This course equips learners with the skills to modernize and migrate SQL databases to Azure. It covers migration stages, paths, and tools like the Database Migration Guide, Map Toolkit, and Data Migration Assistant. Participants will explore migration scenarios, including Azure Virtual Machines, Azure SQL Databases, and Managed Instances, focusing on high availability and disaster recovery.
Key Learning Outcomes:
- Understand data platform modernization and migration benefits.
- Learn migration stages, paths, and tool selection.
- Assess data estates using Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit.
- Identify migration candidates with Data Migration Assistant (DMA).
- Evaluate workloads using Database Experimentation Assistant (DEA).
- Conduct migrations with Azure Database Migration Service (DMS).
- Migrate non-SQL workloads using SQL Migration Assistant.
- Implement SQL migrations to Azure VMs, Azure SQL Database, and
- Managed Instances.
- Optimize applications post-migration for Azure environments.