Due to my background working with other major database platforms such as Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, I've long been an advocate for the SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA). This powerful and easy ...

The company focuses on SQL Server 2014's in-memory capabilities in its bid to siphon enterprise database workloads from rival Oracle.

Microsoft yesterday unveiled an updated SQL Server Migration Assistant to ease moving existing Oracle databases to SQL Server 2014.

Call it the duel of the database migration tools. "The free Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant (SSMA) makes it easy to migrate data from Oracle, Microsoft Access, MySQL and Sybase to SQL Server, ...

Microsoft just released SQL Server Migration Assistant tool (SSMA v6.0), a free tool to help customers move their existing Oracle databases to SQL Server 2014.

SSMA is available in several versions to suit different needs, including Microsoft SQL Server Migration Assistant for Access, DB2, MySQL, Oracle and SAP ASE. Additionally, SSMA has various target ...

Microsoft already offers migration tools for moving customers from Oracle, Sybase and Access to SQL Server. It also offers an analyzer for PowerBuilder, the spokesperson said.

Since the SQL Server Migration Assistants for Oracle became available in June of 2005, Microsoft says it has seen more than a 250,000 downloads across all of the SSMAs, with Motorola, Simon & Schuster ...

This article provides an introduction to the most commonly used, nonstandard extensions in Oracle and how you can convert them for SQL Server compliance.