SQL Server Data Migration to Azure SQL MI: 6 Week Implementation

As the cloud becomes the new normal, organizations are looking to accelerate their cloud adoption to remain competitive in their markets. For organizations with on-premise SQL Server database applications, migrating their data to the cloud is the first step to transforming their businesses with increased agility, scalability and access to latest analytics tools.

To help organizations accelerate their data migration from on-premise SQL Server to cloud-based Azure SQL MI, Bitwise offers an end-to-end framework leveraging Microsoft’s cloud-native data migration services in combination with our in-house built automation tools and data validation utilities to help your business take full advantage of modern analytics in the cloud.

Why Bitwise for your Data Migration Initiative

• Accuracy of migrated data with validations having Full & Sample Data Validation without extra load on source DB.
• Scalable workloads for historical migration/data validations.
• Fault tolerance and high availability with restart ability to avoid manual intervention during failure.
• Throttling and elasticity for optimal load on source database and maximum extraction performance
• Monitoring Dashboards with graphical representation as well as detailed status in one go with statistics on total data transferred, current data transfer rate, etc..
• Protecting sensitive data through tokenization and masking techniques.
• Overall validation and verification of the data.

Bitwise follows a phased approach for migrating on-premise SQL Server database to Azure SQL MI:

• Assessment & Discovery
• Assess compatibility, data size, workload
• Dependencies
• Pre-Migration
• Resolve compatibility observations and dependencies
• Decide on migration methods (Azure Data Studio Extension or Managed Instance Link Service)
• Create a migration plan
• Perform mock migrations
• Migration
• Cutover
• Validation
• Post Migration
• Support

Project Scope

Bitwise will convert up to 10 databases (up to 1 TB) with a fixed time and cost, giving you a predictable and reliable migration. Final cost and scope of work may vary based on total number and complexities of the identified databases.