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Migrating your relational databases on Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition from one AWS account to another AWS account is a common use case in scenarios when you acquire, sell, or merge operations, or if you’re reorganizing your AWS accounts and organizational structure. These migrations can be complex, especially for large workloads. It is important to perform […]

In this post we show you how to migrate from Azure to Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Custom for SQL Server. using the native backup and restore method. We also dive deep into the data-tier application backup package file. Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server is a managed database service for legacy, custom, and […]

When you migrate Microsoft SQL Server workloads to AWS, you might want to automate migration and minimize changes to existing applications, but still use a cost-effective option without commercial licenses and reduce operational overhead. For example, SQL Server workloads often use SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) to extract, transform, and load (ETL) data. In this […]

Graph databases are uniquely designed to address query patterns focused on relationships within a given dataset. From a relational database perspective, graph traversals can be represented as a series of table joins, or recursive common table expressions (CTEs). Not only are these types of SQL query patterns computationally expensive and complex to write (especially for […]

Graph databases are uniquely designed to address query patterns focused on relationships within a given dataset. From a relational database perspective, graph traversals can be represented as a series of table joins, or recursive common table expressions (CTEs). Not only are these types of SQL query patterns computationally expensive and complex to write (especially for […]

Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL is a capability for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition that enables Amazon Aurora to understand commands from applications written for Microsoft SQL Server. When migrating from SQL Server to Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL, the first step is often a feasibility and compatibility assessment. You can use the Babelfish Compass tool to generate […]

Over the last few years, organizations have started adopting a cloud first strategy, and we are seeing enterprises migrate their mission-critical applications, along with their data platforms, to the cloud. Occasionally, organizations need guidance in selecting the right service and solution in the cloud, along with an approach to assist with the migration. In this […]

Amazon Aurora is a MySQL and PostgreSQL-compatible relational database built for the cloud. Aurora combines the performance and availability of traditional enterprise databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open-source databases. Aurora has a history of innovating around database engines and the underlying infrastructure running the database, while maintaining compatibility. A commonly used feature of […]

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In our previous post Use a self-hosted Active Directory with Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server, we explained the manual steps to join Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Custom for SQL Server to a self-hosted Active Directory. We highlighted the importance of using repeatable, idempotent scripts because changes would be lost on new instances, […]