diff --git a/bundle/bundle.go b/bundle/bundle.go
index 85625568..26065ab4 100644
--- a/bundle/bundle.go
+++ b/bundle/bundle.go
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ type Bundle struct {
 	// files
 	AutoApprove bool
 
+	// if true, the deploy changes are presented, but not applied
+	DryRun bool
+
 	// Tagging is used to normalize tag keys and values.
 	// The implementation depends on the cloud being targeted.
 	Tagging tags.Cloud
diff --git a/bundle/phases/deploy.go b/bundle/phases/deploy.go
index e623c364..068636ac 100644
--- a/bundle/phases/deploy.go
+++ b/bundle/phases/deploy.go
@@ -51,6 +51,43 @@ func parseTerraformActions(changes []*tfjson.ResourceChange, toInclude func(typ
 	return res
 }
 
+func showDryRunChanges(ctx context.Context, plan *tfjson.Plan) {
+	updateActions := make([]terraformlib.Action, 0)
+	for _, rc := range plan.ResourceChanges {
+		if rc.Change.Actions.Update() {
+			updateActions = append(updateActions, terraformlib.Action{
+				Action:       terraformlib.ActionTypeUpdate,
+				ResourceType: rc.Type,
+				ResourceName: rc.Name,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	createActions := make([]terraformlib.Action, 0)
+	for _, rc := range plan.ResourceChanges {
+		if rc.Change.Actions.Create() {
+			createActions = append(createActions, terraformlib.Action{
+				Action:       terraformlib.ActionTypeCreate,
+				ResourceType: rc.Type,
+				ResourceName: rc.Name,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	if len(updateActions) > 0 {
+		cmdio.LogString(ctx, "The following resources will be updated:")
+		for _, a := range updateActions {
+			cmdio.Log(ctx, a)
+		}
+		cmdio.LogString(ctx, "")
+	}
+	if len(createActions) > 0 {
+		cmdio.LogString(ctx, "The following resources will be created:")
+		for _, a := range createActions {
+			cmdio.Log(ctx, a)
+		}
+		cmdio.LogString(ctx, "")
+	}
+}
+
 func approvalForDeploy(ctx context.Context, b *bundle.Bundle) (bool, error) {
 	tf := b.Terraform
 	if tf == nil {
@@ -63,6 +100,11 @@ func approvalForDeploy(ctx context.Context, b *bundle.Bundle) (bool, error) {
 		return false, err
 	}
 
+	if b.DryRun {
+		showDryRunChanges(ctx, plan)
+		return false, nil
+	}
+
 	schemaActions := parseTerraformActions(plan.ResourceChanges, func(typ string, actions tfjson.Actions) bool {
 		// Filter in only UC schema resources.
 		if typ != "databricks_schema" {
diff --git a/cmd/bundle/deploy.go b/cmd/bundle/deploy.go
index a25e02f6..20468aef 100644
--- a/cmd/bundle/deploy.go
+++ b/cmd/bundle/deploy.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ func newDeployCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	var failOnActiveRuns bool
 	var clusterId string
 	var autoApprove bool
+	var dryRyn bool
 	var verbose bool
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&force, "force", false, "Force-override Git branch validation.")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&forceLock, "force-lock", false, "Force acquisition of deployment lock.")
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ func newDeployCommand() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&clusterId, "compute-id", "", "Override cluster in the deployment with the given compute ID.")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&clusterId, "cluster-id", "c", "", "Override cluster in the deployment with the given cluster ID.")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&autoApprove, "auto-approve", false, "Skip interactive approvals that might be required for deployment.")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&dryRyn, "dry-run", false, "Present changes that would be deployed without applying.")
 	cmd.Flags().MarkDeprecated("compute-id", "use --cluster-id instead")
 	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&verbose, "verbose", false, "Enable verbose output.")
 	// Verbose flag currently only affects file sync output, it's used by the vscode extension
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ func newDeployCommand() *cobra.Command {
 				b.Config.Bundle.Force = force
 				b.Config.Bundle.Deployment.Lock.Force = forceLock
 				b.AutoApprove = autoApprove
+				b.DryRun = dryRyn
 
 				if cmd.Flag("compute-id").Changed {
 					b.Config.Bundle.ClusterId = clusterId
diff --git a/internal/bundle/deploy_test.go b/internal/bundle/deploy_test.go
index 88543585..923cd633 100644
--- a/internal/bundle/deploy_test.go
+++ b/internal/bundle/deploy_test.go
@@ -127,6 +127,33 @@ func TestAccBundleDeployUcSchemaFailsWithoutAutoApprove(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Contains(t, stdout.String(), "the deployment requires destructive actions, but current console does not support prompting. Please specify --auto-approve if you would like to skip prompts and proceed")
 }
 
+func TestAccBundleDeployUcSchemaIsNotAppliedWhenDryRun(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx, wt := acc.UcWorkspaceTest(t)
+	w := wt.W
+
+	uniqueId := uuid.New().String()
+	schemaName := "test-schema-" + uniqueId
+	catalogName := "main"
+
+	bundleRoot := setupUcSchemaBundle(t, ctx, w, uniqueId)
+
+	// Remove the UC schema from the resource configuration.
+	err := os.Remove(filepath.Join(bundleRoot, "schema.yml"))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Run dry-run for the bundle deployment
+	t.Setenv("BUNDLE_ROOT", bundleRoot)
+	t.Setenv("TERM", "dumb")
+	c := internal.NewCobraTestRunnerWithContext(t, ctx, "bundle", "deploy", "--dry-run")
+	stdout, _, err := c.Run()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Assert the schema was not deleted
+	_, err = w.Schemas.GetByFullName(ctx, strings.Join([]string{catalogName, schemaName}, "."))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Contains(t, stdout.String(), "Following changes would be deployed:")
+}
+
 func TestAccBundlePipelineDeleteWithoutAutoApprove(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx, wt := acc.WorkspaceTest(t)
 	w := wt.W