Best practice to move SQL server table with identity insert from one server to another

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Today we wanted to move a table with identity insert from one server (development) to other (production) along with data.

1)Use script to create the new table with Identity

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[MyTable]

(
[MyTableId] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[Field1] [int] NULL,
[Field2] [nvarchar] (50) NULL,
[Field3] [nvarchar] (max) NULL,
CONSTRAINT [tblMyTable$PrimaryKey] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[MyTableId] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY] TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY]

2)Now use the import export wizard to upload the data, with “Enable identity Insert” checked.

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