Choosing a migration tool and performing migration
Once you have found and fixed compatibility issues, the next step is to select a migration tool or method and perform the actual migration. There are different methods available for various scenarios. The selection largely depends on downtime, database size, and network speed/quality.
Here's a comparison of various migration methods to help you correctly choose a migration method:
Table 3.1: Determining the migration method
Now for some activities that will show you how to perform migrations using a variety of the tools we have just discussed. In the following activities, we will:
- Migrate an on-premises SQL database to Azure SQL Database using DMA
- Migrate an SQL Server database on an Azure Virtual Machine to an Azure SQL database using Azure DMS
- Migrate an on-premises SQL Server database to Azure SQL Database using SSMS
- Migrate an SQL Server database to an Azure SQL database...