Azure Database Migration Service feature releases and Data Migration blog posts over the past year

[Jim Toland]

We’ve been hard at work on Azure Database Migration Service over the past several months, with several new feature/functionality releases. We have also published numerous blog posts related to migrating data to Azure.

Features and functionality

Regarding our releases over the past several months, we’ve announced several new capabilities that provide critical steps toward enabling customers to more easily leverage the service, including:

• General Availability
  • Premium SKU
  • SQL Server to Azure SQL DB online
  • SQL Server to Azure SQL DB offline
  • Amazon RDS for SQL Server to Azure SQL DB online
  • SQL Server to Azure SQL DB managed instance online
  • Amazon RDS for SQL Server to Azure SQL DB managed instance online
  • MySQL to Azure DB for MySQL online
  • Amazon RDS for MySQL to Azure DB for MySQL online
  • PostgreSQL to Azure DB for PostgreSQL online
  • Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL to Azure DB for PostgreSQL online
  • MongoDB to Azure Cosmos DB online
  • MongoDB to Azure Cosmos DB offline
  • Save project and run activity now supported
• Public Preview
  • Oracle to Azure Database for PostgreSQL online
  • Support for using existing backup files for migration

Blog posts

A consolidated list of the blog posts we’ve published, categorized in reverse order by month, is listed below:

• Jul 2019 (to date)
  • Assess the readiness of SQL Server data estates migrating to Azure SQL Database
  • MongoDB to Azure Cosmos DB online and offline migrations now generally available
• Jun 2019
  • Release: SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v8.2
• May 2019
  • Release: Data Migration Assistant (DMA) v4.3
• Apr 2019
  • Access connectivity components for SSMA
• Mar 2019
  • Welcome to the new home of the Microsoft Data Migration Blog!
  • Release: SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v8.1
• Feb 2019
  • Migrate your Oracle database to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance using SSMA 8.0
  • Accelerate your Oracle migrations with new machine learning capabilities in SSMA
  • Release: SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v8.0
  • Migrate Java applications from Oracle to SQL Server with the help of the Data Access Migration Toolk...
• Dec 2018
  • Announcing General Availability of Azure Database Migration Service (DMS) Premium Tier
• Nov 2018
  • Database Migration Guide – October 2018 Updates
• Oct 2018
  • Release: SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v7.11
  • Troubleshooting MySQL online migration failure in DMS
  • Migration assessments for SQL Server to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance using DMA 4.1
  • Expanding to more Azure regions for online migration
• Sep 2018
  • General Availability of Azure SQL Database managed instance migration in Azure DMS
  • Azure Database Migration Service and tool updates – Ignite 2018
  • Preview of MongoDB migrations to Azure Cosmos DB MongoDB API using Azure DMS
  • Join the Azure Database Migration Engineering Team at Microsoft Ignite
  • Public Preview Availability of PostgreSQL Online Migration in Azure Database Migration Service
• Aug 2018
  • Public Preview Availability of Azure SQL Database Online Migration in Azure DMS
  • Online migration from AWS RDS MySQL to Azure Database for MySQL
  • Public Preview Availability of MySQL Online Migration in Azure DMS
  • Azure Database Migration Service – August 2018 Updates
  • Release: SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v7.9
  • Identify the best Azure SQL DB SKU for on-premises databases using the Database Migration Assistant
  • Release: Database Experimentation Assistant (DEA) v2.6
• Jul 2018
  • Latest updates to the Azure Database Migration Service and database migration tools
  • Release: Data Migration Assistant (DMA) v3.6

With several new features and additional service functionality in the pipeline, be sure to stay tuned for the latest updates!

The Azure Data Migration Team

[mi-hol]

Dear Jim,

I'm wondering about the long time "Azure Database Migration Service—Support for using existing backup files for migration" stayes in 'Public Preview' status as it was first announced on August 8, 2018.

Will we see a GA release soon?

Regards

Michael

[Jim Toland]

@mi-hol, yes, support for using existing backup files for migration - GA for both offline and online migrations to an Azure SQL Database managed instance.

Jim Toland