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Discussions on WindowsForum.com about SQL Server migration cover tools and strategies for moving on-premises SQL Server databases to the cloud. Topics include AWS Transform's full-stack Windows modernization with AI agents for SQL Server, Azure Database Migration Service (DMS) automating schema migration to Azure SQL Database, and Azure Arc enabling hybrid cloud migrations with reduced downtime. These threads focus on enterprise migration scenarios, leveraging AI and automation to streamline the process, and minimizing operational friction during cloud transitions.
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    Azure SQL Hyperscale: Faster Writes, Replicas and 128 TB Growth

    Azure SQL Database Hyperscale has spent years fighting an unfortunate implication embedded in its own name: that it belongs only beneath enormous, multi-terabyte applications. That perception is increasingly outdated. Hyperscale’s real differentiators are architectural rather than volumetric...
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    Azure Arc GA: Migrate SQL Server to Azure VMs in One Portal

    Microsoft has made database migrations from Azure Arc-enabled SQL Server instances to SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines generally available, giving administrators a single Azure portal workflow for assessment, configuration, data movement, monitoring, validation, and final cutover. Petri...
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    AWS Transform 2025: Full Stack Windows Modernization with AI Agents

    AWS has turned agentic AI loose on enterprise modernization again, expanding its AWS Transform suite at re:Invent 2025 to include full‑stack Windows modernization (now covering .NET applications plus Microsoft SQL Server), enhanced VMware migration agents, and new mainframe “reimagine” and...
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    Azure DMS Now Automates Schema Migration for Faster, Error-Free Cloud Database Moves

    Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to minimizing migration friction for enterprises has taken a major leap forward with the latest update to Azure Database Migration Service (DMS). The migration experience for organizations shifting workloads to Azure SQL Database is being dramatically simplified...
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    Transforming SQL Server Migration with Azure Arc: The Future of Hybrid Cloud Databases

    Microsoft’s relentless drive toward hybrid cloud innovation continues to reshape how organizations manage, migrate, and modernize their data estates. Nowhere is that more evident than in the recent preview of advanced SQL Server migration capabilities offered through Azure Arc, powered by Azure...
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