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As far as I know or earlier encountered AWS Database Migration Services is a paid service using which you can achieve near to zero downtime for migration..<br />
Since it is a paid one, we have migrated using backups without any issues.
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As far as I know or earlier encountered AWS Database Migration Services is a paid service using which you can achieve near to zero downtime for migration..
Since it is a paid one, we have migrated using backups without any issues.

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Hi, I have a MS SQL Server running in a data centre and I would like to move it into a new SQL Instance running on AWS EC2. I know i can take a backup of the DB and restore it to the AWS Instance but i was wondering if there were any other options for migrating the database to the new server. I know AWS have a database migration tool, just wondering if anyone had had experience using it ?
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Hi, I have a MS SQL Server running in a data centre and I would like to move it into a new SQL Instance running on AWS EC2. I know i can take a backup of the DB and restore it to the AWS Instance but i was wondering if there were any other options for migrating the database to the new server. I know AWS have a database migration tool, just wondering if anyone had had experience using it ?

Migrating MS SQL Databases

Databases are organized collections of data, most commonly accessed through management systems including schemas, tables, queries and processes that allow users to enter and manipulate the information or utilize it in other fashions, such as with web applications or for reporting purposes.

Databases

Microsoft SQL Server is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.SQL Server is available in multiple versions, typically identified by release year, and versions are subdivided into editions to distinguish between product functionality. Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning.

Microsoft SQL Server

Amazon Web Services (AWS), is a collection of remote computing services, also called web services, that make up a cloud-computing platform  operated from 11 geographical regions across the world. The most central and well-known of these services include Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, also known as "EC2", and Amazon Simple Storage Service, also known as "S3". Other services include Elastic MapReduce (EMR), Route 53 (a DNS web service),  provides a highly available and scalable Domain Name System (DNS) web service, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), storage, database, deployment and application services.

SQL (Structured Query Language) is designed to be used in conjunction with relational database products as of a means of working with sets of data. SQL consists of data definition, data manipulation, and procedural elements. Its scope includes data insert, query, update and delete, schema creation and modification, and data access control.