title Prepare for upgrade by running Data Migration Assistant | Microsoft Docs ms.custom SQL2016_New_Updated ms.date 03/14/2017 ms.prod sql-server-2016 ms.reviewer ms.suite ms.technology setup-install ms.tgt_pltfrm ms.topic article ms.assetid eabcc635-7adf-4e45-b6f1-158d6e024908 caps.latest.revision 7 author MikeRayMSFT ms.author mikeray manager jhubbard Prepare for upgrade by running Data Migration Assistant Prepare to upgrade your OLTP databases and to adopt new features in [!INCLUDEssnover] by downloading and running Microsoft Data Migration Assistant. Download and install Data Migration Assistant Download and install Data Migration Assistant from here. This tool is not included on the [!INCLUDEssnover] installation media.