Moving SQL Server to Azure SQL Managed Instance sounds challenging on day one. It doesn't have to be. If your backup files already sit in an Azure Blob Storage container, Azure Database Migration Ser...

One Migration Experience, More Flexibility Modernizing SQL Server estates is rarely a single-step journey. Organizations often operate across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments while balan...

Co-authored by: Maxim Lukiyanov, Principal PM Manager, Postgres on Azure, Microsoft Edward Bell, Senior Director, Global Technical Alliances & Solutions, Striim Matthew Burrows, Director, Databa...

Migrate SQL Server Using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Migrating SQL Server workloads to Azure doesn’t have to be complex or fragmented. SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) provides a guided,...

Modernizing a SQL Server estate is rarely a single-step effort. It typically involves multiple phases, from discovery and assessment to migration and optimization, often spanning on-premises, hybrid,...

As organizations continue to modernize their data estates and migrate to Azure, regional availability plays a critical role in meeting data residency, compliance, and performance requirements. We’re ...

We’re pleased to announce the release of SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v10.5, delivering meaningful improvements across multiple flavours of SSMA to further simplify and de‑risk database mode...

Introduction SAP ASE (formerly Sybase) continues to power mission‑critical workloads across financial services, telecom, and large-scale enterprise applications. However, as modernization accelerat...

The Azure SQL Migration extension for Azure Data Studio is being deprecated and will be retired by February 28, 2026. As part of our unified and streamlined migration strategy for Azure SQL, we are c...