Automating database migration from Oracle, Sybase, MySQL, and Access database to SQL Azure and SQL Server “Denali”. Microsoft announced today the release of SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) v.5.1, a family of products to automate database...

Updated 2/7/2012 Jiafei Yuan - Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) for Oracle v5.2. The information provided below is still valid for SSMA for Oracle v5.2, but SQL Server "Denali" is changed to 2012. Users should download the lastest SSMA...

SSMA automates conversion of most statement. There are a few features and syntax which SSMA is unable to migrate. In such situation, SSMA issues a migration error and for each error, SSMA provides estimated manual conversion time. I often asked how do...

Microsoft would like to inform customers that support for SSMA v4.2 family of products (including SSMA Extension Packs) is going to end on July 15 th 2012. Following are the products in SSMA v4.2 family of products for which this “End of Support”...

[Updated 2/6/2012 Selina Jia - Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) for MySQL v5.2. The information provided below is still valid for SSMA for MySQL v5.2, but SQL Server "Denali" is changed to 2012 . Users should download the lastest SSMA for...

By James Cusick, Imran Riaz, Hubert Huang, Allen Tse, Murugan Gnanavel {james.cusick; imran.riaz; hubert.huang;allen.tse; murugan.gnanavel} @wolterskluwer.com Wolters Kluwer Corporate Legal Services, New York, NY Abstract A common problem in...

Microsoft announced the release of Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) toolkit 6.0. The new version of MAP reports the existence of Oracle database instances and provides information that can be use to estimate total cost of ownership and return-on...