Different destination services for Azure database migration explained in one place

With artificial intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) & cognitive cloud services, and a global network of data centers, Microsoft Azure is one of the best destinations for migrating your database. The cloud service provider (CSP) led the cloud computing market worth 246 billion U.S. dollars, with its 11.7% share in 2019. (Source: Statista - https://www.statista.com/statistics/540511/worldwide-cloud-computing-revenue-share-by-vendor/)

And, why not? After all the CSP provides some of the best database migration features. In this article, we are going to discuss Azure database migration thoroughly and will cover:

The Source/Target Pairs Supported by Microsoft Azure for Database Migration

1. Microsoft Migration Tools and Services

2. Azure Database Migration Service

So, let’s walk through each one by one.

The Source/Target Pairs Supported by Microsoft Azure for Database Migration:

By supporting a range of migration scenarios, or source/target pairs, the CSP allows you to seamlessly migrate databases from multiple sources to its data platforms that too with minimal downtime. Here are a few source and target for migration of distinguished database to Azure data platforms:

Microsoft Migration Tools and Services

Microsoft Azure offers a range of tools and services for simplifying your migration process. Moving the database workloads to Azure with the help of Azure migration tools can streamline the whole process. Here are a few tools & services offered by Microsoft Azure for database migration.

Azure Database Migration Service

A fully managed service, Azure Database Migration Service helps you seamlessly migrate your databases from multiple sources to the Azure data platforms that too with minimal downtime. The Azure team works consistently on the service to make it better with each preceding day with their main focus on:

• Performance and reliability
• Automation
• Achieving friction-free migrations

Azure data migration service helps you in simplifying, guiding, and automating the database migration to the Azure cloud. With this tool, migrating your data, objects, and schema from multiple sources to the Azure data platforms at scale becomes quite easy. Here are a few concrete reasons why Azure database migration service can help you have a smooth and seamless migration of database:

Through an easily comprehendible process, it helps you get the task accomplished the first time itself

Supports MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and Oracle migration to the Azure data platforms from on-premises or other cloud platforms

Being self-healing and highly resilient, the migration service provides consistent results with minimal downtime.

It helps you implement the whole migration with almost no downtime. You can migrate server objects and databases including SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages, user accounts, and agent jobs at once with near-zero downtime.

Azure database migration service allows you to automate migration processes through PowerShell, and save time & effort. It works with PowerShell commandlets for automatically migrating a list of databases.

Wrapping Up

Lower cost, improved business agility, higher availability & scalability, simplified administration, etc. are all the benefits of Azure migration services that are not hidden from anyone. Perhaps this is the reason why a whopping 95 percent of Fortune 500 companies are using Microsoft’s Azure for their cloud computing solution. (https://www.newsbreak.com/news/1525131980072/microsoft-azure-is-used-by-95-percent-of-fortune-500-companies-learn-to-use-their-cloud-services-now).

However, we didn’t discuss one very crucial aspect of database migration i.e. security. Did you know, over USD1 billion is invested by Microsoft annually in cybersecurity research & development? (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/services/database-migration/#security) Not just that, more than 3,500 security experts have been employed by the CSP, who are completely dedicated to the security and privacy of your data. One more thing, No other CSP has as much compliance certification as Azure has. You can click here to get the whole list of its certifications. (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/compliance/regulatory/offering-home)

So, this was all about Azure database migration services. Hopefully, the article helps you with your research on the Azure database migration especially source/ target pairs and widely used tools & services. Have something to say? Please share in the comments!