Migrate Microsoft Azure SQL Database to Amazon RDS for SQL Server using Smart Bulk Copy
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This article provides a step-by-step guide for migrating a Microsoft Azure SQL Database to Amazon RDS for SQL Server using Smart Bulk Copy, a tool developed by Microsoft for faster data migration.
Specifically, the article covers:
- Solution overview and architecture
- Prerequisites for setting up the migration environment
- Pre-migration activities like creating login/user, migrating schema, and launching an EC2 instance
- Migration activities using Smart Bulk Copy, including cloning the repository, building, configuring, and running the tool
- Post-migration activities like creating constraints, indexes, and views
- Limitations and advantages of using Smart Bulk Copy
- Best practices and clean-up steps
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