SQL Server and a data file in a user-specified format. | <drive:>\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\Client SDK\ODBC\110\Tools\Binn |
| dta Utility | Used to analyze a workload and recommend physical design structures to optimize server performance for that workload. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\nnn\Tools\Binn |
| dtexec Utility | Used to configure and execute an Integration Services package. A user interface version of this command prompt utility is called DTExecUI, which brings up the Execute Package Utility. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\nnn\DTS\Binn |
| dtutil Utility | Used to manage SSIS packages. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\nnn\DTS\Binn |
| Deploy Model Solutions with the Deployment Utility | Used to deploy Analysis Services projects to instances of Analysis Services. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\nnn\Tools\Binn\VShell\Common7\IDE |
| osql Utility | Allows you to enter Transact-SQL statements, system procedures, and script files at the command prompt. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\nnn\Tools\Binn |
| Profiler Utility | Used to start SQL Server Profiler from a command prompt. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\nnn\Tools\Binn |
| RS.exe Utility (SSRS) | Used to run scripts designed for managing Reporting Services report servers. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\nnn\Tools\Binn |
| rsconfig Utility (SSRS) | Used to configure a report server connection. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\nnn\Tools\Binn |
| rskeymgmt Utility (SSRS) | Used to manage encryption keys on a report server. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\nnn\Tools\Binn |
| sqlagent90 Application | Used to start SQL Server Agent from a command prompt. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\<instance_name>\MSSQL\Binn |
| sqlcmd Utility | Allows you to enter Transact-SQL statements, system procedures, and script files at the command prompt. | <drive:>\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\Client SDK\ODBC\110\Tools\Binn |
| SQLdiag Utility | Used to collect diagnostic information for Microsoft Customer Service and Support. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\nnn\Tools\Binn |
| sqllogship Application | Used by applications to perform backup, copy, and restore operations and associated clean-up tasks for a log shipping configuration without running the backup, copy, and restore jobs. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\nnn\Tools\Binn |
| SqlLocalDB Utility | An execution mode of SQL Server targeted to program developers. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\nnn\Tools\Binn |
| sqlmaint Utility | Used to execute database maintenance plans created in previous versions of SQL Server. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL13.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Binn |
| sqlps Utility | Used to run PowerShell commands and scripts. Loads and registers the SQL Server PowerShell provider and cmdlets. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\nnn\Tools\Binn |
| sqlservr Application | Used to start and stop an instance of Database Engine from the command prompt for troubleshooting. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL13.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Binn |
| Ssms Utility | Used to start SQL Server Management Studio from a command prompt. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\nnn\Tools\Binn\VSShell\Common7\IDE |
| tablediff Utility | Used to compare the data in two tables for non-convergence, which is useful when troubleshooting a replication topology. | <drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\nnn\COM |
Command Prompt Utilities Syntax Conventions
| Convention | Used for |
|---|---|
| UPPERCASE | Statements and terms used at the operating system level. |
monospace |
Sample commands and program code. |
| italic | User-supplied parameters. |
| bold | Commands, parameters, and other syntax that must be typed exactly as shown. |