| title | Automate database migrations to SQL Server on Linux |
|---|---|
| description | |
| author | VanMSFT |
| ms.author | vanto |
| ms.date | 01/30/2018 |
| ms.topic | conceptual |
| ms.prod | sql |
| ms.technology | linux |
| ms.assetid | 251bc3af-ebce-4d97-adec-afc0e7fab6cc |
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This article introduces SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) that helps you easily migrate databases to SQL Server on Linux from Microsoft Access, DB2, MySQL, Oracle, and Sybase. SSMA is a Windows application, so use SSMA when you have a Windows machine that can connect to a remote SQL Server instance on Linux.
SSMA supports a variety of source databases including Oracle, MySQL, Sybase, DB2, and Microsoft Access to SQL Server on Linux and helps automate migration tasks such as:
- Assess your source database
- Convert the source database schema to Microsoft SQL Server schema
- Migrate the schema
- Migrate the data
- Test the migration
To get started, download SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) for your source database from the following list:
Next, follow the SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) to migrate your source database to SQL Server on Linux.