- This document provides information about upcoming webinars on migrating databases to Azure SQL services from June 19th through October 30th. It also lists resources for assessing databases and migrating them to Azure SQL Database or Managed Instance using tools like Azure Database Migration Service, Data Migration Assistant, and SQL Server Management Studio. Contact information is provided to RSVP or find more details on migration strategies and tools.

3. Fridays, 11:30AM – 12:30PM
May 8th through July 24
Breaking for July 3 and July 31.
Series Extended from Sept 4 through October 30
Coming up:
June 19 - Tim McAliley - Migrate Your Data to Azure SQL DB / Azure SQL Managed Instance
Jun 26 – Mark Brown Azure Cosmos DB
July 10 - Louis Berman, Azure Cosmos DB/Azure Functions and Blazor
July 17 - Jay Kumar – Azure Kubernetes Service
RSVP/Information at Northern Virginia SQL User Group meetup page – www.meetup.com/novasql
Slide Downloads or information about slides/blogs are also on the meetup page
Session Recordings are Located on YouTube at “AzureCloud Events” and the link posted to www.meetup.com/novasql

4. AzureCloud Events (“AzureCloud” is one word)
User group webinars and virtual conference content

5. Check – NOVA SQL Meetup - www.meetup.com/novasql
• Weekly NOVASQL webinars through July, then September through August
Check - Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Meetup – www.meetup.com/aimil
• Monthly virtual meetups
Global Azure DataFest – July 2 (virtual conference)
Global Azure AI/ML Fest – July 31 (virtual conference)
Conference info is on the Meetup pages

6. Thank You!
We Are Always Looking for Talent - https://careers.microsoft.com
Contact Info-
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothymcaliley/
• Twitter - @sysframeworks and @novasql
• Email – timothy.mcaliley@microsoft.com

7. Database Migration Journey and Tools
Azure Database Migration Service
Data Migration Assistant
Database Experimentation Assistant
Backup / Restore
SQL Server Management Studio
Data Migration Cookbook
References & Further Learning
**Slide location is on www.meetup.com/novasql
AGENDA

8. Migrate to
Azure SQL Database

9. • Select a migration strategy
• Find recommended tools

10. DMS, DMA, SSMS, DEA
Azure SQL Database
Managed Instance
Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server
Database Migration Service (DMS)
Enables offline & online migrations to Azure SQL Database
Data Migration Assistant (DMA)
Assess database compatibility and feature parity
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
Integrated environment for managing SQL Server
Database Experimentation Assistant (DEA)
Evaluate target version of SQL Server for a given workload
Tools and services for your migration journey
On-premises data
https://datamigration.microsoft.com

11. On-premises
Assessment
(SSMA, DMA, DEA)
Azure Database
Migration Service
Microsoft Azure

12. Accelerate your transition to Azure
A seamless, end-to-end solution for moving on-premises databases to Azure
Orchestration Scale migration Near-zero
downtime
Homogeneous
sources
Heterogeneous
sources

13. Fully managed Azure service platform for
seamless and frictionless data migration at
scale
Database migrations with near-zero
downtime
Migrate SQL Server & 3rd party databases to
Azure SQL Database
Built for scale and reliability
Expedite migration with Azure Database Migration Service
Target
DB
Source
DB
Azure SQL Database
SQL Server
DMS
Copy local
backup to Azure
storage
Azure
Storage
Create local
backup
Restore backup
to Azure SQL DB

14. Seamless, end to end solution | Near-zero downtime | Resilient | Migrate at-scale from multiple sources
Migrating databases using Azure Database Migration Services
On-premises
SQL Server 2005 - 2017
Assessment
SSMA, DEA &
DMA
Azure Database
Migration Service
Cosmos DB
My
SQL
SQL Server on
Azure VMs
Azure SQL Database
Azure Database for MySQL,
PostgreSQL and MariaDB

15. Azure Database Migration Service
On-premises
network
Subnet used for DMS
On-PremiseCustomer SubscriptionMicrosoft Subscription
Azure Storage Account
Service Bus Queue
DMS Resource
Provider
CLI commands
PowerShell
Virtual Machine
Azure Portal
My
M
y

16. Assess on-premises SQL Server instance(s)
for migrating to Azure SQL database(s)
Discover issues that can affect an upgrade
Migrate an on-premises SQL Server instance
to a modern SQL Server instance
Data Migration Assistant

17. Database Experimentation Assistant

18. Subnet used for MI
Virtual Network (VNET)
SQL Server to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance example
1
2
3
4
Subnet used for DMS
Azure Blob Storage
SMB Network Share
On-premises
Cloud network
SQL DB
Managed Instance
2
3
1
4

19. Migrate a compatible database using SQL
Server Management Studio
Use SSMS to deploy to Azure SQL Database
Use SSMS to export a BACPAC and then import it to
Azure SQL Database
SQL Server Management Studio
2. Import
1. DeployOR
1. Export
Target
DB
Source
DB
Azure SQL Database
SQL Server
SSMS

20. Migrate an on-premises SQL Server database to
Azure SQL Database
The Migration Cookbook describes various
approaches you can use to migrate an on-premises
SQL Server database to the latest Azure SQL
Database Update
Download: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-
us/resources/choosing-your-database-migration-
path-to-azure/en-us/
Migration Centre: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-
us/migration/
Migration Cookbook

21. References & Further Learning
Azure - https://azure.microsoft.com
Azure SQL Database https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-database/sql-database-technical-overview
Azure Database Migration Service - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/database-migration/#documentation
Data Migration Assistant - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/dma/dma-overview?view=sql-server-ver15
Data Experimentation Assistant - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/dea/database-experimentation-assistant-
overview?view=sql-server-ver15
Azure Database Migration Cookbook - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/choosing-your-database-migration-
path-to-azure/en-us/
Azure Migration Center - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/migration/
Azure Regions - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/global-infrastructure/regions/
Learning / Training - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/