diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/Contracts/GenerateDeployPlanRequest.cs b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/Contracts/GenerateDeployPlanRequest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56d914bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/Contracts/GenerateDeployPlanRequest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+//
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+//
+using Microsoft.SqlTools.Hosting.Protocol.Contracts;
+using Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.TaskServices;
+using Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.Utility;
+
+namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.DacFx.Contracts
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Parameters for a DacFx generate deploy plan request.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class GenerateDeployPlanParams : DacFxParams
+    {
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Defines the DacFx generate deploy plan request type
+    /// </summary>
+    class GenerateDeployPlanRequest
+    {
+        public static readonly RequestType<GenerateDeployPlanParams, GenerateDeployPlanRequestResult> Type =
+            RequestType<GenerateDeployPlanParams, GenerateDeployPlanRequestResult>.Create("dacfx/generateDeployPlan");
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Parameters returned from a generate deploy script request.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class GenerateDeployPlanRequestResult : DacFxResult
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// An xml string that details the alerts and the operations for deploying the specified dacpac to the database
+        /// </summary>
+        public string Report { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/DacFxOperation.cs b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/DacFxOperation.cs
index e8037aff..1fbc443b 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/DacFxOperation.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/DacFxOperation.cs
@@ -90,5 +90,23 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.DacFx
         }
 
         public abstract void Execute();
+
+        protected DacDeployOptions GetDefaultDeployOptions()
+        {
+            DacDeployOptions options = new DacDeployOptions
+            {
+                AllowDropBlockingAssemblies = true,
+                AllowIncompatiblePlatform = true,
+                BlockOnPossibleDataLoss = false,
+                DropObjectsNotInSource = true,
+                DropPermissionsNotInSource = true,
+                DropRoleMembersNotInSource = true,
+                IgnoreKeywordCasing = false,
+                IgnoreSemicolonBetweenStatements = false,
+                IgnoreWhitespace = false,
+            };
+
+            return options;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/DacFxService.cs b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/DacFxService.cs
index 7ae9b2d4..874452d3 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/DacFxService.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/DacFxService.cs
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.DacFx
             serviceHost.SetRequestHandler(ExtractRequest.Type, this.HandleExtractRequest);
             serviceHost.SetRequestHandler(DeployRequest.Type, this.HandleDeployRequest);
             serviceHost.SetRequestHandler(GenerateDeployScriptRequest.Type, this.HandleGenerateDeployScriptRequest);
+            serviceHost.SetRequestHandler(GenerateDeployPlanRequest.Type, this.HandleGenerateDeployPlanRequest);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.DacFx
 
                     // want to show filepath in task history instead of server and database
                     metadata.ServerName = parameters.ScriptFilePath;
-                    metadata.DatabaseName = "";
+                    metadata.DatabaseName = string.Empty;
 
                     sqlTask = SqlTaskManagerInstance.CreateAndRun<SqlTask>(metadata);
 
@@ -175,7 +176,39 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.DacFx
                     {
                         OperationId = operation.OperationId,
                         Success = true,
-                        ErrorMessage = ""
+                        ErrorMessage = string.Empty
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                await requestContext.SendError(e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Handles request to generate deploy plan
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public async Task HandleGenerateDeployPlanRequest(GenerateDeployPlanParams parameters, RequestContext<GenerateDeployPlanRequestResult> requestContext)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                ConnectionInfo connInfo;
+                ConnectionServiceInstance.TryFindConnection(
+                        parameters.OwnerUri,
+                        out connInfo);
+                if (connInfo != null)
+                {
+                    GenerateDeployPlanOperation operation = new GenerateDeployPlanOperation(parameters, connInfo);
+                    operation.Execute(parameters.TaskExecutionMode);
+
+                    await requestContext.SendResult(new GenerateDeployPlanRequestResult()
+                    {
+                        OperationId = operation.OperationId,
+                        Success = true,
+                        ErrorMessage = string.Empty,
+                        Report = operation.DeployReport
                     });
                 }
             }
@@ -199,7 +232,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.DacFx
             {
                 OperationId = operation.OperationId,
                 Success = true,
-                ErrorMessage = ""
+                ErrorMessage = string.Empty
             });
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/DeployOperation.cs b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/DeployOperation.cs
index f6d07bba..50672b0a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/DeployOperation.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/DeployOperation.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.DacFx
         public override void Execute()
         {
             DacPackage dacpac = DacPackage.Load(this.Parameters.PackageFilePath);
-            this.DacServices.Deploy(dacpac, this.Parameters.DatabaseName, this.Parameters.UpgradeExisting, null, this.CancellationToken);
+            DacDeployOptions options = this.GetDefaultDeployOptions();
+            this.DacServices.Deploy(dacpac, this.Parameters.DatabaseName, this.Parameters.UpgradeExisting, options, this.CancellationToken);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/GenerateDeployPlanOperation.cs b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/GenerateDeployPlanOperation.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e72bf8d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/GenerateDeployPlanOperation.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+//
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+//
+using Microsoft.SqlServer.Dac;
+using Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.Connection;
+using Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.DacFx.Contracts;
+using Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.TaskServices;
+using Microsoft.SqlTools.Utility;
+using System;
+using System.Data.SqlClient;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+
+namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.DacFx
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Class to represent an in-progress generate deploy plan operation
+    /// </summary>
+    class GenerateDeployPlanOperation : DacFxOperation
+    {
+        public GenerateDeployPlanParams Parameters { get; }
+
+        public string DeployReport { get; set; }
+
+        public GenerateDeployPlanOperation(GenerateDeployPlanParams parameters, ConnectionInfo connInfo): base(connInfo)
+        {
+            Validate.IsNotNull("parameters", parameters);
+            this.Parameters = parameters;
+        }
+
+        public override void Execute()
+        {
+            DacPackage dacpac = DacPackage.Load(this.Parameters.PackageFilePath);
+            DacDeployOptions options = GetDefaultDeployOptions();
+            DeployReport = this.DacServices.GenerateDeployReport(dacpac, this.Parameters.DatabaseName, options, this.CancellationToken);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/GenerateDeployScriptOperation.cs b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/GenerateDeployScriptOperation.cs
index 0ef7bee1..d68cab29 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/GenerateDeployScriptOperation.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer/DacFx/GenerateDeployScriptOperation.cs
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.DacFx
             PublishOptions publishOptions = new PublishOptions();
             publishOptions.GenerateDeploymentReport = this.Parameters.GenerateDeploymentReport;
             publishOptions.CancelToken = this.CancellationToken;
+            publishOptions.DeployOptions = this.GetDefaultDeployOptions();
             publishOptions.DatabaseScriptPath = this.Parameters.ScriptFilePath;
             // master script is only used if the target is Azure SQL db and the script contains all operations that must be done against the master database
             publishOptions.MasterDbScriptPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(this.Parameters.ScriptFilePath), string.Concat("master_", Path.GetFileName(this.Parameters.ScriptFilePath)));
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.IntegrationTests/DacFx/DacFxserviceTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.IntegrationTests/DacFx/DacFxserviceTests.cs
index d97ce325..33d5dcad 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.IntegrationTests/DacFx/DacFxserviceTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.IntegrationTests/DacFx/DacFxserviceTests.cs
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.IntegrationTests.DacFx
             {
                 service.PerformOperation(operation);
             }
-            catch(OperationCanceledException canceledException)
+            catch (OperationCanceledException canceledException)
             {
                 expectedException = canceledException;
             }
@@ -260,6 +260,74 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.IntegrationTests.DacFx
             return generateScriptRequestContext;
         }
 
+        private async Task<Mock<RequestContext<DacFxResult>>> SendAndValidateGenerateDeployPlanRequest()
+        {
+            var result = GetLiveAutoCompleteTestObjects();
+            SqlTestDb sourceDb = await SqlTestDb.CreateNewAsync(TestServerType.OnPrem, false, null, null, "DacFxGenerateDeployPlanTest");
+            sourceDb.RunQuery(@"CREATE TABLE [dbo].[table1]
+(
+    [ID] INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+    [Date] DATE NOT NULL
+)
+CREATE TABLE [dbo].[table2]
+(
+    [ID] INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+    [col1] NCHAR(10) NULL
+)");
+            DacFxService service = new DacFxService();
+            string folderPath = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData), "DacFxTest");
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(folderPath);
+
+            var extractParams = new ExtractParams
+            {
+                DatabaseName = sourceDb.DatabaseName,
+                PackageFilePath = Path.Combine(folderPath, string.Format("{0}.dacpac", sourceDb.DatabaseName)),
+                ApplicationName = "test",
+                ApplicationVersion = new Version(1, 0)
+            };
+
+            ExtractOperation extractOperation = new ExtractOperation(extractParams, result.ConnectionInfo);
+            service.PerformOperation(extractOperation);
+
+            // generate deploy plan for deploying dacpac to targetDb
+            var generateDeployPlanRequestContext = new Mock<RequestContext<DacFxResult>>();
+            generateDeployPlanRequestContext.Setup(x => x.SendResult(It.IsAny<DacFxResult>())).Returns(Task.FromResult(new object()));
+
+            SqlTestDb targetDb = await SqlTestDb.CreateNewAsync(TestServerType.OnPrem, false, null, null, "DacFxGenerateDeployPlanTestTarget");
+            targetDb.RunQuery(@"CREATE TABLE [dbo].[table2]
+(
+    [ID] INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+    [col1] NCHAR(10) NULL,
+    [col2] NCHAR(10) NULL
+)
+CREATE TABLE [dbo].[table3]
+(
+    [ID] INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
+    [col1] INT NULL,
+)");
+
+            var generateDeployPlanParams = new GenerateDeployPlanParams
+            {
+                PackageFilePath = extractParams.PackageFilePath,
+                DatabaseName = targetDb.DatabaseName,
+            };
+
+            GenerateDeployPlanOperation generateDeployPlanOperation = new GenerateDeployPlanOperation(generateDeployPlanParams, result.ConnectionInfo);
+            service.PerformOperation(generateDeployPlanOperation);
+            string report = generateDeployPlanOperation.DeployReport;
+            Assert.NotNull(report);
+            Assert.Contains("Create", report);
+            Assert.Contains("Drop", report);
+            Assert.Contains("Alter", report);
+
+            // cleanup
+            VerifyAndCleanup(extractParams.PackageFilePath);
+            sourceDb.Cleanup();
+            targetDb.Cleanup();
+
+            return generateDeployPlanRequestContext;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Verify the export bacpac request
         /// </summary>
@@ -306,7 +374,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.IntegrationTests.DacFx
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Verify the gnerate deploy script request
+        /// Verify the generate deploy script request
         /// </summary>
         [Fact]
         public async void GenerateDeployScript()
@@ -314,6 +382,15 @@ namespace Microsoft.SqlTools.ServiceLayer.IntegrationTests.DacFx
             Assert.NotNull(await SendAndValidateGenerateDeployScriptRequest());
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Verify the generate deploy plan request
+        /// </summary>
+        [Fact]
+        public async void GenerateDeployPlan()
+        {
+            Assert.NotNull(await SendAndValidateGenerateDeployPlanRequest());
+        }
+
         private void VerifyAndCleanup(string filePath)
         {
             // Verify it was created