Summary
Migrating to an Azure SQL database is an important task and should be planned to perfection. This lesson talked about a migration strategy that you should follow when migrating from an on-premises database to an Azure SQL database:
- Find the migration benefits.
- Find the blockers.
- Select a service model.
- Select a service tier.
- Select the main region and the disaster recovery region.
- Select a migration tool.
This lesson also talked about how to choose a service tier and covered different migration tools to migrate the data and the schema from an on-premises SQL Server database to an Azure SQL database. In the next lesson, we will learn how to perform manual and automatic backups that are unique to Azure SQL databases.
