Database Migration Resources
Below you will find the resources you need to get started with Amazon Databases, migrate your existing databases and applications, and learn best practices.
APN Navigate for Database Services
The APN Navigate for Database Services enables AWS Partners to learn how to build a practice around AWS Databases.
Confluence Data Center on AWS Quick Starts
Use this Quick Start to deploy Confluence Data Center from Atlassian on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud.
Migrating Microsoft Azure SQL Databases to Amazon Aurora
As companies migrate their workloads to the cloud, there are many opportunities to increase database performance, reduce licensing costs, and decrease administrative overhead.
Migrating Microsoft SQL Server to Aurora MySQL
The purpose of this Playbook is to assist administrators tasked with migrating SQL Server databases to Aurora MySQL with the aspects that can't be automatically migrated using the Amazon Web Services Schema Conversion Tool (AWS SCT).
Migrating Microsoft SQL Server to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL
The purpose of this Playbook is to assist administrators tasked with migrating SQL Server databases to Aurora PostgreSQL with the aspects that can't be automatically migrated using the Amazon Web Services Schema Conversion Tool (AWS SCT).
Modular architecture for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL
This Quick Start automatically deploys a modular, highly available environment for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud.
Getting Started with Amazon Aurora
Read this whitepaper to understand the benefits of Amazon Aurora and learn the steps required to create and connect to your first AWS Database.
Amazon Aurora Migration Handbook
Learn best practices for planning, executing, and troubleshooting database migrations from MySQL compatible and non- MySQL compatible database products to Amazon Aurora.
Oracle Database to Amazon Aurora
This whitepaper focuses on the manual aspects of migrating an Oracle database 11g/12c to Amazon Aurora with PostgreSQL Compatibility (9.6x) and includes step-by-step instructions that you can adapt for your own requirements.
Best Practices for Migrating MySQL Databases to Amazon Aurora
Learn about important factors affecting the performance of self-managed export/import operations in Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MySQL and AWS Databases.
Migrating Your Databases to Amazon Aurora
Read about migration considerations and learn the step-by-step process of migrating open-source and commercial databases to Amazon Aurora with minimum disruption to the applications.
Best practices for migrating RDS for MySQL databases to Amazon Aurora
This blog post focuses on how to migrate from Amazon RDS for MySQL to Amazon Aurora MySQL with minimal downtime.
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Deploy an Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL DB cluster with recommended best practices using AWS CloudFormation
Learn how to build an AWS Quick Start reference deployment of Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL cluster. The cluster is based on AWS best practices for security and high availability so you can create it quickly using AWS CloudFormation.
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Already Using an Amazon Database?
If your company's software product is already running on an Amazon Database Service, please certify your application to become eligible for program benefits.