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title: "SSMA: Automate migration to SQL Server on Linux"
description: Automate database migrations to SQL Server on Linux using SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) for Microsoft Access, DB2, MySQL, Oracle and Sybase.
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ms.date: 01/30/2018
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# Automate database migration to Linux with the SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA)

[!INCLUDE [SQL Server - Linux](../includes/applies-to-version/sql-linux.md)]

This article introduces [SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA)](../ssma/sql-server-migration-assistant.md) 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:
- [SSMA for Access](https://aka.ms/ssmaforaccess)
- [SSMA for DB2](https://aka.ms/ssmafordb2)
- [SSMA for MySql](https://aka.ms/ssmaformysql) 
- [SSMA for Oracle](https://aka.ms/ssmafororacle)
- [SSMA for Sybase ASE](https://aka.ms/ssmaforsybase) 

Next, follow the [SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA)](../ssma/sql-server-migration-assistant.md) to migrate your source database to SQL Server on Linux.

## See also
- [Microsoft Data Migration blog](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/datamigration)
- [SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) blog](/archive/blogs/ssma/)