Migrating SQL Server workloads to Azure

Every migration project is very complex, and this is the same for migrating our on-premises resources to the cloud. We can combine many techniques and recipes, but we will only pay attention to three resources and tools for database migration. Basically, we need to ask questions such as, where should we start the migration? How can we prepare for the migration in terms of pre-migration steps? The following sections will answer these questions, and more.

Using Azure Database Migration Guide

Azure Database Migration Guide is a website that contains detailed wizards for the whole migration process, from the preparation steps until the final check for the quality of the migrated data. The site can be found at https://datamigration.microsoft.com/. On the home page, as shown in the following screenshot, we are shown many possible data sources that can be migrated to Azure:

Fig. 11.19 – Home page of Azure Database...