Microsoft Wants MySQL Users to Migrate to SQL Server

August 21, 2010

Microsoft in an attempt to try and broaden its user base has released tools that will help make the transition to Microsoft products easier. “Microsoft sets sights on MySQL with migration tools” describes the new Microsoft tools designed to help make the manual migration of databases easier. Microsoft released the new tool SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) for MySQL and improved on its current SSMA product base, the v4.2 release. The new SSMA for MySQL tool gives consumers the option to migrate to various editions of SQL Server. More importantly it can work with version MySQL 4.1 and above. Both SSMA for MySQL and SSMA v4.2 provide customers with additional features and options. These new tools will be competition for the software world including the very popular MySQL and Microsoft hopes customers will make the switch. Only time will tell if Microsoft can catch up and gain momentum against favorites such as MySQL. We sort of like MySQL and the NoSQL data management systems. This goose won’t chase this water bug.

Stephen E Arnold, August 21, 2010

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