First published on MSDN on May 10, 2017
Today at //BUILD, Microsoft announced a limited preview of the Azure Database Migration Service which will streamline the process for migrating on-premises databases to Azure. Using this new database migration service simplifies the migration of existing on-premises SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL databases to Azure, whether your target database is Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Database Managed Instance or Microsoft SQL Server in an Azure virtual machine.
The automated workflow with assessment reporting, guides you through the necessary changes prior to performing the migration. When you are ready, the service will migrate the source database to Azure. For an opportunity to participate in the limited preview of this service, please sign up .
The compatibility, feature parity assessment, schema conversion and data migration are enabled through limited preview for the scenarios below.
For more information about all the announcements we made today, get the full scoop in this //BUILD blog . You can also watch videos from the event and other on-demand content at the //BUILD website .
Ajay Jagannathan ( @ajaymsft )
Principal Program Manager
Today at //BUILD, Microsoft announced a limited preview of the Azure Database Migration Service which will streamline the process for migrating on-premises databases to Azure. Using this new database migration service simplifies the migration of existing on-premises SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL databases to Azure, whether your target database is Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Database Managed Instance or Microsoft SQL Server in an Azure virtual machine.
The automated workflow with assessment reporting, guides you through the necessary changes prior to performing the migration. When you are ready, the service will migrate the source database to Azure. For an opportunity to participate in the limited preview of this service, please sign up .
The compatibility, feature parity assessment, schema conversion and data migration are enabled through limited preview for the scenarios below.
| On-Premises Database | Target Database on Azure |
| Azure SQL Database | |
| SQL Server | Azure SQL Database Managed Instance |
| SQL Server on Azure virtual machines | |
| Azure SQL Database | |
| Oracle Database | Azure SQL Database Managed Instance |
| SQL Server on Azure virtual machines | |
| Azure SQL Database | |
| MySQL | Azure SQL Database Managed Instance |
| SQL Server on Azure virtual machines |
For more information about all the announcements we made today, get the full scoop in this //BUILD blog . You can also watch videos from the event and other on-demand content at the //BUILD website .
Ajay Jagannathan ( @ajaymsft )
Principal Program Manager
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