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prerequisites
basic SQL scripting skills • using SSMS, the Azure portal, and PowerShell
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identify and remove objects from SQL Server that couldn’t/shouldn’t move to Azure SQL Managed Instance • create a migration checklist
Josephine Bush & Gilda Alvarez
1 week · 4-6 hours per week · INTERMEDIATE

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You’re a database administrator at Magic Wand Services Corporation. Your CTO has mandated the migration of all on-premises resources to the cloud in an effort to save money on resources. As a database administrator, it’s your job to make the necessary preparations for this migration.

Using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) and SQL Server Auditing, you’ll determine usage of your on-premises databases to help decide what should (and shouldn’t) be moved to the cloud. Using SSMS, you’ll remove all objects that aren’t supported in Azure, any unused or unnecessary agent jobs and server objects, as well as any unused database objects. Then, to ensure you migrate everything you need to Azure, you’ll make a checklist in the text editor of your choice. When you’re finished, you’ll be prepared to smoothly migrate your SQL Server database to Azure SQL Managed Instance.

This project is designed for learning purposes and is not a complete, production-ready application or solution.

project authors

Josephine Bush

Josephine Bush is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP. She has over ten years of broad-based experience as a database administrator in the financial, business, and energy data sectors using SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, and PostgreSQL along with Azure and AWS. She holds a BS in information technology, an MBA in IT management, and an MS in data analytics. She presents at SQL conferences and user groups around the world, and she’s the leader of the Boulder SQL user group. She is the author of Practical Database Auditing published by Apress. You can read her blog posts on sqlkitty.com and contact her on Twitter @hellosqlkitty.

Gilda Alvarez

Gilda Alvarez graduated from the University of Central Florida with management information system (MIS) and computer science (CS) degrees. She’s currently a senior manager at Skytouch Technology and has over a decade of experience in enterprise information technology for several Fortune 500 companies. She’s worked on multi-million dollar projects for IBM, Disney, the IRS, the U.S. Federal Defense Agency, Marriott, Deloitte, and others. She has specialized in database design, implementation, and optimization, emphasizing high availability, business continuity, and migrations. She’s passionate about promoting technical and leadership education in her community. In addition to leading the information technology committee of ALPFA (Association of Latino Professionals for America in Orlando), she’s a chapter leader for PASS (Professional Association for SQL Server). These associations have empowered her to bridge the gap in IT skills in the Latino community and mentor many Latino women in technology.

prerequisites

This liveProject is for database administrators, DevOps engineers, and developers who want to migrate their on-premises SQL Server databases to Azure. To begin this liveProject, you’ll need to be familiar with the following:

TOOLS
  • SQL Server Management Studio
  • Microsoft Data Migration Assistant
  • Text editor
TECHNIQUES
  • Basic SQL scripting skills such as how to query tables
  • Use SQL Server Management Studio
  • Install new programs such as Microsoft Data Migration Assistant
  • Use a text editor or Markdown editor to create a migration checklist

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