Migrating an SQL Server workload to SQL Managed Instance

SQL Managed Instance is nearly 100% compatible with SQL Server (on-premises or on Azure Virtual Machines) and provides easy lift and shift when migrating databases from an on-premises environment.

You get the following benefits when migrating to SQL Managed Instance:

• Easy migration with minimal application changes
• Saved costs by using existing SQL Server licenses under Azure Hybrid Benefit
• Managed service benefit, wherein you can concentrate on database development and optimization, while backup, restore, business continuity, security, and scaling are provided out of the box

You can attain SQL Server database compatibility using Data Migration Assistant and then migrate the schema and the data using any of the migration methods discussed in Chapter 4, Backups, such as backup and restore, transactional replication, or Azure Data Migration Services.

SQL Managed Instance works well with single-instance...