If you still have SQL Server 2005 anywhere in your firm, you now have four months to get a migration program going before Microsoft pulls the plug on support for the aging database.

Microsoft already offers migration tools for moving customers from Oracle, Sybase and Access to SQL Server. It also offers an analyzer for PowerBuilder, the spokesperson said.

Microsoft SQL Server version migrations are one of the more difficult activities for a DBA to execute, yet they are a very common change to the infrastructure. Databases eventually have to be migrated ...

Microsoft also refreshed its family of other SQL migration tools -- for Oracle, Sybase and Access -- at the same time as part of its 4.2 release yesterday. (The Access refresh also enables ...

The company focuses on SQL Server 2014's in-memory capabilities in its bid to siphon enterprise database workloads from rival Oracle.

Microsoft this week announced various Azure SQL Database improvements, including migration, high-availability and information protection options, plus some open source workload additions. Most ...

Microsoft has announced the first CTP of a SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) for MySQL v1.0, which automates aspects of the migration process to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 & 2008 including SQL ...

Microsoft has released a new preview version of a tool that enables users of the MySQL database to migrate to Microsoft's SQL Server.

We are looking for a highly skilled and self-driven Database Migration Engineer (MS SQL Server) with extensive experience in large-scale cloud migrations to AWS. You will be a key player in ...