Last updated on March 20, 2023
Azure Database Migration Service Cheat Sheet
- Accelerates the migration of your data to Azure.
- Enables seamless migrations from multiple database sources.
- To perform an online migration, you need to create an instance based on the premium pricing tier.
Features
- Migrates your database and server objects with minimal downtime.
- Supports Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Oracle migration to Azure from on-premises and other cloud providers.
- You can use DMS for both operational database and data warehouse migrations.
- Automate the migration of data with Azure PowerShell.
- Use Azure Migrate to discover your on-premises data estate and assess migration readiness.
- You can create up to 2 DMS services per subscription.
Azure Database Migration ServicePricing
- Offline migrations of the DMS Standard tier are free to use.
- DMS premium tier is billed at an hourly rate based on the provisioned compute capacity.
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Azure DMS Resources:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/dms/dms-overview
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/database-migration/