I am facing below issue while installing Sitecore 9 update 2 on my Azure VM server, which doesn’t have any Visual Studio or SQL Management Studio installed. Error states : “Microsoft.Data.Tools.Schema.Sql.Sql130DatabaseSchemaProvider is not valid” Below is more details about issue. [---------------------------------------------- InstallWDP : WebDeploy -----------------------------------------------] [WebDeploy]:[Path] C:\Program Files\iis\Microsoft Web Deploy V3\msdeploy.exe Info: Adding MsDeploy.Site (MsDeploy.Site). Info: Adding database (user id=sa;data source=XYZ;initial catalog=Dev_Processing.Pools) Info: Initializing deployment: Pending. Info: Analyzing deployment plan: Pending. Info: Updating database: Pending. Info: Creating deployment plan: Pending. Info: Verifying deployment plan: Pending. Info: Deploying package to database: Pending. Info: Creating deployment plan: Running. Info: Initializing deployment: Running. Info: Initializing deployment (Start) Info: Initializing deployment: Faulted. Info: Initializing deployment (Failed) Info: Creating deployment plan: Faulted. Info: Verifying deployment plan: Faulted. Info: Deploying package to database: Faulted. Error Code: ERROR_EXECUTING_METHOD Error: Could not deploy package. Error: Internal Error. The database platform service with type Microsoft.Data.Tools.Schema.Sql.Sql130DatabaseSchemaProvi der is not valid. You must make sure the service is loaded, or you must provide the full type name of a valid database p latform service. Error: Internal Error. The database platform service with type Microsoft.Data.Tools.Schema.Sql.Sql130DatabaseSchemaProvi der is not valid. You must make sure the service is loaded, or you must provide the full type name of a valid database p latform service. More Information: Could not deploy package.Error count: 1. Internal Error. The database platform service with type Microsoft.Data.Tools.Schema.Sql.Sql130DatabaseSchemaProvider is not valid. You must make sure the service is loaded, or you must provide the full type name of a valid database platform service. Internal Error. The database platform service with type Microsoft.Data.Tools.Schema.Sql.Sql130DatabaseSchemaProvider is not valid. You must make sure the service is loaded, or you must provide the full type name of a valid database platform service. Learn more at: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=221672#ERROR_EXECUTING_METHOD. Install-SitecoreConfiguration : Command C:\Program Files\iis\Microsoft Web Deploy V3\msdeploy.exe returned a non-zero exit code - (-1) At E:\Scripts\SiteCore\InstallSitecore9.ps1:44 char:1 + Install-SitecoreConfiguration @xconnectParams + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Install-SitecoreConfiguration [TIME] 00:01:30 Transcript stopped, output file is E:\Scripts\SiteCore\xconnect-xp0.180920.log Invoke-CommandTask : Command C:\Program Files\iis\Microsoft Web Deploy V3\msdeploy.exe returned a non-zero exit code - (-1) At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\SitecoreInstallFramework\1.2.1\Public\Tasks\Invoke-WebDeployTask.ps1:36 char:2 + Invoke-CommandTask -Path $Path -Arguments $msdeployArgs -TaskName ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,Invoke-CommandTask PwoserShell line 44 : #deploy xconnect instance $xconnectParams = @{ Path = "$PSScriptRoot\xconnect-xp0.json" Package = "$PSScriptRoot\Sitecore 9.0.2 rev. 180604 (OnPrem)_xp0xconnect.scwdp.zip" LicenseFile = "$PSScriptRoot\license.xml" Sitename = $XConnectCollectionService XConnectCert = $certParams.CertificateName SqlDbPrefix = $prefix SqlServer = $SqlServer SqlAdminUser = $SqlAdminUser SqlAdminPassword = $SqlAdminPassword SolrCorePrefix = $prefix SolrURL = $SolrUrl } Install-SitecoreConfiguration @xconnectParams //(line: 44)