Azure Database Migration Service Description
Effortlessly transition your data, schemas, and objects from various sources to the cloud on a large scale. The Azure Database Migration Service serves as a helpful tool designed to streamline, direct, and automate your migration process to Azure. You can transfer your database alongside server objects, which encompass user accounts, agent jobs, and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages in one go. This service facilitates the migration of your data to Azure from popular database management systems. Whether you are transitioning from a local database or another cloud provider, the Database Migration Service accommodates essential migration scenarios for SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB. By leveraging PowerShell, you can save both time and effort in automating your migration to Azure. Additionally, the Database Migration Service is compatible with PowerShell cmdlets, enabling the automatic migration of multiple databases in one operation. This means you can efficiently manage migrations to Azure not only from on-premises but also from other cloud environments, ensuring a seamless transition for all your database needs.
Azure Database Migration Service Alternatives
MongoDB Atlas
MongoDB Atlas stands out as the leading cloud database service available, offering unparalleled data distribution and seamless mobility across all major platforms, including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Its built-in automation tools enhance resource management and workload optimization, making it the go-to choice for modern application deployment. As a fully managed service, it ensures best-in-class automation and adheres to established practices that support high availability, scalability, and compliance with stringent data security and privacy regulations. Furthermore, MongoDB Atlas provides robust security controls tailored for your data needs, allowing for the integration of enterprise-grade features that align with existing security protocols and compliance measures. With preconfigured elements for authentication, authorization, and encryption, you can rest assured that your data remains secure and protected at all times. Ultimately, MongoDB Atlas not only simplifies deployment and scaling in the cloud but also fortifies your data with comprehensive security features that adapt to evolving requirements.
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Google Cloud SQL
Cloud SQL is a fully managed relational database service that supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server. It includes rich extensions, configuration flags, and developer ecosystems. Cloud SQL offers $300 in credits for new customers. You won't pay until you upgrade. Reduce maintenance costs by using fully managed MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server databases. The SRE team provides 24/7 support for reliable and secure services. Data encryption in transit and at rest ensures the highest level of security. Private connectivity with Virtual Private Cloud, user-controlled network access, and firewall protection add an additional layer of safety.
Compliant with SSAE 16, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, and HIPAA, you can trust your data to be protected. Scale your database instances with a single API request, whether you are just testing or need a highly available database in production. Standard connection drivers and integrated migration tools let you create and connect to a database in a matter of minutes.
Transform your database management with AI-driven support in Gemini, currently available in preview on Cloud SQL. It enhances development, optimizes performance, and simplifies fleet management, governance, and migration.
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Database X-Ray
Database X-Ray, a SQL Server utility, allows you to view all database objects tabularly. It also shows the relationships between objects, such as objects referenced by a particular object and objects that reference this object. This includes Tables and Views as well as Stored Procedures. Functions and Triggers. You can see at a glance how deleting or changing a database object will affect it. You won't see that in a database diagram!) You can also view the DDL or code that created the object, copy it and use it however you want. You only need a valid database connection string, local or remote, to get started. Works with Azure SQL database too!
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IRI Data Manager
The IRI Data Manager suite from IRI, The CoSort Company, provides all the tools you need to speed up data manipulation and movement.
IRI CoSort handles big data processing tasks like DW ETL and BI/analytics. It also supports DB loads, sort/merge utility migrations (downsizing), and other data processing heavy lifts.
IRI Fast Extract (FACT) is the only tool that you need to unload large databases quickly (VLDB) for DW ETL, reorg, and archival.
IRI NextForm speeds up file and table migrations, and also supports data replication, data reformatting, and data federation.
IRI RowGen generates referentially and structurally correct test data in files, tables, and reports, and also includes DB subsetting (and masking) capabilities for test environments.
All of these products can be licensed standalone for perpetual use, share a common Eclipse job design IDE, and are also supported in IRI Voracity (data management platform) subscriptions.
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azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/database-migration/
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