3. Migration
Migrating existing on-premises SQL Server databases is an important task to be carried out by DBAs when moving applications to Azure. DBAs need to work closely with the application team to understand the requirements and prepare a migration path. A migration path can be used to migrate all of the application databases or to split the application into multiple individual microservices and migrate data relevant to the modules.
Irrespective of the migration path, you'll have to choose between Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Managed Instance, along with an appropriate performance tier. You need to know about the tools and options to copy data and schema from on-premises to Azure.
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