Services and tools available for data migration scenarios

This article provides a matrix of the Microsoft and third-party services and tools available to assist you with various database and data migration scenarios and specialty tasks.

The following tables identify the services and tools you can use to plan for data migration and complete its various phases successfully.

Note

In the following tables, items marked with an asterisk (*) represent third-party tools.

Business justification phase

Source	Target	Discover / inventory	Target and SKU recommendation
SQL Server	Azure SQL Database	- SQL Server migration in Azure Arc - Azure Migrate - Cloudamize1	- SQL Server migration in Azure Arc - Azure Migrate - Cloud Atlas1 - Cloudamize1
SQL Server	Azure SQL Managed Instance	- SQL Server migration in Azure Arc - Azure Migrate - Cloudamize1	- SQL Server migration in Azure Arc - Azure Migrate - Cloud Atlas1 - Cloudamize1
SQL Server	SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machine	- SQL Server migration in Azure Arc - Azure Migrate - Cloudamize1	- SQL Server migration in Azure Arc - Azure Migrate - Cloud Atlas1 - Cloudamize1
SQL Server	Azure Synapse Analytics	- Azure Migrate - Cloudamize1
Amazon RDS for SQL Server	Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM	Azure Migrate	Azure Migrate
Oracle	Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM	SSMA	- SSMA - MigVisor1
Oracle	Azure Synapse Analytics	Azure Migrate	SSMA
Oracle	Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server	Azure Migrate
MongoDB	Azure DocumentDB	Azure Migrate	Azure Migrate
MongoDB	Azure Cosmos DB	Cloudamize1	Cloudamize1
Cassandra	Azure Cosmos DB
MySQL	Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM	Azure Migrate	- SSMA - Cloud Atlas1
MySQL	Azure Database for MySQL	Azure Migrate
Amazon RDS for MySQL	Azure Database for MySQL
PostgreSQL	Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server	Azure Migrate
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL	Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server
DB2	Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM	Azure Migrate	SSMA
Access	Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM	Azure Migrate	SSMA
Sybase - SAP ASE	Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM	Azure Migrate	SSMA
Sybase - SAP IQ	Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM

¹ This is a non-Microsoft product or service, provided by a third-party.

Premigration phase

Source	Target	App data access layer assessment	Database assessment	Performance assessment
SQL Server	Azure SQL Database		- SQL Server migration in Azure Arc - Cloud Atlas1 - Cloudamize1	Cloudamize1
SQL Server	Azure SQL Managed Instance		- SQL Server migration in Azure Arc - Cloud Atlas1 - Cloudamize1	Cloudamize1
SQL Server	SQL Server on Azure VM		- SQL Server migration in Azure Arc - Cloud Atlas1 - Cloudamize1	Cloudamize1
SQL Server	Azure Synapse Analytics
Amazon RDS for SQL	Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM		Azure portal
Oracle	Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM	SSMA	SSMA
Oracle	Azure Synapse Analytics	SSMA	SSMA
Oracle	Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server		Ora2Pg1
MongoDB	Azure DocumentDB		Azure DocumentDB Migration extension in Visual Studio Code
MongoDB	Azure Cosmos DB		Cloudamize1	Cloudamize1
Cassandra	Azure Cosmos DB
MySQL	Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM	SSMA	- SSMA - Cloud Atlas1
MySQL	Azure Database for MySQL
Amazon RDS for MySQL	Azure Database for MySQL
PostgreSQL	Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server		Migration Service for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL	Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server		Migration Service for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL	Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server		Migration Service for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Google Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL	Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server		Migration Service for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
DB2	Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM	SSMA	SSMA
Access	Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM		SSMA
Sybase - SAP ASE	Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM	SSMA	SSMA
Sybase - SAP IQ	Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM

¹ This is a non-Microsoft product or service, provided by a third-party.

Migration phase

Source	Target	Schema	Offline data	Online data
SQL Server	Azure SQL Database	- SQL Database Projects extension - Cloudamize1	Cloudamize1	- Cloudamize1 - Qlik1 - Striim1
SQL Server	Azure SQL Managed Instance	Cloudamize1	Cloudamize1	- SQL Server migration in Azure Arc - Cloudamize1 - Qlik1 - Striim1
SQL Server	SQL Server on Azure VM	Cloudamize1	Cloudamize1	- Cloudamize1 - Qlik1 - Striim1
SQL Server	Azure Synapse Analytics
Amazon RDS for SQL Server	Azure SQL Database	SQL Database Projects extension	Azure portal	- Qlik1 - Striim1
Amazon RDS for SQL	Azure SQL Managed Instance	Azure portal	Azure portal	Striim1
Amazon RDS for SQL Server	SQL Server on Azure VM	Azure portal	Azure portal	- Qlik1 - Striim1
Oracle	Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM	- SSMA - SharePlex1 - Ispirer1	- SSMA - SharePlex1 - Ispirer1	- SharePlex1 - Qlik1 - Striim1
Oracle	Azure Synapse Analytics	- SSMA - Ispirer1	- SSMA - Ispirer1	- SharePlex1 - Qlik1 - Striim1
Oracle	Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server	- Ora2Pg1 - Ispirer1	- Ora2Pg1 - Ispirer1	Striim1
MongoDB	Azure DocumentDB	Azure DocumentDB Migration extension in Visual Studio Code	Azure DocumentDB Migration extension in Visual Studio Code	Azure DocumentDB Migration extension in Visual Studio Code
MongoDB	Azure Cosmos DB	- Azure DMS - Cloudamize1 - Imanis Data1	- Azure DMS - Cloudamize1 - Imanis Data1	- Azure DMS - Cloudamize1 - Imanis Data1 - Striim1
Cassandra	Azure Cosmos DB	Imanis Data1	Imanis Data1	Imanis Data1
MySQL	Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM	- SSMA - Ispirer1	- SSMA - Ispirer1	- Qlik1 - Striim1
MySQL	Azure Database for MySQL	- Azure DMS - MySQL dump1	Azure DMS	- Azure DMS - MyDumper/MyLoader1 with data-in replication
Amazon RDS for MySQL	Azure Database for MySQL	- Azure DMS - MySQL dump1	Azure DMS	- Azure DMS - MyDumper/MyLoader1 with data-in replication
Amazon Aurora MySQL	Azure Database for MySQL	- Azure DMS - MySQL dump1	Azure DMS	- Azure DMS - MyDumper/MyLoader1 with data-in replication
Google Cloud SQL for MySQL	Azure Database for MySQL	- Azure DMS - MySQL dump1	Azure DMS	- Azure DMS - MyDumper/MyLoader1 with data-in replication
PostgreSQL	Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server	Migration Service for Azure Database for PostgreSQL	Migration Service for Azure Database for PostgreSQL	Migration Service for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL	Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server	Migration Service for Azure Database for PostgreSQL	Migration Service for Azure Database for PostgreSQL	Migration Service for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Google Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL	Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server	Migration Service for Azure Database for PostgreSQL	Migration Service for Azure Database for PostgreSQL	Migration Service for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL	Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server	Migration Service for Azure Database for PostgreSQL	Migration Service for Azure Database for PostgreSQL	Migration Service for Azure Database for PostgreSQL
DB2	Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM	- SSMA - Ispirer1	- SSMA - Ispirer1	- Qlik1 - Striim1
Access	Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM	SSMA	SSMA	SSMA
Sybase - SAP ASE	Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM	- SSMA - Ispirer1	- SSMA - Ispirer1	- Qlik1 - Striim1
Sybase - SAP IQ	Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM	Ispirer1	Ispirer1

¹ This is a non-Microsoft product or service, provided by a third-party.

Post-migration phase

Source	Target	Optimize
SQL Server	Azure SQL Database	- Cloud Atlas1 - Cloudamize1
SQL Server	Azure SQL Managed Instance	- Cloud Atlas1 - Cloudamize1
SQL Server	SQL Server on Azure VM	- Cloud Atlas1 - Cloudamize1
SQL Server	Azure Synapse Analytics
RDS SQL	Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM
Oracle	Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM
Oracle	Azure Synapse Analytics
Oracle	Azure Database for PostgreSQL - - Single server
MongoDB	Azure DocumentDB
MongoDB	Azure Cosmos DB	Cloudamize1
Cassandra	Azure Cosmos DB
MySQL	Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM
MySQL	Azure Database for MySQL
Amazon RDS for MySQL	Azure Database for MySQL
PostgreSQL	Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL	Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server
DB2	Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM
Access	Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM
Sybase - SAP ASE	Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM
Sybase - SAP IQ	Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, SQL Server on Azure VM

¹ This is a non-Microsoft product or service, provided by a third-party.

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