Updated: July 16, 2020 (January 15, 2018)

Azure Database Migration Service

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Azure Database Migration is an Azure service that helps migrate on-premises SQL Server databases to Azure destinations.
It will benefit migrating complex applications, where multiple databases must be moved together.
It provides guidance, but only automates the final and easiest stage of migration, copying the data schema and data.

Azure Database Migration (in preview) is a managed service that helps customers migrate on-premises SQL Server databases to Azure-based destinations. The service could ease the migration of complex applications, where multiple databases must be migrated together in a specific sequence and time frame. Although marketed as a lift-and-shift offering, the service is limited to performing the final and easiest stage of database migration. Customers are still required to perform significant analysis, configuration, and testing prior to that final stage.

Overview

Database Migration Service (DMS) is an orchestration and guidance tool, based in the Azure portal, that provides documentation, tools, and features to guide users through the process of migrating on-premises SQL Server databases to Azure destinations: Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Server VMs.

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