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2026 15

  1. Know Before You Migrate: Bringing Readiness, Sizing, and Pricing Together in SSMS
  2. SQL Server Migration, Reimagined with AI-Powered Skills
  3. Migrate to Azure SQL Database, including Hyperscale, straight from Azure Arc (public preview)
  4. Migration: SQL Server to Azure SQL Managed Instance using DMS
  5. Release Announcement of SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v10.6
  6. Generally Available: SQL Migration to SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines in Azure Architecture
  7. Zero downtime migration from Oracle to Azure DB for PostgreSQL
  8. Azure SQL Migration Starts in SSMS—All in One Flow
  9. Expanding Azure Arc SQL Migration with a New Target: SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
  10. Azure Database Migration Service Expands to New Azure Regions
  11. Release Announcement of SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v10.5
  12. SSMA Copilot for SAP ASE (Sybase)
  13. Alternatives After the Deprecation of the Azure SQL Migration Extension in Azure Data Studio
  14. Deep dive into the SSMA Code Conversion Copilot Architecture
  15. Zero downtime migration from Oracle to Azure SQL

2025 25

  1. Zero downtime migration from SQL Server to Azure SQL Database
  2. Removing barriers to migrating databases to Azure with Striim’s Unlimited Database Migration program
  3. SQL Server migration in Azure Arc – Generally Available
  4. Assess and upgrade to SQL Server 2025 with SSMS Migration Component
  5. Release Announcement of SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v10.4
  6. General Availability - DMS's PowerShell, Azure CLI, and Python SDK
  7. Making Azure DMS More Secure: Azure Portal Permission Enhancements
  8. Migrate and Modernize Summit 2025: Unifying the Database Journey in Azure
  9. Release Announcement of SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v10.3
  10. Announcing the Azure Database Migration Service Hub Experience
  11. General Availability - Schema Migration support in Azure Database Migration Service (DMS)
  12. New database migration experience for SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc – Public Preview
  13. General Availability: Continuous Migration Assessment for SQL Server Enabled by Azure Arc
  14. Announcing retirement of Microsoft Data Migration Assistant (DMA) Tool
  15. General Availability of SQL Server Migration Component in SSMS 21
  16. AI assisted code conversion copilot for Oracle-to-SQL Migrations
  17. Elastic Pools SKU recommendations in DMS Automation - Azure Powershell and CLI
  18. DMS - Support for Managed Identity for Azure SQL Managed Instance migration
  19. Enhanced SQL Migration Tracking & Bringing SQL Server Arc Assessments to Azure Data Studio
  20. Release Announcement of SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v 10.1
  21. Migration Dashboard for SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc
  22. Client Connection Summary for SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc
  23. PostgresSQL and MySQL installation identification by Azure Arc-enabled servers
  24. SQL Migration assessments now include Next-gen General Purpose Azure SQL MI
  25. Leveraging GitHub Copilot for T-SQL Code Conversion: A Deep Dive into Code Explainability

2024 7

  1. A quick way to generate Azure SQL migration assessments
  2. Release: Azure SQL Migration extension for Azure Data Studio v1.5.6
  3. Release Announcement of SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v 10.0
  4. GitHub Copilot and SSMA: Strap a GenAI conversion booster to your Oracle to SQL Migrations
  5. Architecture of Azure Database Migration Service
  6. Azure Database Migration Service consistent snapshot without locks (Preview)
  7. Release: Azure SQL Migration extension for Azure Data Studio v1.5.4

2023 11

  1. Public preview: Schema migration for target Azure SQL DB
  2. Improving SQL DB Migration Performance - Azure Database Migration Service
  3. Azure DMS statement replication support for MySQL v8.0 and v5.7 workloads (Preview)
  4. Release: Azure SQL Migration extension for Azure Data Studio v1.4.11
  5. General Availability: Azure DMS – Migrate MySQL user accounts and privileges
  6. Seamlessly migrate a SQL database to Azure SQL Database (offline) with Microsoft Azure PowerShell
  7. General Availability: Online migration for Azure Database for MySQL using Azure DMS
  8. Migrate Amazon RDS SQL DB to Azure SQL Database using Migration Extension for Azure Data Studio
  9. Release : SQL Server Migration Assessment (SSMA) v9.3 - SQL Server 2022 support
  10. Introducing Login and TDE-enabled database migrations for the Azure SQL Migration extension
  11. Release: Azure SQL Migration extension for Azure Data Studio v1.2.0

2022 12

  1. Migrate databases from Amazon RDS for SQL Server to Azure SQL Database – Part 1
  2. Introducing Azure SQL Database offline migrations for the Azure SQL migration extension
  3. Azure DMS – MySQL Migrate User Accounts and Privileges Now in Preview
  4. Announcement: Azure Database Migration Service – MySQL online migration now in preview
  5. Release : SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v9.1
  6. Azure DMS - MySQL Replicate Changes now in preview
  7. Azure DMS - MySQL Schema Migration now in preview
  8. Azure DMS - MySQL Consistent Backup now in Preview
  9. SSMA v 9.0 - Data Migration at scale support
  10. Database Migration Service at Scale
  11. Oracle to Azure SQL Migration – Constraint name missing when using Hibernate SQLServer Dialect
  12. Release: SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v8.24

2021 8

  1. Release: SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v8.23
  2. SSMA 8.22: New Generation of Reports Incoming!
  3. Release: SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v8.22
  4. Release: SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v8.21
  5. Release: SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v8.20
  6. Release: SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v8.19
  7. PostgreSQL to Azure DB for PostgreSQL – Hyperscale (Citus) online migrations now generally available
  8. Migrate your database from PostgreSQL Single Server to PostgreSQL Flexible Server using Azure DMS

2020 6

  1. Release: SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v8.15
  2. Assess an Enterprise With Data Migration Assistant (update)
  3. Using Azure Database Migration Service hybrid mode (Preview)- Online migration
  4. Overview of using DEA to evaluate Azure SQL Managed Instance or Azure SQL Database
  5. Release: Data Migration Assistant (DMA) v5.2
  6. Release: SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v8.6

2019 59

  1. Release: SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v8.5
  2. Extending SQL Server Migration Assistant's conversion capabilities
  3. Using Data Migration Assistant to assess an application’s data access layer
  4. Azure Database Migration Service hybrid mode now in preview
  5. Using Data Migration Assistant to save and load assessments
  6. Release: Data Migration Assistant (DMA) v5.0
  7. General Availability of Azure Database Migration Service in US Gov Virginia
  8. An end-to-end process for lifting and shifting your applications to Azure
  9. Release: SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v8.4
  10. Release: SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v8.3
  11. Azure Database Migration Service feature releases and Data Migration blog posts over the past year
  12. MongoDB to Azure Cosmos DB online and offline migrations now generally available
  13. Release: SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v8.2
  14. Release: Data Migration Assistant (DMA) v4.3
  15. Use orafce compatibility functions inside Azure Database for PostgreSQL
  16. Database as a Service (DaaS) Solution
  17. Access connectivity components for SSMA
  18. Welcome to the new home of the Microsoft Data Migration Blog!
  19. Assess an Enterprise With Data Migration Assistant
  20. Automating migration of SQL to Azure SQL DB using the Azure Database Migration PowerShell module
  21. Release: SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v8.1
  22. Migrate your Oracle database to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance using SSMA 8.0
  23. Release: SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v8.0
  24. Accelerate your Oracle migrations with new machine learning capabilities in SSMA
  25. Migrate your Java applications from Oracle to SQL Server with the help of the Data Access Migration Toolkit
  26. Announcing General Availability of Azure Database Migration Service (DMS) Premium Tier
  27. Database Migration Guide: October 2018 Updates
  28. Release: SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v7.11
  29. Troubleshooting MySQL online migration failure in DMS
  30. Announcing migration assessments for on-premises SQL Server to Azure SQL Database Managed Instance using DMA 4.1
  31. Expanding to more Azure regions for online migration
  32. Announcing General Availability of Azure SQL Database Managed Instance Migration in Azure Database Migration Service
  33. Announcing Preview of MongoDB migrations to Azure Cosmos DB MongoDB API using Azure Database Migration Service
  34. Join the Azure Database Migration Engineering Team at Microsoft Ignite
  35. Join the Azure Open Source Database Engineering Team at Microsoft Ignite
  36. Public Preview Availability of PostgreSQL Online Migration in Azure Database Migration Service
  37. Announcing Public Preview Availability of Azure SQL Database Online Migration in Azure Database Migration Service
  38. Announcing Public Preview Availability of MySQL Online Migration in Azure Database Migration Service
  39. Azure Database Migration Service: August 2018 Updates
  40. Release: SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v7.9
  41. Identify the best Azure SQL Database SKU for your on-premises database by using the Database Migration Assistant
  42. Release: Database Experimentation Assistant (DEA) v2.6
  43. Latest updates to the Azure Database Migration Service and database migration tools
  44. Release: Data Migration Assistant (DMA) v3.6
  45. Database Migration Guide: June 2018 updates
  46. Seamless migration of MySQL apps to Azure Database for MySQL with minimum downtime
  47. Seamless migration of PostgreSQL apps to Azure Database for PostgreSQL with minimum downtime
  48. Release: Data Migration Assistant (DMA) v3.5
  49. How to seamlessly migrate MySQL and PostgreSQL apps to Azure Database for MySQL and PostgreSQL with minimum downtime
  50. Database Migration Guide - May 2018 updates
  51. Announcing General Availability of the Azure Database Migration Service!
  52. Release: Database Experimentation Assistant (DEA) v2.5
  53. Database Migration Guide - March 2018 updates
  54. Ready to migrate MySQL workload to Azure Database for MySQL?
  55. Troubleshoot Site-to-Site VPN Connectivity Issues with On-Premises Source DB for Azure Database Migration Service
  56. Migrating SQL Server databases from a Google Compute Engine instance to Azure SQL Database using the Azure Database Migration Service
  57. Migrating data On-Premises to Azure with the new Azure Database Migration Service (VPN Site-to-Site)
  58. Migrating a SQL Server Database from AWS EC2 to Azure SQL Database by using the Microsoft Data Migration Assistant (DMA)
  59. Differentiating Microsoft's Database Migration Tools and Services