Chapter 9: MPP Platform Migration to Synapse
In this chapter, we will learn how to get started with the process of migrating a legacy data warehouse to a Synapse SQL pool using Azure Synapse Pathway. Customers are adopting modernized cloud data warehouses to leverage the advantages in terms of costs, agility, and managed services that are associated with the cloud. Migration to the cloud involves many challenges and requires careful assessment planning prior to migration. To guide us through this overwhelming migration process, it is essential to learn the following recipes for efficient migration:
- Understanding data migration challenges
- Configuring Azure Synapse Pathway
- Evaluating a data source to be migrated
- Generating a data migration assessment
- Supported data sources for migration