SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) Team's Blog

How-to articles, tips-and-tricks, and guidelines for migrating from Oracle/Sybase/MySQL/Access to SQL Server and SQL Azure

Overview Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v7.3  for Oracle, MySQL, SAP ASE (formerly...

Date: 02/21/2017

SQL vNext CTP1 on Windows and Linux is now a supported target platform for migration. This feature...

Date: 11/16/2016

Microsoft has released SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) 7.0 which now supports migrating to SQL...

Date: 07/11/2016

Microsoft has released a preview release of SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) that supports...

Date: 03/09/2016

Microsoft has released an update to SSMA 6.0 for Oracle, DB2, Sybase ASE, MySQL and Access. SSMA...

Date: 03/07/2016

We are happy to announce the release of the most anticipated DB2 for SSMA. You can download the same...

Date: 12/30/2014

SSMA simplifies database migration process from Oracle/Sybase/MySQL and Microsoft Access to SQL...

Date: 08/21/2014

SSMA simplifies database migration process from Oracle/Sybase/MySQL and Microsoft Access to SQL...

Date: 05/15/2014

Unfortunately we never had Sybase ASA on our plans for SSMA. The plan is still intact and we still...

Date: 01/31/2013

The %ROWTYPE attribute in Oracle defines the particular record type of a row in a table. A common...

Date: 02/15/2012

Microsoft Access stores all the connection strings for the respective linked tables in a system...

Date: 02/08/2012

Automating Database Migration to SQL Server 2012 SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v5.2 is now...

Date: 01/30/2012

TechNet Magize published an article which provide overview of SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA)...

Date: 08/03/2011

Automating database migration from Oracle, Sybase, MySQL, and Access database to SQL Azure and SQL...

Date: 07/12/2011

Updated 2/7/2012 Jiafei Yuan - Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) for Oracle v5.2. The...

Date: 07/12/2011

[Updated 2/6/2012 Selina Jia - Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) for MySQL v5.2. The...

Date: 07/12/2011

SSMA automates conversion of most statement. There are a few features and syntax which SSMA is...

Date: 07/11/2011

Microsoft would like to inform customers that support for SSMA v4.2 family of products (including...

Date: 07/11/2011

By Bill Ramos and Badal Bordia, Advaiya Inc. This blog post describes why SQL Server Migration...

Date: 06/29/2011

By Bill Ramos and Badal Bordia, Advaiya Inc. This blog post describes why SQL Server Migration...

Date: 06/29/2011

By Bill Ramos and Ankit Matta, Advaiya Inc. This blog post covers the reasons why SQL Server...

Date: 06/29/2011

By Bill Ramos and Vishal Soni, Advaiya Inc. This blog post covers some of the reasons why SQL Server...

Date: 06/29/2011

By Bill Ramos and Badal Bordia, Advaiya Inc. [Updated 2/8/2012 Jiafei Yuan - Microsoft SQL Server...

Date: 06/29/2011

By Bill Ramos and Mayank Bhanawat, Advaiya Inc. [Updated 2/8/2012 Jiafei Yuan - Microsoft SQL Server...

Date: 06/29/2011

        By Bill Ramos and Vishal Soni, Advaiya Inc. This blog...

Date: 06/29/2011

By Welly Lee, Pinaki Bag, and Jayakumar Tanneru. Oracle has an object data type called anydata. This...

Date: 06/21/2011

By Bill Ramos and Badal Bordia, Advaiya Inc. This blog post covers the reasons why SQL Server...

Date: 06/20/2011

By Bill Ramos and Mayank Bhanawat, Advaiya Inc. This blog post describes why SQL Server Migration...

Date: 06/20/2011

By Gowri Shanker and Welly Lee. This blog post discusses approaches to migrate Oracle Materialized...

Date: 06/20/2011

By Bill Ramos and Badal Bordia, Advaiya Inc. This blog post covers the reason why SQL Server...

Date: 06/20/2011

  By Bill Ramos and Vishal Soni, Advaiya Inc. This blog post describes why SQL Server Migration...

Date: 06/20/2011

By Bill Ramos and Badal Bordia, Advaiya Inc. This blog post describes why SQL Server Migration...

Date: 06/20/2011

By Bill Ramos and Ankit Matta, Advaiya Inc. This blog post covers the reason why SQL Server...

Date: 06/20/2011

By Bill Ramos and Vishal Soni, Advaiya Inc. This blog post covers the reason why SQL Server...

Date: 06/20/2011

By Bill Ramos and Mayank Bhanawat, Advaiya Inc. This blog post describes why SQL Server Migration...

Date: 06/20/2011

SSMA for Oracle and Sybase include tester suite to automate comparison testing between the source...

Date: 06/19/2011

By Bill Ramos and Ankit Matta, Advaiya Inc. This blog post covers the reason why SQL Server...

Date: 06/17/2011

MySQL provides STR_TO_DATE() standard function which convert string into date type. SSMA does not...

Date: 06/15/2011

By Bill Ramos and Ankit Matta, Advaiya Inc. This blog post covers one of the reasons why SQL Server...

Date: 06/15/2011

By Bill Ramos and Ankit Matta, Advaiya Inc. This blog post covers the reason why SQL Server...

Date: 06/15/2011

By Bill Ramos and Vishal Soni, Advaiya Inc. This blog post covers the reason why SQL Server...

Date: 06/15/2011

By Bill Ramos and Vishal Soni, Advaiya Inc. This blog post describes why SQL Server Migration...

Date: 06/15/2011

By Bill Ramos and Mayank Bhanawat, Advaiya Inc. This blog post describes why SQL Server Migration...

Date: 06/15/2011

By Bill Ramos and Badal Bordia, Advaiya Inc. This blog post covers the reasons why SQL Server...

Date: 06/15/2011

[Updated 2/7/2012 Jiafei Yuan - Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) for Sybase v5.2. The...

Date: 06/09/2011

[Updated 2/7/2012 Jiafei Yuan - Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) for Sybase v5.2. The...

Date: 06/09/2011

By Bill Ramos and Mayank Bhanawat, Advaiya Inc. This blog post describes why SQL Server Migration...

Date: 06/01/2011

By Bill Ramos and Mayank Bhanawat, Advaiya Inc. This blog post describes why SQL Server Migration...

Date: 06/01/2011

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