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Azure Database Migration Service hybrid mode now in preview

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Venkata_Raj_Pochiraju
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Nov 06, 2019
We are pleased to announce preview of Microsoft Azure Database Migration Service hybrid mode, which manages migration using a migration worker hosted on-premises along with an instance of Azure Datab...
Updated Jan 07, 2020
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thommck
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Sep 10, 2020

I've been trying to get more info on this to understand the difference between a normal DMS approach compared to a Hybrid DMS.

How does it help with the reasons you describe (e.g. low latency/bandwidth) and what does the hybrid worker actually do on behalf of the cloud service?

 

I can't see why a Security team would block firewall rules for connecting to the DMS Cloud Service but allow them to connect to an Azure SQL DB (or any other cloud resource in my tenant!)?