As SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 reach the end of support in 2019, you’ll have an opportunity to upgrade to a cloud database service. Follow this step-by-step guide to manage change effectively as ...

On August 30, Microsoft announced the public preview of the Azure Database Migration Service (DMS) to support online migrations of various databases to Azure. What's an 'online migration'? Online ...

Microsoft SQL Server version migrations are one of the more difficult activities for a DBA to execute, yet they are a very common change to the infrastructure. Databases eventually have to be migrated ...

Call it the duel of the database migration tools. "The free Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) makes it easy to migrate data from Oracle, Microsoft Access, MySQL and Sybase to SQL Server, ...

Get tips for updating to Microsoft SQL Server 2014, including using SLQ's Copy Database Wizard and a checklist with key tasks to complete during your migration plan.

Microsoft capped off a week of high-profile announcements related to SQL Server with an aggressive migration offer aimed at Oracle database customers. Here's the bottom line, from Microsoft's ...

Requirements· 5+ years hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server (2012+) · Proven experience with large-scale SQL Server migrations to AWS (RDS and EC2). · Deep understanding of cloud data ...

Migration Advice Microsoft offered painful advice for organization eyeing the end of the SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters add-on and the PolyBase Scale-Out Groups feature.

Moving SQL Server 2005 data will be the easy part compared to the app migrations.

Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is the ideal solution for an easier lift-and-shift migration of your legacy SQL Server databases to the cloud. Azure services help IT teams migrate data to ...