Recently, I was approached by a small but growing technology company with an urgent problem: Microsoft’s announcement regarding the retirement of Azure Database for MariaDB had caught them completely ...

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 ...

This book aims to introduce Azure SQL managed databases, how does it fare? Businesses are increasingly aware of the advantages of cloud-based systems (e.g. cost savings, scalability), this has ...

Microsoft releases SSMA v10.5 to enhance SQL Server and Azure SQL migrations. AI-assisted code conversion improves Oracle and SAP ASE compatibility and reliability. Updated migration tooling supports ...

Microsoft’s SQL Server Migration Assistant lets you move your data and schema to different SQL Servers. Here’s what you need to know about the tool. The Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant is a ...

What are the challenges for migrating applications into Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud? There are a number of potential challenges when you migrate an application from an on-premises infrastructure ...

Microsoft hat die nächste Stufe bei der Einstellung von SQL Data Sync gezündet: Seit dem 9. September lassen sich in Azure-Abonnements, die den Dienst bislang nicht genutzt haben, keine neuen SQL-Data ...