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 this week announced various Azure SQL Database improvements, including migration, high-availability and information protection options.

Azure Migrate is also integrated with Azure Database Migration Service for database discovery and migration. As you would expect, it supports Microsoft SQL Server on-premises migration to the ...

Recent updates to Microsoft's Azure SQL Database service include migration, high-availability and information protection options, and other improvements. Microsoft's aim with these improvements is ...

Crucially, it’s compatible with Microsoft’s existing Azure Database Migration Service, which is used to migrate databases from on-premises environments to Azure with a minimum of fuss.

Microsoft also announced a limited preview of the Azure Database Migration Service. It lets developers migrate existing on-premises SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL databases to the Azure cloud, where ...

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 ...

Microsoft's cloud DBaaS has had a whirlwind month with the introduction of managed instances, database migration tools and more. Here's what each feature does and when to use it.

The clock is ticking on Microsoft’s Extended Support for SQL Server 2008/R2, unless you migrate to the Azure cloud. Here’s how ...