As SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 reach the end of support in 2019, you’ll have an opportunity to upgrade to a cloud database service. Follow this step-by-step guide to manage change effectively as ...

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 ...

Microsoft SQL Server version migrations are one of the more difficult activities for a DBA to execute, yet they are a very common change to the infrastructure. Databases eventually have to be migrated ...

Get tips for updating to Microsoft SQL Server 2014, including using SLQ's Copy Database Wizard and a checklist with key tasks to complete during your migration plan.

An upgrade involves installing SQL Server 2014 on top of your existing SQL Server deployment, whereas a migration involves setting up new SQL Servers and migrating data to the new environment.

Microsoft capped off a week of high-profile announcements related to SQL Server with an aggressive migration offer aimed at Oracle database customers. Here's the bottom line, from Microsoft's ...

Requirements· 5+ years hands-on experience with Microsoft SQL Server (2012+) · Proven experience with large-scale SQL Server migrations to AWS (RDS and EC2). · Deep understanding of cloud data ...

Migration Advice Microsoft offered painful advice for organization eyeing the end of the SQL Server 2019 Big Data Clusters add-on and the PolyBase Scale-Out Groups feature.

My last couple of months have been filled with a major migration to Microsoft Azure for a client, who has both a very large data warehouse and an online transaction processing (OLTP) Web site. In ...

Azure SQL Database Managed Instance is the ideal solution for an easier lift-and-shift migration of your legacy SQL Server databases to the cloud. Azure services help IT teams migrate data to ...